It was painted red
The stripe was
White
It was
Eighteen feet
From the bow
To stern light
Second hand
From a
Dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with
Daddy
When he went there
To get her
Put on a shine
And put on a motor
Built outta love
And made for
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 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 short
I'd make it
Wide
He'd say you can't
Beat the way an old
Wood boat rides
Just a little Lake
Across the Alabama
Line
But I was king
Of the ocean
When Daddy let me
(Drive)
Just an old
Half-ton
Short bed Ford
My Uncle bought
New in '64
And Daddy got it
Right
Cause the engine
Was smokin'
Couple of burnt
Valves
And he had it goin'
He'd let me
Drive her
And 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)
(lt was just an old)
(Hand me down)
(Ford)
(With three speed)
(On the columns 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
Race 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 Andrea
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)
(With 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 seventy-five
Johnson
With electric choke