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This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: IT WAS PAINTED RED THE STRIPE WAS WHITE IT WAS EIGHTEEN FEET FROM THE BOW TO THE STERN LIGHT SECOND 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 MOTOR BUILT OUT OF LOVE AND MADE FOR THE WATER RAN HER FOR YEARS ’TIL THE TRANSOM GOT ROTTEN A PIECE OF MY CHILDHOOD WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN IT WAS JUST AN OLD PLYWOOD BOAT WITH A SEVENTY-FIVE 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’D MAKE IT WHINE, HE’D SAY YOU CAN’T BEAT THE WAY A OLD WOOD BOAT RIDES JUST A LITTLE LAKE ’CROSS 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 SIXTY-FOUR DADDY GOT IT RIGHT ’CAUSE THE ENGINE WAS SMOKIN’ COUPLE OF BURNT VALVES AND HE HAD IT GOIN’ HE’D LET ME DRIVE HER WE’D HAUL OFF A LOAD DOWN A DIRT STRIP WHERE WE’D DUMP TRASH OFF OF THIGPEN ROAD I’D SIT UP IN THE SEAT AND STRETCH MY FEET OUT TO THE PEDALS SMILIN’ LIKE A HERO WHO’D JUST RECEIVED HIS MEDAL, IT WAS JUST AN OLD HAND-ME-DOWN FORD WITH 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’D KEEP IT RIGHT HE’D SAY A LITTLE SLOWER, SON YOUR DOIN’ JUST FINE JUST A DIRT ROAD WITH TRASH ON EACH SIDE BUT I WAS MARIO ANDRETTI WHEN DADDY LET ME DRIVE I’M GROWN UP NOW THREE DAUGHTERS OF MY OWN I LET ’EM DRIVE MY OLD JEEP ’CROSS 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 FLOOR BOARDS 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 YOU’RE DOIN’ 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... SHE’S JUST AN OLD PLYWOOD BOAT WITH A SEVENTY-FIVE JOHNSON WITH ELECTRIC CHOKE
