Drive (for Daddy Gene) - Alan Jackson
It was painted red the stripe was white
被漆成红色的了，条纹是白色的
It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
从这到船尾灯只有十八英尺
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
Atlanta的二手经销商
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
我和爸爸一起去那找她
We put on a shine; put on a motor
我们给摩托车穿上闪亮的装备
Built out of love, made for the water
建立爱情
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten
追逐她多年了，直到海枯石烂
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
我从未忘记过我的童年
It was just on old plywood boat
只是一个旧的胶合板船
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
七十五岁的Johnson带着电子呼吸器
A young boy two hands on the wheel
年轻的男孩两手放在方向盘上
I can't replace the way it made me feel
我不能替代它给我的感觉
And I would turn her sharp
我会让她变得刻薄
you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides
他会说，你不能阻挡它
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
穿过Alabama海线有个小湖泊
But I was king of the ocean
但是我是海洋之王
When daddy let me drive
当爸爸让我开的时候
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
一个装着半吨东西的福特车
My uncle bought new in '64
我叔叔买了辆新的
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking
爸爸是对的，因为车的引擎在冒烟
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
一些烧焦的阀门还在
He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
他让我带她，当我们能卸载一些货物的时候
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
在Thigpen路上在肮脏的条带那里把垃圾倒掉
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
我会坐在座位上把我的脚放在脚踏上
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
像个刚获得勋章的英雄一样微笑
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
只是一辆旧福特
With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door
只有三个档，门上还凹陷着
A young boy two honds on the wheel
年轻的男孩两手放在方向盘上
I can't replace the way it mode me feel
我不能替代它给我的感觉
And I would press that clutch
如果我能踩离合
keep it right"he'd say,a little slower son you're doing just fine
就会很好 他说，慢点我的小儿子，你很不错
Just a dirt rood with trash on each side
只是两边有点垃圾而已
But I was Mario Andretti
但是我是Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
当爸爸让我开车的时候
I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
我已经长大了，也有三个女儿了
I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
我让她们在我们家开着吉普车穿过草原
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
也许有一天她们不会懂
And pull out that old memory
当回忆起来时
And think of me and smile and say
她们就会想到我，微笑着说
It was just an old worn out Jeep
那只是一辆破旧的吉普
Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet
地板都生锈了
A young girl two hands on the wheel
一个小女孩双手握着方向盘
I can't replace the way it made me feel
我不能替代它给我的感觉
And he'd say, "turn it left and steer it right,
他说，向左转 那是对的
Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine
加油女孩，你很不错
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
我们开的那个地方有个小峡谷
But I was high on a mountain
但是我在山上
When daddy let me drive
当爸爸让我开车
Daddy let me drive
爸爸让我开车
Oh he let me drive
哦 他让我开车
It's just an old plywood boat
只是一个旧船
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
七十五岁的Johnson带着电子呼吸器