Lyrics
Verse 1
I came home bent like an old shop doorWith a heart full of hail and a back full of warYou left your dents where the tender parts wereBut I learned what a wrench and a sunrise are worth
Pre‑Chorus
I’ve been down on the gravel, I’ve been flat on my backStill found one more gear when the whole thing went black
Chorus
I’m a tough-as-nails woman, hear that motor turnGot a little smoke rising, got a lot left to burnYou can throw your worst thunder, you can shake every frameI’ll be rolling by morning with a brand-new nameTook a beating, took a heartbreak, took the long way throughBut the engine keeps running, and I’m running too
Verse 2
I patched up the silence with a roll of red tapePut my faith in the toolbox and my boots on the brakeThere were nights I was stranded with no road in sightSo I tightened my grip and I cranked through the night
Pre‑Chorus
Now the mirror’s got cracks, but it still tells the truthThere’s a fire under this hood that was born in my youth
Chorus
I’m a tough-as-nails woman, hear that motor turnGot a little smoke rising, got a lot left to burnYou can throw your worst thunder, you can shake every frameI’ll be rolling by morning with a brand-new nameTook a beating, took a heartbreak, took the long way throughBut the engine keeps running, and I’m running too
Bridge
Let the rain hit hard on the windshield glassLet the years leave rust where the memories passedI ain’t made of pretty, I’m made to endureEvery scar is a weld, every mile makes me sureinstrumental
Final Chorus
I’m a tough-as-nails woman, hear that motor turnGot a little smoke rising, got a lot left to burnYou can throw your worst thunder, you can shake every frameI’ll be rolling by morning with a brand-new nameTook a beating, took a heartbreak, took the long way throughBut the engine keeps running, and I’m running tooYeah, the engine keeps running, and I’m running too
Outro
Still running, still rollingAin’t nobody towing me home