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After helping my father restore an old mustang, I realized it was a very familiar process. One in which I myself had gone through. I saw the old car go from being rusted busted and disgusted to complete beautiful and whole. I felt this should be a song. Aaron Krott, Dan Root and Myself took on that challenge and came up with this tune. I hope you can relate or at the very least enjoy.

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Verse:
Through the dust and the grime, the dirt and time
You can see all the miles and years
The Paint is faded it barely made it can bring a man to tears
The dents and the dings and the rusty rings
hide what she used to be
She may be nothing but junk to you but she sure looks good to me
The tires are flat suspension jacked
from the rough roads in her past
The motors blown cause the rods are thrown
but she used to be so fast
All the cracks and the pits and the windshield chips
make it really hard to see
She may look a little rough to you but she means the world to me
Chorus:
This tired horse may be broken and you think her life is done
But me I see so much more one day I know she'll be restored
and partner this old mustang is gonna run
Oh and someday this Mustang is gonna run
This aint what she was created for or what she was supposed to be
With some love and restoration she will finally be free
Oh this tired horse may be broken and you think her life is done
but me I see so much more one day I know she'll be restored
and partner this old Mustang is gonna run
Oh and someday this old Mustang is gonna run
Verse:
I'm withered and worn tattered and torn from the miles and the years
My heart is jaded my mind is faded and I shed a lot of tears
Well the scars and the pain, the guilt and the shame
Show who I used to be
Well I may look like a mess to you but He's still got plans for me
Repeat Chorus:
OH Just watch me run!

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from The Restoration Narrative, released May 23, 2017
Johnny Rowlett, Aaron Krott, Dan Root

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Johnny Rowlett Maumee, Ohio

Johnny is a Nashville Recording artist with the Inspirational Country Music Association... voted 2016 Music Evangelist, and top 5 Male Vocalist of the Year. He's had 3 top five singles and his songs "The Truth Is" and "Old Mustang" went to number one on the Powersource Nashville Charts. Johnny travels across this country full time, with his amazing wife Gale. ... more

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