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Drive (For Daddy Gene)
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it was painted red
the stripe was white
it was eighteen feet
from the bow
to the stern light
secondhand
from a dealer
in atlanta
i rode up with daddy
when he went there
to get her
we put on a shine and
put on a motor
built outta love
and made
for the water
ran her for years
till the transom
got rotten
a piece of
my childhood
that'll never be
forgotten it was
just an old
plywood boat
with a '75 johnson
with electric choke
a young boy
two hands
on the wheel
i can't replace
the way it
made me feel
and i would
turn her sharp
and i'd
make it whine
he'd say
you can't beat the way
an old wood boat
rides
just a little lake
'cross the
alabama line
but i was
king of the ocean
when daddy let me
drive
just an old half-ton
shortbed ford
my uncle bought new
in '64
and daddy got it right
'cause the engine
was smokin'
couple-a
burnt valves
and he
had it goin'
he'd let me drive her
when we'd
haul off a load
down a dirt strip
where we'd
dump trash
off of thigpen road
i'd sit up in the seat
and stretch my feet
out to the pedals
smilin' like a hero
that just received
his medal it was
just an old
hand-me-down ford
with three-speed
on the column
and a dent
in the door
a young boy
two hands
on the wheel
i can't replace
the way it
made me feel
and i would
press that clutch
and i'd
keep it right
he'd say
a little slower son
you're doin' just fine
just a dirt road
with trash
on each side
but i was
mario andretti
when daddy let me
drive
i'm grown up now
three daughters
of my own
i let 'em drive
my old jeep
'cross the pasture
at our home
maybe one day
they'll reach back
in their file
and pull out
that old memory
and think of me
and smile and say
it was just an old
worn-out jeep
rusty old
floorboards
hot on my feet
a young girl
two hands
on the wheel
i can't replace
the way it
made me feel
and he'd say
turn it left and
steer it right
straighten up
girl now
you're doin' just fine
just a little valley
by the river
where we'd ride
but i was high
on a mountain
when daddy let me
drive
when daddy
let me drive
oh he let me
drive
she's just an old
plywood boat
with a '75 johnson
with electric choke
Details
- Duration : 3:58
- Key : B
- Genre : Country
- Year released : 1997
- Language : English
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