Bedrock

Built my life on hard ground
Fences up for miles around
Every mornin' set in stone
Liked it quiet, liked alone

Then you blew into town
Silver on your wrists, and a crown
Of auburn catchin' Montana sun
Had me comin', comin' all undone

I braced hard, I held the line
Old enough to read the signs
But the ground it moved so true

All my years I dug down slow
Through the loose, through all I know
Then I struck what won't let go
You're the bedrock in my soul
Down to the bone

Nine long years stand in between
Told myself to walk on clean
But you saw beneath the stone
Found the man I left alone

I was just a lone outpost
Countin' cattle, countin' ghosts
Never knew I needed home
'Til your light would not let go!

All my years I dug down slow
Through the loose, through all I know
Then I struck what won't let go
You're the bedrock in my soul
Down to the bone

Solid ground I finally found
Right here's where I'll stay
You're the bedrock under all my days
Here to stay