Verse 1

How you gonna verify life you live?

More than numbers you can give

Dust on the mind, long-held grief

Wipe it clean, find some relief

Under the hood there’s a steady drive

Fuel meets fire, keeps it alive

Turning parts in a quiet way

Splitting night from break of day

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Pre-Chorus

Look a little deeper than the surface line

Past the doubt and borrowed signs

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Chorus

You don’t prove it with a measuring line

You feel it move right down inside

Like a current you can’t deny

That’s how you verify the life

It shows up strong, it shows up true

In every step that carries you

No second guess, no alibi

That’s how you verify the life

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Yodel Break (after Chorus)

(Pedal steel leads, then voice enters)

Yo ah ha-ay-ee-ooo… ay-ee-ooo…

Yo ah ha-ay-ee-aaa… ay-ee-aaa…

Ohhh—ee-yo… ee-yo…

Ay-ee-ooo… ay-ee-ooo…

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Verse 2

Look inside where the truth runs deep

Past the things you try to keep

There’s a spark that won’t sit still

A steady pull, a stronger will

Ain’t in a book, ain’t on a page

Ain’t locked down in a certain place

Take your time and let it show

It’s right there if you let it flow

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Pre-Chorus

Closer than the words you say

Right there in the break of day

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Chorus

You don’t prove it with a measuring line

You feel it move right down inside

Like a current you can’t deny

That’s how you verify the life

It shows up strong, it shows up true

In every step that carries you

No second guess, no alibi

That’s how you verify the life

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Bridge

Call it spirit, call it fire

Call it what your heart requires

Runs through loss, runs through gain

Carries on through joy and pain

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Yodel Break (bigger, layered)

Yo ah ha-ay-ee-ooo… ay-ee-ooo…

Yo ah ha-ay-ee-aaa… ay-ee-aaa…

Ohhh—ee-yo… ee-yo…

Ay-ee-ooo… ay-ee-ooo…

(steel harmonizes underneath)

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Final Chorus

You don’t prove it with a measuring line

You feel it move right down inside

Like a current you can’t deny

That’s how you verify the life

Through every turn, through every mile

Through every tear and every smile

It holds you up, it won’t deny

That’s how you verify the life

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Outro

How you gonna verify life you live?

Stand still long enough to feel it give

(soft yodel fades out)

Ay-ee-ooo… ay-ee-ooo…