[id:$00000000] [ar:Alan Jackson] [ti:Drive] [by:] [00:10.04]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:13.48]It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light [00:17.77]Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta [00:21.04]I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her [00:25.57]We put on a shine; put on a motor [00:28.86]Built out of love made for the water [00:33.02]Ran her for years til the transom got rotten [00:36.38]A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten [00:39.30]It was just on old plywood boat [00:41.27]With a ′75 Johnson with electric choke [00:45.76]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:51.85]I can′t replace the way it made me feel [00:55.98]And I would turn her sharp [00:57.91]And I would make her whine [00:59.99]He′d say "you can′t beat the way an old wood boat rides" [01:04.98]Just a little lake across the Alabama line [01:06.63]But I was king of the ocean [01:09.85]When daddy let me drive [01:18.93]Just an old half ton shortbed ford [01:22.09]My uncle bought new in 6 4 [01:26.44]Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking [01:30.00]A couple of burnt valves and he had it going [01:34.37]He let me drive her when we′d haul off a load [01:37.62]Down a dirt strip where we′d dump trash off of Thigpen Road [01:41.52]I′d sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals [01:45.39]Smiling like a hero that just received his medal [01:47.93]It was just an old handdown Ford [01:52.99]With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door [01:57.37]A young boy two hands on the wheel [02:01.10]I can′t replace the way it mode me feel [02:03.36]And I would press that clutch [02:04.57]And I would keep it right [02:06.88]And he′d say "a little slower son you′re doing just fine" [02:12.62]Just a dirt rood with trash on each side [02:15.43]But I was Mario Andretti [02:16.19]When daddy let me drive [02:37.78]I′m grown up now three daughters of my own [02:41.11]I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home [02:45.27]Maybe one day they′ll reach back in their file [02:48.65]And pull out that old memory [02:50.46]And think of me and smile and say [02:53.37]It was just an old worn out Jeep [02:56.18]Rusty old floorboard hot on my feet [03:00.16]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:04.41]I can′t replace the way it made me feel [03:06.41]And he′d say "turn it left and steer it right [03:10.64]Straighten up girl you′re doing just fine" [03:15.84]Just a little valley by the river where we′d ride [03:18.42]But I was high on a mountain [03:22.02]When daddy let me drive [03:26.19]When daddy let me drive [03:29.73]Oh he let me drive [03:37.71]Daddy let me drive [03:41.55]It′s just an old plywood boat [03:43.91]With a ′75 Johnson with electric choke