Drive (For Daddy Gene)-Alan Jackson

[ti:Drive (For Daddy Gene)] [ar:Alan Jackson] [al:Greatest Hits Volume II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.24]Artist：alan jackson [00:02.42]Songs Title：drive （for daddy gene） [00:08.98]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:12.48]It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light [00:16.55]Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta [00:19.80]I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her [00:24.42]We put on a shine put on a motor [00:27.73]Built out of love and made for the water [00:31.80]Ran her for years til＇ the transom got rotten [00:35.23]A piece of my childhood will never be forgoten [00:38.67]It was just an old plywood boat [00:42.80]With a 75 Johnson with electric choke [00:47.17]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:50.98]I can＇t replace the way it made me feel [00:54.11]And I would turn her sharp [00:56.80]And I would make it whine [00:59.42]He＇d say ＇＇You can＇t beat the way a old wood boat rides ＇＇ [01:03.23]Just a little lake cross the Alabama line [01:05.48]But I was king of the ocean [01:08.67]When Daddy let me drive [01:17.92]Just an old half ton short bed Ford [01:21.17]My Uncle bought new in 64 [01:25.23]Daddy got it right ＇cause the engine was smoking [01:29.30]A couple of burnt valves and he had it going [01:33.23]He＇d let me drive her when we haul off a load [01:36.42]Down a dirt strip where we＇d dump trash off of Thickpen Road [01:39.36]I＇d sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedels [01:44.15]Smiling like a hero who just received his medal [01:47.77]It was just an old hand me down Ford [01:51.78]With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door [01:56.15]A young boy two hands on the wheel [01:59.84]I can＇t replace the way it made me feel and [02:03.03]I would press that clutch [02:05.46]And I would keep it right [02:07.09]He would say a little slower son [02:09.09]Your doing just fine [02:11.40]Just a dirt road with trash on each side [02:14.40]But I was Mario Andretti [02:17.73]When Daddy let me drive [02:36.60]I＇m grown up now [02:38.10]Three daughters of my own [02:39.85]I let them drive my old jeep [02:41.67]Across the pasture at our home [02:44.23]Maybe one day they＇ll reach back in their file [02:47.35]And pull out that old memory [02:48.67]And think of me and smile [02:50.85]And say [02:52.35]It was just an old worn out jeep [02:55.10]Rusty old floor boards [02:57.10]Hot on my feet [02:59.41]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:03.10]I can＇t replace the way it made me feel [03:06.16]And he＇d say [03:07.23]＇＇Turn it left and steer it right [03:09.48]Straighten up girl now you＇re doing just fine ＇＇ [03:14.67]Just a little valley by the river where we＇d ride [03:17.98]But I was high on a mountain [03:20.41]When Daddy let me drive [03:24.97]Daddy let me drive [03:28.60]Oh he let me drive [03:40.42]It＇s just an old plywood boat [03:43.91]With a 75 johnson [03:46.79]And electric choke