Drive (for Daddy Gene) Lyrics - Greatest Hits Volume Ii - Enrique Iglesias

It was painted red the stripe was white 

It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light 

Secondhand 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 motor 

Built out of love, made for the water 

Ran her for years, 'til the transome got rotten 

A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten 

It was just an old plywood boat 

With a '75 Johnson with electric choke 

A young boy two hands on the wheel 

I can't replace the way it made me feel 

And I would turn her sharp 

And I would make her whine 

He'd say, "you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides" 

Just a little lake across the Alabama line 

But I was king of the ocean 

When daddy let me drive 

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Just an old half ton shortbed Ford 

My uncle bought new in '64 

Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking 

A couple of burnt valves and he had it going 

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

Down a dirt strip where we'd dump the trash off of Thigpen Road 

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

Smiling like a hero that just received his medal 

It was just an old hand-me-down Ford 

With a three-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 

And I would press that clutch 

And I would keep it right 

And he'd say, "a little slower son you're doing just fine" 

Just a dirt road with trash on each side 

But I was Mario Andretti 

When daddy let me drive 

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I'm grown up now three 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 files 

And pull out that old memory 

And think of me and smile and say 

It was just an old worn out Jeep 

Rusty old floorboard, 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, you're 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 

When daddy let me drive 

Oh he let me drive 

It's just an old plywood boat 

With a '75 Johnson with electric choke