Smoke rollin’ out that back porch screen
Old Gibson cryin’ like a broke machine
Bills piled high on the kitchen table
But I still bet my life on another label

Mama said “boy get your feet on ground”
But this outlaw heart only slows me down
Every scar got a melody hidden inside
Every wrong turn gave these songs a ride

Hook
I burn 24 hours a day
Ashes fall where the dreamers pray
Bloodshot eyes and a heart that won’t break
Chasin’ these songs like a man can’t be saved
I burn 24 hours a day

Neon buzz from a roadside sign
Cheap motel and a bottle of rye
Crowd sang loud but the pay was thin
Still I’d play that dive bar all over again

Got a backseat full of notebooks torn
And a soul held together by outlaw chords
Some men chase money, some men chase fame
I just want these songs to remember my name

Chorus
I burn 24 hours a day
Running these highways of heartache and pain
No gold clock gonna tell me when to stop
I’ll die with a melody left on my tongue
Yeah I burn 24 hours a day
For a song that might outlive my name

Bridge
When the lights go dark and the crowd goes home
It’s me and these ghosts and the great unknown
Lord knows I gave every ounce I had
To six steel strings and a life this bad

Final Chorus
Yeah I burn 24 hours a day
Like a wildfire nobody can tame
Hands full of scars, lungs full of smoke
Still turning hard times into songs folks know
Yeah I burn 24 hours a day
And I’ll keep burnin’ till they lay me in the grave

Outro
Ashes fall where the dreamers pray…
I burn 24 hours a day.