I grew up with nowhere to run

It was either join and face the gun

Or wash windows and get drunk

‘Cause college was for the rich to fill

And dreams are bought by a father’s will

My friends deployed and my brothers, too

And those who stayed had fading eyes

Dreams became 'I changed my mind'

And DUIs replaced 'I’ll stay the night'

And me, I strayed

‘Cause Fairfield’s not LA

The only shot you get’s cheap whiskey

Or what you stole that day

 

So I would pray

That something I wrote

Would take me somewhere far away from all I know

And every day

I’d ask alone

Why do you keep trying to fly when you’re the stone?

 

I guess I’m blinded

By my faith

Down any road

Sunshine or rain

That I’m the dandelion

And this my escape

Until the light inside my eye goes grey

My wind blows one way

 

It’s been twenty years since since my first song

That’s twenty years of you 'don’t belong'

That’s twenty years of 'why you taking so long?'

And they told me quit, and you bet I tried

But not to write felt like the lie

So here I am passed 29

That’s why, yeah

Anytime I sing I bleed

I’ve gotta give this all of me

‘Cause something inside won’t let me leave it

I’ve tried, yeah

To find another way to go

To find a more common road

But part of me just can’t stop believing

 

I guess I’m blinded

By my faith

Down any road

Sunshine or rain

That I’m the dandelion

And this my escape

Until the light inside my eye goes grey

My wind blows one way

My wind blows one way