Drive ( For Daddy Gene)
Alan Jackson

Capo 2nd Fret

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It was painted red the stripe was white It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
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Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
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We put on a shine; put on a motor Built out of love, made for the water Ran her for years,
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'til the transom got rotten A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten



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It was just on old plywood boat With a '75 Johnson with electric choke A young boy two hands on
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the wheel I can't replace the way it made me feel And I would turn her sharp And I would
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make her whine He'd say, "you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides" Just a little lake
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across the Alabama line But I was king of the ocean      When daddy let me drive




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Just an old half ton shortbed ford My uncle bought new in '64 Daddy got it right 'cause the engine
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was smoking A couple of burnt valves and he had it going He let me drive her when we'd
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haul off a load Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road I'd sit up in
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the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals Smiling like a hero that just received his medal







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It was just an old hand-me-down Ford With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door A young boy
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two honds on the wheel I can??t replace the way it mode me feel And I would press that clutch And I would keep
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it right And he'd say, "a little slower son you're doing just fine" Just a dirt rood with trash on each side But I was
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Mario Andretti         When daddy let me drive


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I'm grown up now three daughters of my own I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
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Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file 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 Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet A young girl two hands on the wheel  I
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can't replace the way it made me feel And he'd say, "turn it left and steer it right, Straighten up girl, you're doing
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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
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        When daddy let me drive                  Oh he let me drive
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It's just an old plywood boat With a '75 Johnson with electric choke

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