Drive (For Daddy Gene)-Alan Jackson

[00:01.501]Alan Jackson -Drive （For Daddy Gene） [00:09.46]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:12.486]It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light [00:16.738]Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta [00:20.44]I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her [00:24.344]We put on a shine;put on a motor [00:27.739]Built out of love made for the water [00:32.74]Ran her for years till the transom got rotten [00:35.309]A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten [00:40.292]It was just on old plywood boat [00:43.71]With a ′75Johnson with electric choke [00:47.405]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:51.144]I can ′t replace the way it made me feel [00:54.287]And I would turn her sharp [00:56.765]And I would make her whine [00:58.285]He ′d say "you can ′t beat the way an old wood boat rides" [01:02.630]Just a little lake across the Alabama line [01:05.561]But I was king of the ocean [01:08.995]When daddy let me drive [01:18.110]Just an old half ton shortbed ford [01:21.446]My uncle bought new in 64 [01:25.450]Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking [01:29.592]A couple of burnt valves and he had it going [01:33.434]He let me drive her when we ′d haul off a load [01:36.597]Down a dirt strip where we ′d dump trash off of Thigpen Road [01:40.539]I ′d sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals [01:44.370]Smiling like a hero that just received his medal [01:49.375]It was just an old handdown Ford [01:52.66]With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door [01:56.409]A young boy two hands on the wheel [02:00.47]I can ′t replace the way it made me feel [02:03.287]And I would press that clutch [02:04.736]And I would keep it right [02:07.227]And he ′d say "a little slower son you ′re doing just fine" [02:11.669]Just a dirt rood with trash on each side [02:14.809]But I was Mario Andretti [02:18.05]When daddy let me drive [02:36.873]I ′m grown up now three daughters of my own [02:40.161]I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home [02:44.559]Maybe one day they ′ll reach back in their file [02:47.671]And pull out that old memory [02:49.798]And think of me and smile and say [02:52.634]It was just an old worn out Jeep [02:55.472]Rusty old floorboard hot on my feet [02:59.564]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:03.408]I can ′t replace the way it made me feel [03:06.177]And he ′d say "turn it left and steer it right [03:10.588]Straighten up girl you ′re doing just fine" [03:14.841]Just a little valley by the river where we ′d ride [03:18.129]But I was high on a mountain [03:21.272]When daddy let me drive [03:25.223]When daddy let me drive [03:28.914]Oh he let me drive [03:40.577]It ′s just an old plywood boat [03:44.173]With a ′75Johnson with electric choke