Beaumont to Odessa, God knows wherever They're old, but I'll betcha, can't buy em off the shelf These stories of living, stitched in the grain When I wear em, I remember, from where I once came Yeah, my father's boots I can ride I can shoot There's just something in the soul that's all leather and truth Put em on stand your ground take them off, hand them down So the next one can walk in the roots of his fathers boots He bought em in Houston, wore em right out the door He broke em in, spinnin' mom round the floor Even covered in dust, they're a damn work of art They're on my feet, he's in my heart Yeah, my father's boots I can ride I can shoot There's just something in the soul that's all leather and truth Put em on stand your ground take them off, hand them down So the next one can walk in the roots of his fathers boots You can wear out a shirt, it comes and it goes But this cowhide and dirt, has decades to go That's family history, wherever you run So wear them with pride, now that your time has come Yeah, my father's boots I can ride I can shoot There's just something in the soul that's all leather and truth Put em on stand your ground take them off, hand them down So the next one can walk in the roots When he wears them, he'll think of you, and his father's boots