Grind Turned Gold

[Verse 1]

Red dirt on my boots

Still stuck in the treads from last year

Used to count loose change

Now I’m counting miles in the mirror

Mama kept a jar

Full of prayers on the kitchen shelf

Daddy said “you’re all in

Or you’re lying to yourself”

[Chorus]

This that grind turned gold, yeah I paid that toll

Every scar, every loss in my soul

Had to bleed for the seeds that I sowed

Look at me now, look at me

This that broke boy dream in a big boy coat

Came up out the mud, out the cold

Every “no” put a flame in my throat

Hear it growl when I breathe

This that grind turned gold

[Verse 2]

Long nights, one lane

Headlights on a wish and a prayer

Back porch, cracked frame

Writing truth in a folding chair

They laughed at my drawl

Said the sound wouldn’t ever sell

Now they play my pain loud

In hotels I can’t even spell (yeah)

[Chorus]

This that grind turned gold, yeah I paid that toll

Every scar, every loss in my soul

Had to bleed for the seeds that I sowed

Look at me now, look at me

This that broke boy dream in a big boy coat

Came up out the mud, out the cold

Every “no” put a flame in my throat

Hear it growl when I breathe

This that grind turned gold

[Bridge]

I was too country

I was too street

Too rough, too raw

Too much like me (ha)

Now they want the truth

They can’t fake this proof

From the back row pew

To the front row view (yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]

This that grind turned gold, yeah I paid that toll

Every scar, every loss in my soul

Had to bleed for the seeds that I sowed

Look at me now, look at me

This that broke boy dream in a big boy coat

Came up out the mud, out the cold

Every “no” put a flame in my throat

Hear it growl when I breathe

This that grind turned gold (oh)

This that grind turned gold