Uncle Lucius - Keep The Wolves Away 

Parents divorced when I was 4. My dad gave my mom a chance to be in our lives, she chose not to. But our dad, he raised me & my sister by himself he got some help every now & then, no child support. Took us to & from school, whatever school activities that schools was doing he was there. He even had to work nights for a few years, something that he really didn't want to do but did it. Sad to say we grew up without a mom and times were tough, but we pulled through because of him. I love you dad.

I’ve been a single mom for 14 year’s and my daughter is 14 my son is 12. I’m a concrete finisher in the union. I work so hard to provide for my kid’s. Went through cancer a year ago still went to work pouring and finishing concrete sick as a dog. Thank you God for healing me. I’m still here at 35years old still working like a man being mom and dad.

Son turns 1 year in 2 days. 5 months ago I broke my spine in 4 places, broke my shoulder, tore my labrum and rotator cuff. Epileptic, beaten, battered or broken, I'll get you through. -We do recover. I'll never understand why my father chose to leave, but I'll always appreciate my grandfather for making me the man I am today. Keep going dads.

Working 7-12’s as a pipe fitter, or 7-13’s as a foreman on turnaround in refineries and chemical plants all over the country was normal 8 months out of the year for me. Wife of 24 years, four amazing kids, but now I’m fighting Sage 4 kidney cancer, probably from the chemicals, fully disabled, trying to keep the wolves away. Still, I’m blessed!!!

Song reminds me so much of my baby brother. He had his first child at 16, and immediately got a job on a shrimp boat to provide for his new family. On his 17th birthday, our father signed for him to enlist into the Marine Corps. He did three tours in Iraq, and was even wounded in fallujah. After the service he got a job offshore drilling, and worked countless hours every week to build a comfortable civilian life for his family. I watched as he deteriorated when he got sick. He beat it, and went right back to work to continue to provide. He overcame so much in life only to be hit by a stray bullet at a gas station half a mile from our fathers house in 2014. Rest in Paradise baby bro u were double the man anyone I know could ever be in half the time! You were always able to keep the wolves away. I’m so proud to be your big brother. Miss you so much man.

I just buried my father yesterday. He always kept the wolves away. His last few months of battling cancer I tried to keep the wolves away best I could. I’m sorry I couldn’t do more. I love you dad.

My dad raised me and my siblings in Louisiana while fighting my mom’s addiction. He worked himself to the bone until his blue collar job cost him nearly everything. He was injured so bad he was permanently disabled. We fought like hell through homelessness and hardship till that settlement came and we moved up north a ways. He passed 5 years ago and he is still the strongest man I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing.

If you're listening to this type of music even if you're still young that's mean you have a wonderful taste of music, have a good day.

I'm on a turnaround in a plant working 7-12's and reading everyone's comments while listening to this song hit me down to the soul. Early mornings, late nights and weekends can wear you down but being able to provide a better life for your family makes it all worth it. Nobody knows your sacrifice better than another blue collar worker. Keep up the work everyone.

Never understood why my dad missed so much stuff. He worked 12 hours a day. I get it now.

As I sit on my fathers bed side as he is slowly dies of liver failure this song really hits me. He wrecked his body for years to provide for us. I used to get upset that he worked so much as all I wanted was his time. Now that I have kids of my own I get it. I love you dad. Relax, I’ll take it from here.

My ole man raised me since I was 9 months old all by himself I’ve watched him give me my last dollar for lunch at school.. I’ll never stop loving and looking up to my dad 62 years old still works his ass off everyday. I pray I’m half the man he is! If you have a hard working dad that loves you and will do anything for you call him and tell him you love him it’ll make his day..

It’s cry night men. Let that shit out and get ready for work tomorrow. Love you gentlemen. Stay strong.

I’m a father of 5. Oilfield salesman. Former drug addict. Trying to keep the wolves away.

Who is here in 2024

I’ve never heard this song until now and I can feel all the best that my parents gave me when I was young. Even though she’s gone to heaven I still have a little more time to tell my daddy that I appreciate him and all he has done for me. Now I’m in my 50’s and I feel the age coming on but I’m still fighting everyday, for my family.

If you grew up blue collar, watching your dad walk out that door every morning, this song and video are absolutely brutal.

Who still appreciates this in 2020✋🏽

My oldest son said hey dad listen to this song 2 months later he was murdered in Vegas Got tears in my eyes every time I hear this😢

For any man that did what he could for his kids to have a better life, this song hits hard.

I remember my dad would come home after 10 hour shift we live down an old dirt road so I knew when Dad was coming cuz I can see the dust I would get so excited to see my daddy, I can see how tired he was but he never showed it sometimes at night I can hear my dad in bed hurting because of his back but he always got up and went to work!!!! We never went without thanks Pop! ♥️

It’s funny how you never realize how much your parent or parents did for you, until it is your time to “keep the wolves away.”

I heard this song when I was homeless; lost my house and job while trying to help my own sister. Resulted in a depression that even two civil wars couldn't do. Hearing this song while getting some rest behind a random garage made me realize what others (grandpa) have sacrificed for me and got my ass right back in gear. I was still hurting but I went to therapy, got into business school, met the love of my life and now again listening to this song with my son and daughter. Thank you sir.

My dad busted his ass for years working as a heavy equipment operator on the pipeline, always trying to provide for my mom and siblings and myself. I remember hardly seeing him at all as a kid growing up, and man I missed him like crazy. I was at work one day and got phone call from my momma saying my dad got hurt at work and it wasn’t good. Unfortunately he died as a result of being burned to death from a pipeline explosion. That day changed me forever. I miss my dad every damn day! Make sure to tell your loved ones that you love them, as we never know when our number is up.

My father was in roofing and had an accident that left him disabled at 23 years old, the doctors told him he would never walk again, they were wrong, and he continued to work for 20+ years to provide for my family. He passed away when I was 18yo. I was conceived after the accident, he defied everything everyone told him to provide for his family, and I'll never forget that. Thank you for this song.

I'm 18 from an abusive home living in my own home working 60hours pouring concrete and fixing trucks tryin to build a life for a family someday. God bless the hard working men

Its oct 2023. Jus found this song for the first rime , at work af all places. Lost my father in '09 at age 49 to sudden heart attack. I was 22. Im now 36 with a 2 and 6 year old. Work in a factory to provide what i acn for them. Somethin about this song has truly made me understand how much he sacrificed to give me and my brothers and I a good childhood. I never got to tell him thank you. He never got to meet his grand children. I miss him everyday, to this day. I wish i was mature anough to realize then and to say thank you to him. But im sayin it here. Thank you dad. R.i.P. 😢 i love you.

I'm a single mom, we don't have a man like this, but when I watch this video and her son stands up to support his mom, it reminds me of my own 13 year old little man. Mom's of boys are so lucky. Nobody loves us quite like they do.

This is not a song. This is an art piece. The lyrics tell a beautiful and honest story and the instruments captivate that feeling

I've worked 18 years in the coal mines and this is one of the most realistic songs I think has ever been wrote and sung by anyone

My dad growing up did everything to keep the wolves away and showed me what it takes as I got older. And I’m forever thankful as I’m now the sole provider for my two babies. There’s days I don’t know how I’m going to do it but when I see my kids protected from the real world without a care or fear in their eyes, and it just snaps something deep inside where it’s no longer a question.

Here to all those still fighting in 2024 hope this is a good yr for you

As someone who's never known his father, these are the types of songs that let me know which direction to take in life.

As an iron worker on the road full time and as a father of 4 this song gives me absolute chills. It hits me at every corner.

My father worked away for 20 years, he was away when I was born, came back in to my life just 3 years before I went away to university. I used to judge him on so much stuff, but now that I’m all grown up I get it, he was trying to provide so I never felt what it meant to be poor. Thanks dad ❤

I'm here listening to this song because a friend of mine passed away at 49 due to an overdose. He loved this song, and I have never heard it before. So, with a tear in my eye, I have to decide if I play it at his celebration of life. Lord please bless all who read this!

My wife and I are a foster family. I work 12 hours a night in chemical manufacturing so my wife can stay at home with our 5 ( sometimes more ) kids. I’m tired, my body aches by morning. But being greeted at the door when I get home with hugs keeps me going.

Makes me cry everytime. My grandpa died to ALS after a fall triggered a calcium deposit in his neck. Left my dad two farms at the age of 26. When I was 8, my mom got a call that dad fell from the top of a combine and split his back on the corn head. Like in the song, my Dad recovered, but I'll never forget that day. To all the working men, risking themselves for the wellbeing of their families...you are the heartbeat of America and I raise my glass to you 🤘🤘

Teamsters brat here, i cant listen to this song without crying my eyes out. I enlisted after a few years in the Union. Have a wife and a daughter now, and its my turn to keep the wolves away. Thank you Pops.

Stumbling across this, on of all days...FATHERS DAY... Here's to all those men who sacrificed so much for their families. Happy Fathers Day to you!

My 7th grade year my dad caught fire in the bottom of a tank in a ship yard. He spent 100 days in the mobile burn center with a 20% percent chance of survival. Now I’m 19 and running the roads and this was my first time hearing this song. It hits pretty close to home.

This song reminds me of my father. Waking up at 4 30 am, driving almost 4 hours every day to go to a factory assembly line. Punching in and out, thankful for dinner ready at 7 pm. In bed by 9. For years he did this, for us 3 kids, and his high school sweetheart. Never did I hear a word of complaint. But I felt the calluses on his hands. I heard the exhaustion in his voice as he sang me to sleep to the tune of songs like If I had a hammer, all the leaves are brown, and paperback writer. As a child I didn't know the metaphor of this song, keep the wolves away. Now as a father, I understand. My hands are rough. Bones weary. I'm there for my son, and my old man. To keep the wolves at bay.

Just discovered this song at 16 years old. I replay it over and over, its truly a good song. My mom is a single mother, did everything she could and still is for me and my little brother. This song reminds me so much of all the things shes done for us and i will be forever grateful for her.

Feelin this. Ia anyone keeping the wolves at bay in 2024?

For the 9.2k that thumbs downed this song, your either deaf, dumb or spoiled... This is a real song, about Real men and the trials and tribulations of being a father. As a father of 4 working 16hrs a day to provide for mine, it plucked more than a few heartstrings for me.

Only thing sadder than his whistle is most people don't even know the wolves exist until it's too late.

As a young child I was only 12 and my uncle caught stage 4 tongue and throat cancer and by some miracle he beat it for another year to go by and get the same cancer and this time it was back stronger than ever but my uncle fought and fought eating through a tube going to chemo eventually inviting us over (we didn’t see him much cause he was another state over) and talked about how he wanted to say that it wasn’t looking good a week passed and we were looking and the sky was pink and beautiful and wishing 5 minutes we got a call and my uncle had passed at only 39 I’m 17 now i will never forget your jerky fly high dude and thanks for keeping the wolves away

My parents were my grandparents. Mom couldn't keep me and they adopted me. They were done raising kids and here I come. They didn't have to, but they by God did. Busted rheir asses to keep the wolves away

12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Only hoilday he took off was Christmas. Didn't appreciate it until I had a family of my own.

I hesitate to write this comment. I read everyones struggles and I lost my pops when I was 9. He's gone from cancer in the war he fought. A Marine veteran that I wish I could keep saying dad I need you. Now I suffer from PTSD from the shit I put myself through when I lost him since. This song just triggered myself to break down and cry for once.

Most of people will never understand the meaning of this song and that is life

My dad (who was a highly decorated soldier in the army) went six feet under the ground 8yrs ago this very month. This song shall forever be a dedication to him 💌

This is probably the best comment section I have ever seen. So many stories and memories of the back bone of this great Nation. ✊

I'm a 34 year old father of 2. I work in a coal power station. Hats off to anyone that fights off their wolves everyday! I fight a pack of wolves every second of everyday. I've been struggling to stay sober bc I've wasted to many years of my life running with the same wolves that now have turned on me. Im blessed that my father is and has been the rock in my life. Guilt overcomes me when thoughts burn through my mind of all the wasted memories that I destroyed by worrying about when I needed my fix. Now that I'm able to clearly think, my dad has moved on to Texas and it's not as simple to just stop and visit. I hate myself for wasting all the golden opportunities that I had of making memories with him. Ever since I became a father to my son, i can only dream of always being there for him like my dad was for me. I hurt so bad in my soul bc I know that all the time thats past can never be presented to me again. God bless everyone of u! Stay strong and don't let the wolves blow down the house that u created! Thanks for taking the time to read this novel!

As a husband and father of 5 boys, this song hits so deep. As fathers we do what we Have to do not what we want to do. We give and give and give and expect nothing except love and a little appreciation in return. We sacrifice ourselves to make sure ours are well taken care of. ❤

Love this song from many years back. I gave everything in my job and got layed off last week after 7 years. My dad also gave everything to keep us safe in his job and now has dementia. They pushed him aside also after 30 years…. But I’ll fight like hell for us..

Real men never receive the recognition that they deserve.

My husband wanted this song for our wedding party to walk in to. He had worked in the coal mine for 9 years right out of high school and moved to a refinery. I came with 2 kids and he has made more sacrifices than I ever give him credit for. If this song doesn’t hit your soul you or no one is in your life ever gave it all for you

Almost 5 months sense the man that worked 18 hr days as a cabinet maker to support his wife and 7 children passed from leukemia. My father was the best father a son could ask for... I miss him everyday. I'm just trying to keep my own wolves away... he was a spectacular example. CHW... I Love Dad!! Thank you for keeping the wolves away from us in a part of town filled with them.

Sure do miss those days,we all need to stand togeather and have God to bless America again..AMEN

Watched my father work his hands to the bone everyday to keep us fed. I remember thinking he's the strongest man in the whole world. I was right. He is. Now that I live it, I see what he went through for his family. You scream in silence because you are the rock. You are the one that will keep your families heads above water. Thank you dad

As a 31 year-old dad to an 8 week old baby, this song really resonates. Shout out to all the dads grinding it out for their families. "Keep going with your head down" as we say up in northern England!

Im 33 years old Im a USMC Infantry Team Ldr Afghanistan Combat Vet CPL SMITH. 2/6 Golf Co 2010-2014 this song is nothing but the truth, when a man has a family to provide for and take care of you do EVERYTHING with the help of JESUS CHRIST to keep the wolves Away even if in the midst of it you yourself become a wolf to kill a wolf to protect provide and love your family This song hits very deep

My dad had bad complications from diabetes. It was making it hard for him to work. I took a pretty physical job and worked overtime as much as could, and convinced him to retire. I don't recall him ever telling me that he was proud of me. He wasn't the kind of man that expressed his emotions. He was a hard ass steelworker. But one day as we're sitting together watching TV, he turned to me and said "thank you for stepping up like you have." I was maybe 22 or 23 at that point. It took all I had to stifle my cries, but I couldn't hold back the tears. To this day I still get choked up thinking about it. That was my time to keep the wolves away. Dad passed in May of 2023. Despite us being at odds so many times, I still miss him so badly.

I don't mind discovering this treasure late. Gold holds it's value no matter when you dig it up.

Parents divorced when I was 10 and my dad and I listened to this song and cried together every time

This song symbolizes America today. As long as you keep the wolves away, we can make it through anything. Great song!

Tipping one back for all my fellow blue collars still “fighting like hell to keep the wolves away” in 2021. Hang in there brothers and know your not alone.

My dad raised me & my brother by himself. After having his neck broken by machinery in a plant. With my mom having just left & his dad dieing and him selling his harley all at the same time. The harley to pay for the funeral. Going to collage for 2 degrees and working 2 jobs while still making time for me & my brother to be a good dad. I don't think I could ask for better. I'm 21 now. I am a former correctional officer. And, I am now a Army Tanker(19k) in the United States Military. Every time I hear this song it brings me to tears knowing that my dad is getting old and that one day I won't have him around. I am very thankful for him. I hope one day I can be half the man he is.

Protect our kids and our homes and band together ...keep the wolves away.... we can do it together. Stay strong and never quit .

I'm from europe but I've been many times with ships at galvestone, freeport, sabine pass, loading lng and lpg...I don't know why but I always felt connected with people working there at terminals, they all felt just like this song, it's like I can see them in it. This should be their anthem, of all hard working people there across all of the terminals at the Gulf of Mexico. Amazing song, I have goosebumps whenever I listen to it. Lost my dad when I was 24, we never said it to each other while he was alive, but I love you.

This tune gives me goose-bumps everytime I hear it and by the end my eyes are always sweating. I had a hard working father who sold his life to the Steel Mills in Gary Indiana and without his love I wouldnt be who I am today. Cheers to my father Douglas Goodfellow and to my Mother for loving him.

Can't listen to this song without tearing up. Thinking about my step dad and how he worked so hard to provide for my mom and i when he didn't have to. I only hope that one day i can measure up to be half as great of a man that he is.

My dad has cancer right now and is about halfway through his chemo. When I first found out, this song really moved me. This video is powerful. He seems to be doing well through it all. The circumstances and this song have made me realize I need to be ready to step up for him. Songs like this make a tremendous impact on people’s lives!

All the comments got me feeling like I'm not alone in this giant world without my hero... thank you for making this song, and thank all of you for sharing. Sometimes all a man needs to see, is that he's not alone.

I hope when my kids are grown and I've shuffled on into the hereafter, they look back and say, "Dad did his best to keep the wolves away."

My toddler says “this is our song, daddy.” Goosebumps every time.

Ive been keeping the wolves away so long that I no longer know how to relax. Being a single dad I work my finger to blood and bones just to provide for my two kids. Life is tough but seeing them smile makes it all worth it even if means putting my life on the line.

My grandpa worked in the Galveston bay out of Vidor Texas. He had 9 kids and no other way to support them. The man risked his life everyday to provide for his children and ultimately we lost him to his dedication.

This song doesn't get the attention it deserves. This is audio gold.

I work 60 hours a week driving a HGV wagon. 4 kids and all that, this song resonates with not only oil workers, but any man that goes out @5:30 am rain or shine for 12 hours a day to look after his family. Great song and message brother.

Everyone should see this video, and hear this song, at least once in their life... Still gets me through it.

We spend our lives keeping the wolves away….this song will always have a special spot in my heart

To all the dads like myself who have sacrificed years of dealing with stress and hard times to provide for their families and being selfless. I say thank you all.

I am a father of three and a proud union refinery operator. My job isn’t the most glamorous and it may not be the best atmosphere to be in for 12 hours at a time but it pays my bills and has allowed my wife to quit her job to be a stay-at-home mom. I see the company man show his colors all the time. Luckily we have each other’s backs and we go home everyday to our loved ones safe and sound. Never be ashamed of the work that you do, be proud of why you do it. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” -‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I appreciate this . I'm aways trying to keep those wolfs away. Thank you

Found this song in recovery after heart surgery. It hit home. It made me think of our relationships with family and duty as a father .

“‘Cause now it’s my turn to keep the wolves away.” That line gives me chills.

I met the man I would call my dad at the age of 3. I'm 40 now and will never forget him working 2 job's to take care of me and my brother, working sick, only buying himself anything if it was absolutely necessary. I'm in no rush for the day I will need to take care of him but when it comes, I'll show him the same love and dedication he did for 2 kid's that weren't even his ❤

What's crazy.. me being a single mom.. this still hits home.. down right bone chilling.... I literally provide everything for my two kids by myself and I work 52-60 hour weeks on salary.. I miss my kids so much but if I don't provide for them then no one will and they won't have a future or college funds.. I just wanna make sure they're comfortable in life and don't have to go through all I have went through 😢

I grew up in Freeport Texas. Right where the mouth of the Brazos spills into quintana / Gulf of mexico. I'm third generation working in the plant. My grandfather and my father both fell. I did too but the harness saved my life. I love this song

I salute every parent that sacrifices for their children. I unfortunately was a child of a mentally ill mother. It wasn't until I became an adult that I realized she did love me, she was fighting within herself. She could not "keep the wolves away" but she tried. I love you momma. I'm so sorry.

Damn this song hit close to home. My dad worked at a uranium mill for nearly 15 years and has some gnarly scars from acid burns. I remember being really little and him coming home from work with his arm bandaged and him cutting them off and seeing just black goo on his arm and he just did a shot and grabbed a razor blade and pair of pliers and just started cutting out the burn so the acid would stop burning. This was before we had medical insurance, so a bunch of stitches would be way less than a bunch of stitches and surgery. He had been burned over a dozen times since that first one, with one being so bad that the hospital had to do skin graphs. Since then he's worked as a welder, working 2 hours from home and working 16 hour days to keep the lights on and food on the table. Now he works as a railroad engineer and 3 years ago tore his labrum in his shoulder and his bicep tendon throwing a frozen rail switch, he's had 3 surgeries to fix it, and it's still not healed. He sleeps like 3 or 4 hours a night from constantly bouncing back and forth from graveyards to days for 20 years, He's the toughest man I know,and I could fill a damn book with stories about him, I thank the Lord for him every day. This song is the only one that has ever brought a tear to my eye from the words. It really hit close to home for me.

This song brings tears to me every time I listen to it. My dad worked his ass off to give us kids a better life. Working as hard as he did took him from us way too soon. He died of ALS in 1984. It broke my heart. I think of him everyday. I tried to follow in his footsteps taking care of my family. But ultimately I ended up becoming disabled. I worked hard and in pain as a machinist over 40 years before I couldn't do it anymore. I worked until I couldn't anymore just to keep the wolves away. Just as my Dad did. He showed me how to be a man. No matter what. You need to take care of your family. Family is always first no matter what. Thank you for this song. Now my kids are keeping the wolves away. ❤❤

Holy shit!! I've been listening to this track repeatedly over the last few weeks and I've only just noticed that it's been on RU-vid for 11 YEARS!!! WOW!!! I thought it was a NEW SONG!! Hahahaaha!! Clearly it has aged very well!!

I find myself listening to this song a lot As I truck food across this country Been a long few months for all of us Every one of you are essential to someone Keep your chins up

To all the men that are overlooked for their efforts and sacrifice, this one's for you 🍻. Hang in there brothers. They're counting on us. Goodnight and God bless.

Ive buried every mentor ive ever had n all that remains is my mom n im now a father of a 4 yr old boy n 7 yr old girl, ive been betrayed by everyone i ever loved, divorced n fought for full custody of my children n won, ever since ive been workin all i can to give them all the things i never had n always dreamed of. Life is hard but for the ones we love its worth it, i know 1 day ill have to leave this world n i just pray God gives me time to see my children grow till they no longr need me. This song put me to my knees.

My childhood, lifelong friend Jbird showed me this song. I loved it instantly. Jbird died last year. I’ll miss him forever. As I listen to this song I can feel him. Rest in peace Jbird❤

I worked at a drywall plant for over 12 years. Worked swing shift and went months without an off day. Now I work at small laid back chemical plant loading trucks. They tell me I do the work 5 men couldn't do. And everytime they do I quietly whistle this song to myself. For all my brothers and sisters out there working swing or just straights, you'll make it. Love yall!