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Hard Earned Road
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Hard Earned Road was released on May 8, 2026 by Spright Records as a part of the album Hard Earned Road - Single
May 8, 2026
LabelSpright Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM119
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

When I was five, you gave me my first ride,
On cracked black roads, just you by my side.
Two sets of wheels, but one line we'd draw—
"It's you and me, kid… us against 'em all."
No silver spoon, just rust and grit,
You wore every mile, never once quit.
I didn't know then what it cost you to stand,
Just a steady voice and a calloused hand.
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From ten to fourteen, I watched your world go dark,
Light slipping slow, but you never lost your mark.
Clock punched mornings, pain in your bones,
Still brought home a paycheck, never asked for a loan.
Proud like steel, you carried your name,
Wouldn't take a handout, wouldn't play that game.
Only the nightmares ever let us in—
But you faced them head-on and you'd do it again.
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You taught me to stand when the ground gives way,
Hold my line when the wolves all bay.
Work with my mind, don't carry this load,
Get further than me down this hard-earned road.
Yeah, you drew that line I still walk today,
Through the doubt and the weight and the price we pay.
We weren't given much—but we made our own way,
And I'm still living by the words you'd say.
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Twenty years fighting, ten flat on your back,
We gave it all back for the love you never lacked.
Not in your words, but in all that you did,
Every hard lesson, every ounce you'd give.
I see it now in the way I raise mine,
Same hard truths, same stubborn spine.
Different world, yeah the road's more steep,
But that fire you lit—it don't burn out cheap.
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Your father's violence ran through your blood,
But it stopped in your hands—you changed what it was.
No easy man, but you chose what was right,
Drew a hard line in the middle of that fight.
Didn't say it in words, but you made it clear—
What a man builds up… ends right here.
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You taught me to stand when the ground gives way,
Hold my line when the wolves all bay.
Work with my mind, don't break like I did,
Be more than the man staring back at my kid.
Now my kids run roads you never got to see,
But they're walking them stronger 'cause you built me.
Yeah, it's still you and me in everything I do—
Just a longer road… but I'm riding it true.
Written by: David Spiess
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