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It was painted red, the stripe was white.
It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light.
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta,
I rode up with Daddy when he went there to get her.
We put on a shine; an' put on a motor;
Built out of love, made for the water.
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten;
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten.
It was just an old plywood boat.
With a '75 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,
And I would make it whine.
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 shortbed Ford,
My uncle bought new in '64.
Daddy got it right, 'cause the engine was smokin':
A couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'.
He let me drive her when 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.
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford,
With 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 would keep it right.
And 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.
I'm grown up 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:
"It 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'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 '75 Johnson with electric choke.
don't particularyly care for country, in fact, i don't really like it. But this songs is cool
haha...my roommate used to blast thissong non-stop...i hated it the first, third, fortieth, ninety-second, and last time i heard it...it might be one of the 5 most obnoxious songs ever...
i love this song. I can so relate to it and i think a lot of people can.
That is the very same reason I like. Most should be able to relate to it. I don't think it's just about illegally advancing in clapped out vehicles.
This song has special meaning to me because it sounds like my dad. My dad is the one who taught all of his daughters (he has three :) to drive. If only Alan mentioned a Chevy instead of a Ford......
Same here txteacher, except for me it was a Ford, and it was my Grandpap, not my Dad. Either way, this song is so sweet, and I now have 2 daughters and a son (girls are 14 and 13, boy is 11) who sing this sing very loudly in the car when it comes on WKLB. They've already started to pester me about driving the car, and my son wants me to get a boat ^^.
it has a sorta special meaning to me for various reasons....but i love the song regardless....
This song is great. period. My dad let me drive he's truck down our little dirt road, and I think that this song is one of those 'remeber way back when' songs.
This song is so great because it is so relatable! Alan sings about the memories he had with his father and his daughters, who cannot relate to that? Even though we may not have been driving race cars, the feeling of driving for the first time will never be forgotten. We all can remember the first time that our Daddy let us drive...
This song reminds of when my dad took me out to the foresty center where i live and let drive for the first time without having to sit on his lap. It was sweet driving that 94 nissan pathfinder. He gave it to me last year, and I don't ever wanna give it up :)