CROSSWIND
As recorded by Chris Stapleton
(From the 2023 Album HIGHER)



[Intro]



[Verse 1]
            
I can see what

              
's comin' for 

             
me by the way 

              
that it's bend

        
in' the pines
              
Brother, me an

              
d these 18-whe

              
els are gonna 

             
hammer on down

     
 the line
              
Flyin' like a 

              
bat out of hel

             
l, tearin' out

              
 of North Alab

  
ama
              
Signs are sayi

              
n' "Jesus Save

             
s" but the dev

              
il don't give 

  
a damn


[Chorus]
             
Tryin' to keep

             
 all the rubbe

       
r on '65
            
Might not make

          
 it out alive
              
White knucklin

             
' the wheel ju

         
st to survive
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind


[Verse 2]
            
Sometimes, wha

              
t drives a man

             
 ain't nothin'

              
 but a matter 

   
of will
              
When a man's g

              
ot a heavy loa

             
d, he just try

              
in' to make it

          
 over thе hill
              
Burnin' the ho

              
urs taking tru

              
ck-stop shower

             
s and sleepin'

              
 in the chеap 

  
motels
              
Pickin' up spe

              
ed on a missio

              
n to feed five

             
 kids with a C

 
DL


[Chorus]
             
Tryin' to keep

             
 all the rubbe

       
r on '65
            
Might not make

          
 it out alive
              
White knucklin

             
' the wheel ju

         
st to survive
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind


[Pedal Steel Solo]
            
       


[Verse 3]
            
It's a fight i

              
n the dark of 

             
night with ano

              
ther hundred m

        
iles to run
              
When your mind

              
 starts tryin'

              
 to find ways 

             
to get you out

              
 from under th

  
e gun
              
This livin' ai

              
n't much of a 

              
life but it's 

             
the only thing

              
 I know how to

   
 do

I miss you, ho

ney, but I got

ta make some m

oney
             
So, I'm hopin'

              
 I can make it

 
 through


[Chorus]
             
Tryin' to keep

             
 all the rubbe

       
r on '65
            
Might not make

          
 it out alive
              
White knucklin

             
' the wheel ju

         
st to survive
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind


[Outro]
              
Caught in the 


crosswind
             
Caught in the 


crosswind