Lyrics

CRUCIBLE STEEL
(Ashley McBryde/Cheley Tackett)
 
My roots go deep a good 6 feet in this ground
If you’re here son you was born here and ain’t figured your way out
They ain’t moved a scrap since nineteen seven and nine
But some ol’ haunt must be up there keepin’ fire in the sky
 
FDR put “Old Suzie” to use
Makin’ quarter ton munitions for the red, white, & blue
Son we built the backbone of the American dream
Now Uncle Sam has to feed us and our river don’t run clean
 
Grandma’s rockin’ on the porch just a waitin’ on Jesus
Mama’s pacin’ back and forth, sweepin’ a clean floor
Daddy don’t dream no more
 
Virgin pine and a legacy of steel
Kept Hanging Rock alive with the iron in these hills
Now, we’re all dyin’ slow from politics and pills
 
Grandma’s rockin’ on the porch just a waitin’ on Jesus
Mama’s pacin’ back and forth, sweepin’ a clean floor
Grandma’s rockin’ on the porch waitin’ on Jesus
Mama’s pacin’ back and forth, sweepin’ a clean floor
Daddy don’t dream no more