Yeah
From the courthouse steps to the holler roads
This is for the ones who answer
Blue light glow on a two-lane bend
Gravel talkin' back (Gravel talkin' back)
Radio crackle, need you now and you don't ask why, just act
You learn the faces, learn the pain
Learn what please can mean (Please can mean)
Learn to be the calm one when the whole
World turns unclean (Turns unclean)
It's not about the badge for sure
It's about the weight it holds
Tryna keep a little peace in the middle
Of the cold (Middle of the cold)
No headline knows your midnight miles
But every safe porch light does
West Virginia sheriffs holdin' that line
Backroads, bar fights, hard times, still fine
You don't get applause when you do it right
Just another call in the middle of the night
From river fog to ridge-top wind
You stand where it ends so folks can begin
West Virginia sheriffs keepin' us home
Some nights, it's just a lost kid
Cold hands, scared eyes (Scared eyes)
Some nights, it's a home gone loud
And you gotta keep it from gettin' worse inside
Paperwork stacks like winter wood, but you still show up again
Because mercy ain't weakness, it's strength
In those winds (Strength in those winds)
And you carry what nobody sees, then you
Lock it in a prayer (Lock it in a prayer)
Drive on through the dark like you're pullin'
Hope from air (Pullin' hope from air)
You don't choose the storm you meet, you just choose to stand between
Barbour grit, Berkeley drive, Boone cold, Stayne hands still
Tribe racks in back, Rosebrook steel, pride cable, nights roll by
Calhoun quiet, Clay holds tight, Doddridge
Miles of green (Doddridge miles of green)
Fayette bridges, Gilmer faith, Grant stays sharp and clean
Greenbrier grace, Hampshire strong, Hancock never bends
Hardy hard-nosed, Harrison proud, Jackson's got your friends
Jefferson history, Kenighart, Lewis steady pace
Lincoln backbone, Logan rough, Marion won't erase
Marshall blue collar, Mason river born, McDowell scars run deep
Mercer tough, Mineral dust, Mingo don't sleep
Monongalia hustle, Monroe slow, Morgan mountain air
Nicholas thunder, Ohio lights, Pendleton, not a stare
Pleasant small town, Pocahontas wild, Preston early frost
Putnam family, Raleigh loud, Randolph pays the cost
Ritchie roads, Roane corn, summer sun on stone
Taylor workin', Tucker snow, Tyler stands alone
Upshur real, Wayne won't fold, Webster keeps it plain
Wetzel weather word holds on, Wood rolls out again
Wyoming hard, but hearts stay true and you know the name
Because every county's got a line and you carry the flame
West Virginia sheriffs holdin' that line
Courthouse to coal camp, overtime to overtime
You don't get applause when you do it right
Just another call in the middle of the night
From river fog to ridge-top wind
You stand where it ends so folks can begin
West Virginia sheriffs keepin' us home
Every county (Every county)
Every road (Every road)
Same old (Same old, same old)