Ten Pairs Of Boots

[Verse 1]
Ten pairs of boots ago
Co-op, seven years old
Got 'em with room to grow
'Cause Daddy told me so

[Refrain]
If I wasn't Jake the Snake in 'em
I was damn John Wayne in 'em
By the time I turned eight in 'em
Thought I was grown as I was only

[Verse 2]
Eight pairs of boots ago
Halfway past twelve years old
Baptist church stained glass glow
I went down to save my soul

[Refrain]
Man, I swore I felt the call in 'em
I was gonna walk the walk in 'em
I never touched alcohol in 'em
But like them Justins, messed that up just
Six pairs of boots ago

[Verse 3]
Eighteen, met Jack and Coke
Then tore off down that road
Hard hеad as them steel toes
Left undеr a bed left cold

[Refrain]
A different girl every night in 'em
And I was kickin' out the lights in 'em
Devil walkin' by my side in 'em
The next four pairs just led me nowhere

[Bridge]
Two pairs of boots ago
She said it's mine, she knows
I damn near dropped the phone
I thought my life was gone

[Refrain]
And I was thinkin' "Oh, damn" in 'em
Had to face Gods plan in 'em
But I became a man in 'em
Came full circle, found my purpose

[Verse 4]
One pair of boots ago
Co-op with my four-year-old
I said, "Leave room to grow"
I know how that story goes