Drive (for Daddy Gene)-The Country Dance Kings

[ti:Drive (for Daddy Gene)] [ar:The Country Dance Kings] [al:A Tribute to Alan Jackson, Volume 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Drive (for Daddy Gene) - The Country Dance Kings (乡村舞王) [00:08.55]It was painted red the stripe was white [00:11.97]It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light [00:15.15] [00:16.28]Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta [00:18.74] [00:19.45]I rode up with daddy [00:20.69] [00:21.21]When he went there to get her [00:22.76] [00:23.77]We put on a shine put on a motor [00:26.66] [00:27.29]Built out of love and made for the water [00:30.33] [00:31.61]Ran her for years til' [00:32.88]The transom got rotten [00:34.13] [00:34.73]A piece of my childhood [00:36.05] [00:36.70]Will never be forgoten [00:38.27]It was just an old plywood boat [00:41.64] [00:42.39]With a 75 Johnson with electric choke [00:45.35] [00:46.74]A young boy two hands on the wheel [00:50.47]I can't replace the way it made me feel [00:53.44]And I would turn her sharp [00:55.40]And I would make it whine [00:57.44]He'd say "You can't beat [00:59.04]The way a old wood boat rides" [01:01.11] [01:02.04]Just a little lake cross the Alabama line [01:04.71]But I was king of the ocean [01:06.68] [01:08.38]When Daddy let me drive [01:09.99] [01:17.53]Just an old half ton short bed ford [01:19.97] [01:20.78]My Uncle bought new in 64 [01:23.35] [01:24.65]Daddy got it right cause [01:26.74]The engine was smoking [01:27.69] [01:28.66]A couple of burnt valves [01:30.00]And he had it going [01:31.59] [01:32.60]He'd let me drive her [01:33.95]When we haul off a load [01:35.34] [01:35.88]Down a dirt strip where we'd dump [01:37.45]Trash off of Thigpen Road [01:39.18] [01:39.77]I'd sit up in the seat and [01:41.60]Stretch my feet out to the pedels [01:43.54]Smiling like a hero who [01:45.65]Just received his medal [01:47.16]It was just an old hand me down ford [01:51.12]With 3 speed on the column [01:53.09]And a dent in the door [01:54.63] [01:55.61]A young boy two hands on the wheel [01:58.41] [01:59.34]I can't replace the way [02:01.22]It made me feel and [02:02.54]I would press that clutch [02:04.24]And I would keep it right [02:06.28]He would say a little slower son [02:08.50]Your doing just fine [02:10.83]Just a dirt road with [02:12.49]Trash on each side [02:13.81]But I was Mario Andretti [02:17.14]When Daddy let me drive [02:19.09] [02:35.70]I'm grown up now [02:37.15]3 daughters of my own [02:39.02]I let them drive my old jeep [02:40.96]Across the pasture at our home [02:42.57] [02:43.55]Maybe one day they'll [02:44.83]Reach back in their file [02:46.66]And pull out that old memory [02:48.58]And think of me and smile [02:50.11]And say [02:51.14]It was just an old worn out jeep [02:54.45]Rusty old floor boards [02:56.50]Hot on my feet [02:57.68] [02:58.74]A young girl two hands on the wheel [03:02.49]I can't replace the way [03:04.33]It made me feel [03:05.41]And he'd say [03:06.42]Turn it left and steer it right [03:09.14] [03:09.79]Straighten up girl now [03:11.42]You're doing just fine [03:12.66] [03:13.91]Just a little valley [03:15.25]By the river where we'd ride [03:16.96]But I was high on a mountain [03:20.35]When Daddy let me drive [03:21.93] [03:24.20]Daddy let me drive [03:25.32] [03:27.82]Oh he let me drive [03:30.02] [03:39.24]It's just an old plywood boat [03:41.55] [03:42.39]With a 75 johnson [03:43.91] [03:44.95]And electric choke