Drive (For Daddy Gene)-Alan Jackson

[00:11.04]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:14.49]It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light [00:18.77]Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta [00:22.05]I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her [00:26.57]We put on a shine; put on a motor [00:29.86]Built out of love, made for the water [00:34.02]Ran her for years, til the transom got rotten [00:37.39]A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten [00:40.31]It was just on old plywood boat [00:42.28]With a ′75 Johnson with electric choke [00:46.76]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:52.85]I can′t replace the way it made me feel [00:56.99]And I would turn her sharp [00:58.92]And I would make her whine [01:01.00]He′d say, "you can′t beat the way an old wood boat rides" [01:05.98]Just a little lake across the Alabama line [01:07.64]But I was king of the ocean [01:10.85]When daddy let me drive [01:13.50] [01:19.93]Just an old half ton shortbed ford [01:23.09]My uncle bought new in 6 4 [01:27.44]Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking [01:31.00]A couple of burnt valves and he had it going [01:35.38]He let me drive her when we′d haul off a load [01:38.62]Down a dirt strip where we′d dump trash off of Thigpen Road [01:41.89] [01:42.53]I′d sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals [01:46.39]Smiling like a hero that just received his medal [01:48.93]It was just an old handdown Ford [01:54.00]With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door [01:58.37]A young boy two hands on the wheel [02:02.11]I can′t replace the way it mode me feel [02:04.36]And I would press that clutch [02:05.58]And I would keep it right [02:07.88]And he′d say, "a little slower son you′re doing just fine" [02:13.62]Just a dirt rood with trash on each side [02:16.44]But I was Mario Andretti [02:17.20]When daddy let me drive [02:36.97] [02:38.79]I′m grown up now three daughters of my own [02:42.11]I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home [02:46.27]Maybe one day they′ll reach back in their file [02:49.65]And pull out that old memory [02:51.47]And think of me and smile and say [02:54.38]It was just an old worn out Jeep [02:57.18]Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet [03:01.16]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:05.41]I can′t replace the way it made me feel [03:07.42]And he′d say, "turn it left and steer it right, [03:11.65]Straighten up girl, you′re doing just fine" [03:16.84]Just a little valley by the river where we′d ride [03:19.43]But I was high on a mountain [03:23.02]When daddy let me drive [03:27.19]When daddy let me drive [03:29.89] [03:30.73]Oh he let me drive [03:38.72]Daddy let me drive [03:39.71] [03:42.55]It′s just an old plywood boat [03:44.91]With a ′75 Johnson with electric choke