The Ride

Left you for another city
Felt like the biggest mistake
But you said it had to be done
So I left with tears in my eyes
And I wept when I set my bed
The pain I felt came pouring out

Told me to chase my dreams
To see where they may lead
Didn’t know if you still wanted me
So I went on my way far away
Chasing another chance to do
What it is that makes me feel whole

Now I’m making my way back to
The things that I know how to do
Surviving anew as I pass through it all
Slowly making it all come true

Struggles that are faced are nothing new
Just a different batch of the same old stew
And I’m quietly making it
Each day I start it true

And you’ve no idea what its like
To feel trapped by your own life
Bound by the way being raised
Never going back on those days

I’ve more respect than another will know
Fierce loyalty truths be told
Will always be true to one I hold
No question or doubts about that

Was born and bread by a loyal king
Raised by many loyal queens
Taught to be a mans man
Just the same a family man

Well its she and them
And they come first
Just as my dad
I’ll bust my hands

Treat your woman like a queen
With your kids as royalty
Raise them up as you were once
Instill the values that were taught
By being true to those you love

Bust my ass thirteen hours each day
Travel three hundred miles each way
Doing what needs be done
Just as my dad taught his son

No one understands how I do it
Balance a life of work and family man
While traveling across the great expand
To meet both demands

And I’m chasing all my dreams
Creating a future no mispleased
Where my kids can look up to me
With courage to have big dreams
Knowing they can accomplish anything

While I ride this bus
Doing exactly what needs be
My mind will clear of its dust
Opening up as its pleased
Continue thinking of big things
That is next to go after

Start with further schooling
To advance in my career
Show my kids that its worth it
Never give up on your plans
No matter how many the setbacks

Maybe I’m chasing too many dreams
Trying to do it all too fast
Some nights I lay down and sigh
Let a tear fall from my eye
As I’ve come to realize
My future is still unknown

Scares me further to my core
All my dreams washed ashore
But I take comfort in that thought
Knowing that it’s all worth
For my dreams are bigger than lasts
Each one built on the dreams crumbled before

Take my failures made of glass
Melt them down to molten flows
Start again with something new
Make it better than the past
Keep on moving with the waves
As I travel further on this road

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