Lyrics

Fading Spurs

Used to swing a hammer that could split the sky
Now these hands they tremble, can't tell you why
Whiskey's warm but it don't fight the chill
Ain't the bottle that breaks me, it's the quiet that will

[Chorus]
Oh, fading spurs, rusted pride
Manhood slips like a changing tide
Mirror don't lie but it don't feel kind
Fading spurs, and the years unwind

[Verse 2]
My boots once cut trails through the canyon deep
Now they sit by the door collecting sleep
The road called me brother, the night my friend
Now I pray for sunrise to start again
Once a fire, now just smoke
Manhood's ashes in the words I choke

[Chorus]
Oh, fading spurs, rusted pride
Manhood slips like a changing tide
Mirror don't lie but it don't feel kind
Fading spurs, and the years unwind

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
I used to roar, now I mumble through
Used to fight, now I just chew
The hollow in me takes its hat
And fades away, ain't no coming back

[Instrumental]