A Lion Ain't Done — Lyrics

She got more than a suitcase when she walked out through that door
Left the cold side of the bed and a man down on the floor
There's a ring mark on the table
There's a picture turned around
There's a boy asleep upstairs
Who still don't know she's gone right now
And I could break like the dishes we threw against the wall
But morning's coming either way

And my family needs me tall
So I rise up like a lion
With a heartbreak in my chest
Got a house to keep from falling

Got no time to lay to rest I've got miles left in these boots
I've got fire left in my blood

You can bury me in sorrow
But I'll crawl back through the mud
This ain't the end of my story

This ain't where I come undone I'm still breathing, still fighting
And the lion ain't done

I make coffee before daylight
Wipe the tears before they show
Put my hands inside my pocket
So the kids don't see them cold
She said I was always chasing
Some dream too far to hold
But I was building us a future
Out of dirt and prayers and hope

And maybe love can't leave you bleeding
Maybe goodbye cuts deep
But a man don't need to quit
With their mouth to feed

So I rise up like a lion
With a heartbreak in my chest
Got a house to keep from falling
Got no time to lay to rest
I've got miles left in these boots I've got fire left in my blood
You can bury me in sorrow
But I'll crawl back through the mud
This ain't the end of my story

This ain't where I come undone
I'm still breathing, still fighting
And the lion ain't done

Let her think I'm broken
Let them say I lost my way
They don't see the quiet thunder
Waking up in me today
I've been down where hope is hungry I've been low enough to learn
When your whole world turns to ashes
That's where real men start to burn

So I rise up like a lion
With a heartbreak in my chest
Got a house to keep from falling
Got no time to lay to rest
I've got miles left in these boots I've got fire left in my blood
You can bury me in sorrow
But I'll crawl back through the mud
This ain't the end of my story

This ain't where the war begun
I'm still breathing, still fighting
And the lion ain't done

No, a lion ain't done
Now all his children need the sun
I may be broken, I may be bleeding
But I was born to run