[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
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[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