Blood On My Boots

[Intro]

[Rolling barrelhouse piano run, 2.5 seconds, then four-part harmony locks on the last chord]

[Verse 1]

Dust on my Bible

Mud on my truck bed

Heart like a graveyard

Full of what I said

I’d quit by Sunday

But Friday always won

Stared at the ceiling

Hiding from the Son

[Chorus]

Now there’s blood on my boots and grace on my name

Hands in the air and I’m not ashamed

I walked in broken, walked out free

That crimson river went running through me

Mercy on my mind, fire in my bones

I was so lost, now I’m headed home

Blood on my boots and glory in my story

Oh, that blood-washed redemptive glory (hey!)

[Verse 2]

Bench by the back door

Thought I’d just slip in

Choir started singing

Walls came closing in

Preacher said, “Prodigal

You can come back too”

I don’t know the verse he read

But I know who moved

[Chorus]

Now there’s blood on my boots and grace on my name

Now there’s blood on my boots and grace on my name

Hands in the air and I’m not ashamed

I walked in broken, walked out free

That crimson river went running through me

Mercy on my mind, fire in my bones

I was so lost, now I’m headed home

Blood on my boots and glory in my story

Oh, that blood-washed redemptive glory

[Bridge]

I laid down

Every secret

Every shame I ever wore

He stood up

From that graveyard

And walked me out the door (yeah)

[Chorus]

Now there’s blood on my boots and grace on my name

Hands in the air and I’m not ashamed

I walked in broken, walked out free

That crimson river went running through me

Mercy on my mind, fire in my bones

I was so lost, now I’m headed home

Blood on my boots and glory in my story

Oh, that blood-washed redemptive glory

(that blood-washed redemptive glory)