Dust on My Boots

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I signed my name in dust Under a red hot sky Boots full of desert blood No sleep, just day and night We moved like cracked old saints Through the burn and fire My brothers laughed like boys Then vanished in the wire [Verse 2] I wrote home with a shake On a board that served as shade Said, "I still hear your voice" Every time the sun got raised We shared one canteen dream One prayer, one last breath Then the roadside took their names And left me chewing death [Pre-Chorus] I kept my face to the east Kept my hands on steel One more ridge, one more mile One more shot to feel If I could just hold on If I could crawl back through Maybe the door at home Would still swing open for me and you [Chorus] Bring me home Bring me home I hear them calling me Bring me home Bring me home Their bones still walk with me (Bring me home) (Bring me home) I won't let them be gone [Verse 3] Now midnight fills the room With boots along the floor I see their ash-white grins In the crack beneath the door One lost his watch on sand One lost his laugh in flame One lost his wedding ring I still call every name [Verse 4] The mirror knows my face But it don't know my years There's mud on all my prayers And rust around my tears They stand behind my chair When the house goes still And point back to that war Like it never lost its chill [Pre-Chorus] I kept my face to the east Kept my hands on steel One more ridge, one more mile One more shot to feel If I could just hold on If I could crawl back through Maybe the door at home Would still swing open for me and you [Chorus] Bring me home Bring me home I hear them calling me Bring me home Bring me home Their bones still walk with me (Bring me home) (Bring me home) I won't let them be gone [Bridge] [Half-time breakdown] I got a house full of echoes And a soul that won't rest Every dog tag in my pocket Feels like lead in my chest If heaven has a gate Tell them all I've paid I was just a man in sand Trying not to fade [Final Chorus] Bring me home Bring me home I hear them calling me Bring me home Bring me home Their bones still walk with me (Bring me home) (Bring me home) I won't let them be gone Bring me home Bring me home Till the dawn gets me gone