A young man drivin' down a dusty road

Like he's got somewhere to go

Drivin' like he's got a destination

Like he's somewhere to go in that beat up Ford



See there was a time when he was a young lost soul

He was chasin' butterflies and rainbows

Til one day when he found his pot of gold

In the words of the young man he turned old



Chorus

And the old man said

You gotta have a good imagination

If your gonna live the life of old

He said you got to drive that Ford like its a stallion

And you've got to wear your heart just like a gun

The old man said

The old man said



The boy walked out with a new found hero

The boy well he walked away a man

And he said to himself that dusty day way down in Texas

Well I'm never gonna walk this path again



Chorus

Cause the old man said

You gotta have a good imagination

If your gonna live the life of old

He said you got to drive that Ford like its a stallion

And you've got to wear your heart just like a gun

The old man said

The old man said



The boy walked out he was dreaming of wild times

With old cowboys and broke down cattle lines

Now those fields are all but gone

His hearts still free and he rides on



The Old man said

The Old man said

The Old man said

The Old man said