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Alan Jackson: Drive (For Daddy Gene) Meaning

Song Released: 2002


Drive (For Daddy Gene) Lyrics

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...

  1. Rescue911
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     May 28th 2010 report

    This song is sung from a man reflecting on his father. Memories of being a small boy and sitting on his daddy's lap while he let him drive. He ends the song with hope that someday his daughters will look back with those same memories of him.


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