Drive
Drive Tracks
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(Alan Jackson)
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 transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
It was just on 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
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 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
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 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 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
Daddy let me drive
It's just an old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved, International copyright secured. Used by permission -
Mark Irwin/Irene Kelley (ASCAP)
Well tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I\'m a little bluer than that
When you look out in the morning you might see
Clouds rollin\' by like memories
And a big old sky above you lookin\' back
You may think of me
But I\'m a little bluer than that
(Chorus)
Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go and
Whatever I do
You\'re always on my mind
I can picture you in his arms tonight
But as for me it don\'t feel right
To let us fade like some old photograph
It may work for you
But I\'m a little bluer than that
Chorus
So tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I\'m a little bluer than that
You may think of me
But I\'m a little bluer than that
©2001 EMI April Music Inc./Irene Kelley Music (ASCAP) All rights for Irene Kelley Music controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. -
Charlie Craig, Keith Stegall, Alan Jackson (BMI/ASCAP)
It\'s twilight and the streetslights are coming on
I\'m in a stream of cars on this boulevard headed home
I can hardly wait for you can make what went wrong today
seem right
It’s been a long hard day so bring on the night
(Chorus)
Bring on the night
Pull down the shades
Lock the world outside and throw the key away
Turn on the feelings and turn out the lights
Let’s call it a day and bring on the night
From nine to five it\'s the same old grind all week long
And the only thing that keeps me sane is coming home
When the sun goes down you know how to set things right
Let’s put the day behind us and bring on the night
Chorus
Let’s call it a day and bring on the night
©1987 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/EMI April Music, Inc./Bob Stegall Music (ASCAP) All rights for Bob Stegall Music controlled and adm by EMI April Music, ©2002 WB Music Corp (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Used by permission. -
(Alan Jackson)
Okay I forgot about the trash
I didn\'t trim the long hairs on my mustache
I did buy you a ring I believe it was back in \'93
Alright I admit it I forgot our anniversary
But I did pick up the baby this morning at the nursery
That ain\'t no big thing it\'s a gold star for me
(Chorus)
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can\'t be just what you want me to be
I still love you and I try real hard
I swear one day you\'ll have a brand new car
I even asked the Lord to try to help me
He looked down from heaven and said to tell you please
Just be patient I\'m a work in progress
I\'m sorry I got mad waiting in the truck
It seemed like hours you getting all dressed up
Just to go to Shoney\'s on a Wednesday night
I read that book you gave me about Mars and Venus
I think it\'s sinking in but probably need to reread it
But I\'m starting to see now what you’ve been saying is right
Chorus
I know you meant well when you gave me those clogs
But my heels sure get hot down by the muffler on my hog
I\'m sure they\'re stylish but I\'ll take my boots
I try to do that healthy thing like you want me to do
But that low fat, no fat\'s gettin\' hard to chew
Now I love your cooking honey
But sometimes I need some real food
Chorus
Oh honey just be patient now
I\'m a work in progress.
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm. by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
(Alan Jackson)
I can hear her heartbeat
It seams a little strong
I can hear the things I did wrong
I can hear her thoughts
By looking in her eyes
I can hear all the times she cried
I can hear the memories
As they echo off the wall
Falling from the pictures down the hall
I can hear regret building up inside of me
I can hear all the things I could not see
(Chorus)
Those are the sounds of a woman leaving
Stronger than the wind in a willow tree
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can\'t hear it
But the noise is killing me
I should’ve of heard it coming
But I chose to pretend
I should of recognized that sound way back then
I just wouldn\'t listen
Or didn\'t want to all those years
Now the truth is ringing clearly in my ears
Chorus
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can\'t hear it
But the noise is killing me
I can hear it and the silent
Is killing me
©2001 EMI April Music. Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
(A duet with George Strait) Alan Jackson (ASCAP)
Here\'s my keys, I want you to take \'em
I think I\'m gonna need you to get back home
Hold on to my hat, I don\'t wanna lose it
I couldn\'t stand for something else to be gone
I\'m sure you know the reason I\'m here cryin\'
I think you\'ll understand why
(Chorus)
Tonight, I\'m the designated drinker
I just lost the one that wrapped me around her finger
I need to get to where I can\'t think of her
So tonight, I\'m the designated drinker
I came here to get you to help me
I need a friend to see me through
I hated to call, I knew you wouldn\'t mind at all
I know you know I\'d do the same for you
I\'m not the kind that likes to drown my sorrow
I may hate myself tomorrow
Oh but ….
Chorus
We need to get to where we can\'t think of her
So tonight, we\'re the designated drinkers
Oh tonight, we\'re the designated drinkers
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
(Alan Jackson)
Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day
Were you in the yard with your wife and children
Or workin’ on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of that black smoke
Risin’ against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don\'t know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride for the red, white and blue
And the heroes who died just doin’ what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters
(Chorus)
I\'m just a singer of simple songs I\'m not a real political man
I watch CNN but I\'m not sure I can tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning onthat September day
Teachin’ a class full of innocent children
Or driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty ‘cause you\'re a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Or speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you\'re watchin’
And turn on \"I Love Lucy\" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
And thank God you had somebody to love
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
And the greatest is love
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning, on that September day
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
Mark D. Sanders, Tim Nichols, Tia Sillers (ASCAP/BMI)
If money grew on hackberry trees
If time wasn\'t such a luxury
If love was lovesick over me
That\'d be alright
If I could keep the wind in my sails
Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail
A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail
That\'d be alright.
(Chorus)
That\'d be alright
That\'d be alright
If everybody, everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We\'d be livin\' us a pretty good life
And that\'d be alright.
Go heavy on the good and light on the bad
A hair more happy and a shade less sad
Turn all that negative down just a tad
That\'d be alright.
If my dear ol\' dog never got old
If my family farm never got sold
If another bad joke never got told
That\'d be alright.
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
That’d be alright
That\'d be alright
That’d be alright
That\'d be alright
That’d be alright
That\'d be alright
Alright
That’d be alright
Alright
That\'d be alright
That’d be alright
That\'d be alright
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled by adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
(Alan Jackson)
Some people have it, some people don\'t
Some people never will
Sometimes it\'s hard to know when you\'ve got it
Sometimes it\'s perfectly clear
Well I know it\'s out there I\'ve seen it happen
I know the way it should feel
Cause there\'s no mistakin\'
That good kind of achin\'
Of a once in a lifetime love
(Chorus)
Once in a lifetime love
A love like we\'ve all dreamed of
It may go disguised or right before your eyes
A once in a lifetime love
So if you think you\'ve got it
If you feel it inside you
Don\'t let it slip away
Cause you may not ever find what you never
Thought you\'d have anyway
And if you\'ve always had it and just realized
You know how lucky you are
To wake up beside what some never find
A once in a lifetime love
Chorus
It may go disguised or right before you eyes
A once in a lifetime love
©2002 WB Music Corp./ Yee Haw Music (ASCAP) All rights adm by WB Music Corp. -
(Alan Jackson)
Love for me hasn\'t been easy
I\'ve let true love fall to the ground
Through the years and the tears
I\'ve learned what love\'s about
And this time I\'ll be ready
When love comes around
(Chorus)
When love comes around I\'ll be ready
Love will find me a brand new man
And I\'ll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I\'ll be ready
When love comes around
Too many times I\'ve lost a good love
And I can see now I let it down
But if love comes back to me
It won\'t see the same old me
This time I\'ll be ready
When love comes around
Chorus
Yeah, I\'ll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I\'ll be ready
When love comes around
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. -
Harley Allen, John Wayne Wiggins (BMI)
A drunk man walking down a rainy street
A wood floor and new socks on your bare feet
You look down and suddenly you\'re looking up
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
A bald tire running on an icy road
A steep hill underneath a foot of snow
A greased pig fallen off a pickup truck
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
(Chorus)
I hope that you\'re feeling the way that I feel
It\'s just like flying but you\'re standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
An ice cube hiding on your kichen floor
A bad step leading up to your back door
How\'d I wind up on my butt
Whoops, I slipped and feel in love
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Help, I\'ve fallen I can\'t get up
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
©2000 Coburn Music Inc./Notewrite Music/Fiddlestock Music. Coburn Music, Inc. adm by Ten Ten Music Group, Inc. 33 Music Square W. #110, Nashville, TN 37203 All lyrics used by permission. (BMI) -
(Alan Jackson)
I was fifteen, she was eighteen
The prettiest thing I\'d ever seen in my life
I loved her at first sight
I found her in Marietta, a town north of Atlanta
I brought her home to see my folks
They loved her too
We were together for a long time
Thought it would be for all time
But things change and rearrange
She had to go
She left me cryin\' in \'79
An airline pilot, in Carolina
I was a wreck, can\'t drive a check
It broke my heart
(Chorus)
My first love was an older woman
There\'s been many since
But there\'ll never be another
Built in 1955, snowshoe white, overdrive
I never should\'ve sold her, I\'ll always love her
She was mine
Years went by, teardrops dried
I got her back, I was surprised
In \'93, a gift to me on Christmas Eve
We were both older, so I restored her
Could\'ve sold her, for a lot more
But I will never she\'s mine forever
Until I go…
Chorus
I\'ll never sell her she\'s mine forever
I love her so…
©2001 EMI April Music, Inc./Tri-Angels Music (ASCAP) All rights controlled and adm by EMI April Music Inc. Al rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.