Drive (For Daddy Gene)

作曲：Alan Jackson

and the strife was

plan i rode up with daddy when he went there to get her

put on a shine put on a mortar

built out of love and made for the water

ran her for years 'til the trance some got rotten

a piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten

it was just an old plywood boat

with a seventy five 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 right 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

tom short bed ford

my uncle bought new in sixty four

daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking

a couple of burnt vows and he had it going

chevy driver and haul off the load

down a dirt strip

where we dumped trash off a fake pin road

i'd sit up in the seat

and stretch my feet out to the pedals

smiling like a hero that just received his medal

it was just an old hand me down ford

with a 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 keep it

right

he'd say a little slower son you're doing just fine

just a dirt road with trash on each side

but i was mario andretti

when daddy let me drive

now three daughters of my own

i let them drive my old jeep

across 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

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 doing just fine

just a little valley by the river where we ride

but i was high on a mountain

and daddy let me drive

daddy let me drive

oh he let me drive

she's just an old plywood boat

the seventy five johnson with electric choke