WALKED THROUGH THE MUD (OUTLAW COUNTRY) - Levi Stoker
Low tide settling on the riverbank clay
Watching all the heavy clouds turn to grey
You left me standing where the mire runs deep
Counting up the promises you couldn't keep
Felt the cold silt sinking down around my boots
Holding tight to the strength in my southern roots
They expecting me to falter
Thought I'd sink like stone
Drowning in the sorrow of being left alone
But there's a light still born from a heavy pain
Learning how to tread where the storm leaves rain
I walked through the mud, left no footprints behind
Reclaimed my peace and I freed my mind
You can check the soft earth, you can look for the track
There ain't no sign of a man looking back
Yeah, the road was heavy but the weight is gone
Walked through the mud and I kept moving on
An old pine tree weeping in the evening air
No more begging for a grace that was never there
Scraped off the dirt, washed my hands in the stream
Waking up whole from a broken dream
Heartbreak tries to leave a mark in the mire
But my spirit was tempered in a different fire
I walked through the mud, left no footprints behind
Reclaimed my peace and I freed my mind
You can check the soft earth, you can look for the track
There ain't no sign of a man looking back
Yeah, the road was heavy but the weight is gone
Walked through the mud and I kept moving on
On the riverbank, no trail in the clay
Just the quiet strength of a brand new day
You took your shadow, but I kept my light
Standing tall and free in the morning bright
I walked through the mud, left no footprints behind
Reclaimed my peace and I freed my mind
You can check the soft earth, you can look for the track
There ain't no sign of a man looking back
Yeah, the road was heavy but the weight is gone
Walked through the mud and I kept moving on
Left no footprints
Yeah, clean and free
Walked through the mud
Back to me
