Drive (When Daddy let me...)
Alan Jackson
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Was painted red, the stripe was white,
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It was 18 feet from the bow to the stern light.
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Second hand from a dealer in Atlanta,
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I rode up with Daddy when he went there to get her.
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Put on a shine, put on the motor,
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Built out of love, made for the water.
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Ran her for years \'til the transom got rotten,
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A piece of my childhood that\'ll never be forgotten. It was,
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Just an old plywood boat,
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With a \'75 Johnson, with electric choke.
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A young boy, two hands on the wheel,
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I can\'t replace the way it made me feel,
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And I would turn her sharp and I\'d, make it whine,
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He\'d say, you can\'t beat the way an old wood boat rides.
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Just a little lake across the Alabama line,
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But I was king of the ocean, when daddy let me
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drive.
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Just an old half-ton short bed Ford,
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My uncle bought it new in \'64.
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Daddy got it ridin\', \'cause the engine was smokin\',
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Couple of burnt valves and he had it goin\'.
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He\'d let me drive her and we\'d haul off a load,
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Down a dirt strip where we\'d dump trash, off of Thigpen Road.
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I\'d sit up in the seat, and stretch my feet out to the pedals,
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Smilin\' like a hero that just received his medal. It was,
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Just an old hand-me down Ford,
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With 3-speed on the column, and a dent in the door.
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A young boy, two hands on the wheel,
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I can\'t replace the way it made me feel,
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And I would press that clutch, and I\'d keep it right,
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And he\'d say, a little slower son, you\'re doin\' just fine.
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Just a dirt road with trash on each side,
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But I was Mario Andretti when daddy let me drive.
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I\'m grown up now, three daughters of my own.
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I let \'em drive my old jeep \'cross the pasture at our home.
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Maybe one day, they\'ll reach back in their file,
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And pull out that old memory, and think of me and smile, and say,
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It was just an old worn out jeep,
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With rusty old floorboards that were hot on my feet.
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A young girl, two hands on the wheel,
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I can\'t replace the way it made me feel,
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And he\'d say, turn it left and steer it right,
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Straighten up girl now, you\'re doin\' just fine.
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Just a little valley, by the river where we\'d ride,
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But I was high on a mountain, when Daddy let me drive.
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When Daddy let me drive.
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Oh he let me drive.
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She\'s just an old plywood boat,
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With a \'75 Johnson, with electric choke....