Daddy's Cup
(专辑: The Dirty South - 2004)
Before I
could walk, I
had a
wrench in my hand I
was my Mama's little angel and my Daddy's second chance He went end over end the
first year he went pro Lost part of his eyesight and he couldn't race no more But he never lost his touch when he got underneath the
hood He knew how to make them run and he knew one day he would See his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup Just like all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood He would put me on his lap when he'd drive and I'd take the
wheel He'd say "What do you think about that son? How does she feel? You just wait till them little legs get long enough to reach the
gas Once you put her on the
floor one time there ain't no turning back" Every Saturday, he'd take me out to the
garage He'd take an empty bucket and fill it full of engine parts He's sit me down and pour em out in front of me on the
floor I'd have to tell him what each one was and what each one was for We'd jump into the
car and go down to the
race that night He'd tell me what each driver was doing wrong and what each one did right He could always pick the
winner before they ever took a
curve #3 might have the
car but 43 has got the
nerve Before I
turned 18 Daddy said "Now pretty soon You'll be old enough to drive but I'll leave it up to you I
taught you all about it, taught you everything I
know You gotta have a
car to do it and you gotta work and buy your own" The
first one I
bought was a
Mustang #2 Nobody kept'em any longer than they kept a
pair of shoes They started showing up at every used car lot in town A
V-8 on a
go-cart, easy terms, no money down Me and Daddy and my uncle took her home and tore her down Checked her out real good, cleaned her up and bored her out Took out all the
seats, pulled the
carpet off the
floor Knocked out all the
glass and welded up the
doors The
first time that I
raced my qualifying was a
shame I
started out way in the
back and came back about the
same I
pulled her in the
pit, couldn't look my Daddy in the
eye He said "If you quit now son, it's gonna haunt you all your life" It ain't about the
money or even being #1 You gotta know when it's all over you did the
best you could've done Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have Since then I've wrecked a
bunch of cars and I've broke a
bunch of bones It's anybody's race out there and I've learned to race my own I'd shove em in the
wall and I'd hit em from behind I'd let them know that I
was there, I'd let them know that track was mine It's been several years now since my Daddy passed away But his picture's on my dash every time I
go to race I
lost more than I
won but I
ain't gonna give up Till they put me in the
ground or Daddy's name's on that cup