It was painted red

The stripe was white

It was 18 feet from bow to stern light

It was 2nd hand, from a dealer in Atlanta

I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her

We put on a shine, put on a border

Built out of love, but made for the water

We ran her for years, til' the transim got rotten

A piece of my child hood will never be forgoten



It was just an old plywood boat

A 75 Johnson, an electric choke

A young boy two hands on the wheel

I can't replace the way it made me feel

I would turn her sharp, I would make it wide

He said you can't be the way a old wood boat rides

Just a little lake across the Alabama line

But I was king of the ocean

When Daddy let me drive



Just an old half ton short bed ford

My Uncle bought new in 64

Daddy got it ridin cause the engine was smoking

A couple of burnt valves and he had it going

He'd let me drive her when we haul off a load

Off a dirt strip where we'd dump trash

Off of thickpin road

I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet to the pedals

Smiling like a hero

Who just receivied his medal



It was just an old hand me down ford

With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door

A young boy two hands on the wheel

I can't replace the way it made me feel

I would press that clutch, and I would keep it right

He would say just a little slower son

Your doing just fine

Just a little dirt road with trash on each side

But I was Mario Andretti

When Daddy let me drive



Im all grown up now

3 daughters of my own

I let them drive my old jeep

Across the pasture at our home

Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file

And pull out that old memory

And think of me and smile

And say



It was just an old worn out jeep

Rusty old four doors

Hot on my feet

A young girl two hands on the wheel

I can't replace the way it made me feel

and he'd say Turn it left, and steer it right

Straighten up girl,now your doing just fine

Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride

But I was high on a mountain

When Daddy let me drive

Daddy let me drive

Oh he let me drive



She's just old plywood boat

With a 75 johnson

And electric choke