These damn rigs

There's times I'd like to turn and walk away

Pack my bags and head back home and stay

But something keeps drawing me in

And it damn sure ain't the pay

Don't know what it is

'bout these damn rigs.

But I got a call when I was eighteen years old

Just a kid out there chasing that black gold

I got a little bit in my blood

And a lot down in my soul

Maybe that's what it is

'bout these damn rigs.

But these damn rigs have been my family

For years at a time

And when things aren't going steady

Just left us all in a bind

But through the highs and lows the only thing I know

Is I do it for my wife and kids

But I thank god every night for these damn rigs.

Well these damn rigs

Have caused their fair share of trouble back home

'cause it's never easy to leave my woman alone

Tryna get back for two weeks

Off of one goodbye kiss

Yeah, there's a lot I miss

On these damn rigs.

Like the time my little boy hit his first ball

And when my baby girl learned how to walk

Well someday I pray they know

What daddy did what he did

'cause they're the reason I'm alone

In these damn rigs.

But these damn rigs have been my family

For years at a time

And when things aren't going steady

Just left us all in a bind

But through the highs and lows the only thing I know

Is I do it for my wife and kids

But I thank god every night for these damn rigs.

But these damn rigs have been my family

For years at a time

And when things aren't going steady

Just left us all in a bind

But through the highs and lows the only thing I know

Is I do it for my wife and kids

But I thank god every night for these damn rigs.

Yet through the highs and lows the only thing I know

I'd do anything for those kids

And I thank god every night for these damn rigs.