Drive (For Daddy Gene)-Countdown Singers

[ti:Drive] [ar:Ringtone Track Masters] [al:Ringtone Tunes: In the Style of Alan Jackson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Drive (For Daddy Gene) - Countdown Singers [00:08.55]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:11.57]It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light [00:15.45] [00:16.13]Secondhand from a dealer in atlanta [00:19.46]I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her [00:22.86] [00:23.73]We put on a shine put on a motor [00:27.10]Built out of love made for the water [00:30.40] [00:31.57]Ran her for years til the transom got rotten [00:34.77]A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten [00:38.15]It was just on old plywood boat [00:41.88] [00:42.46]With a 75 johnson with electric choke [00:45.66] [00:46.53]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:49.71] [00:50.41]I can't replace the way it made me feel [00:53.39]And i would turn her sharp [00:55.45]And i would make her whine [00:57.38]He'd say you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides [01:01.24] [01:01.89]Just a little lake across the alabama line [01:04.93]But i was king of the ocean [01:07.07] [01:08.31]When daddy let me drive [01:11.29] [01:17.49]Just an old half ton shortbed ford [01:20.14] [01:20.92]My uncle bought new in 64 [01:23.74] [01:24.77]Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking [01:27.74] [01:28.79]A couple of burnt valves and he had it going [01:31.91] [01:32.66]He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load [01:35.96]Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of thigpen road [01:39.59]I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals [01:43.55]Smiling like a hero that just received his medal [01:47.07]It was just an old hand me down ford [01:51.29]With a three speed on the column and a dent in the door [01:54.62] [01:55.62]A young boy two hands on the wheel [01:58.45] [01:59.31]I can't replace the way it mode me feel [02:02.29]And i would press that clutch [02:04.38]And i would keep it right [02:06.27]And he'd say a little slower son you're doing just fine [02:09.90] [02:10.88]Just a dirt rood with trash on each side [02:13.77]But i was mario andretti [02:15.86] [02:17.21]When daddy let me drive [02:20.37] [02:35.78]I'm grown up now three daughters of my own [02:39.08]I let them drive my old jeep across the pasture at our home [02:42.64] [02:43.69]Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file [02:46.76]And pull out that old memory [02:48.66]And think of me and smile and say [02:50.77] [02:51.54]It was just an old worn out jeep [02:53.85] [02:54.55]Rusty old floorboard hot on my feet [02:57.69] [02:58.85]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:01.57] [03:02.52]I can't replace the way it made me feel [03:05.39]And he'd say turn it left and steer it right [03:09.87]Straighten up girl you're doing just fine [03:12.99] [03:13.96]Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride [03:17.10]But i was high on a mountain [03:19.14] [03:20.25]When daddy let me drive [03:23.24] [03:24.06]When daddy let me drive [03:27.92]Oh he let me drive [03:33.27] [03:39.43]It's just an old plywood boat [03:41.84] [03:42.46]With a 75 johnson with electric choke