verse 1 6 6 6 sixteen-year-old kids huddled around the grocery lot "He punched out my teeth" so you said, so did the evidence The blood and the dent on the car door from your head verse 2 And this is where I bring you With every laurel I've hung from your neck It will be the noose that hangs you Yes it will be the noose that hangs you Pre-Chorus Cause I was lonely here and its lonely still In the rugged country where the weeds grow fierce Quicker than the crop I keep running from In this rugged country Chorus I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one verse 3 And this is where we lost you Despite every effort to bring you back Yeah, the hopes the one that haunts you And the home's the rope thats wrapped around your neck And it will be the noose that hangs you Yes it will be the noose that hangs you Pre-Chorus And it's a heavy hand where I wear your death As a wedding ring in the rugged country I tend to your man in the home you had Oh in this rugged country Chorus I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one I'm the rugged one