stride

i know it can be hard
to pull yourself up
when no ones around.
drag your weary bones
across the ground
to the steps of that house
i've torn apart,
kicked holes in the wall
tore the shutters off
your heart.

i know you'll get it
get on up and walk,
baby steps at first
then them long pretty strides
the kind that had me thinkin'
i could spend a lifetime lookin' in those eyes.

you're gonna walk with another
side by side with him i know,
'cause i ain' t the only one
and the sun don't come up
just to hear me crow.

i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one
darlin',
i aint' the only one