It was painted red the stripe was white 它被漆成红色的条纹是白色的

It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light 这是从船头到船尾光18英尺

Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta 来自亚特兰大的经销商二手

I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her 我骑了爸爸的时候，他去那里，让她

We put on a shine, put on a motor 我们把就光芒四射，穿上运动

Built out of love, and made for the water 建出来的爱，并为水制成

Ran her for years, til' the transom got rotten 她跑了好几年，直到“气窗烂了

A piece of my childhood will never be forgoten 一块我的童年永远不会被forgoten

   

It was just an old plywood boat 这只是一个老胶合板船

With a 75 Johnson with electric choke 用75 - 约翰逊电抗器

A young boy two hands on the wheel 一个小男孩两只手放在方向盘

I can't replace the way it made me feel 我不能代替它让我的感觉

And I would turn her sharp 而我把她犀利

And I would make it whine 我会让它嗲

He'd say, "You can't beat the way a old wood boat rides" 他会说， “你不能击败老木乘船的方式”

Just a little lake cross the Alabama line 只是一个小湖穿越阿拉巴马州行

But I was king of the ocean 但我是海洋之王

When Daddy let me drive 当爸爸让我开

   

Just an old half ton short bed ford 只是一个古老的半吨的短床福特

My Uncle bought new in 64 我的叔叔在64买了新

Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking 爸爸这样做是正确导致发动机在吸烟

A couple of burnt valves and he had it going 一对夫妇的燔阀和他的掌握之中

He'd let me drive her when we haul off a load 他会让我开车送她，当我们拖着断负荷

Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road 下来的土带，我们会倾倒垃圾掉Thigpen路

I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedels 我坐起来在座位上，并伸出我的脚走出来的pedels

Smiling like a hero who just received his medal 微笑就像谁刚刚收到他的金牌英雄

   

It was just an old hand me down ford 这只是一个古老的手我失望福特

With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door 3速度在列，并在​​门上的凹痕

A young boy two hands on the wheel 一个小男孩两只手放在方向盘

I can't replace the way it made me feel and 我不能代替它做的方式我感觉和

I would press that clutch 我按了离合器

And I would keep it right 我会保持它的权利

He would say a little slower son 他会说慢一点的儿子

Your doing just fine 你做的很好

Just a dirt road with trash on each side 只是一条土路与垃圾每侧

But I was Mario Andretti 但我是马里奥·安德雷蒂

When Daddy let me drive 当爸爸让我开

   

I'm grown up now 我长大了

3 daughters of my own 我自己的3个女儿

I let them drive my old jeep 我让他们开我的旧吉普车

Across the pasture at our home 整个牧场在我们的家

Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file 也许有一天他们会伸出手在他们的文件

And pull out that old memory 并拉出旧记忆

And think of me and smile 想想我和微笑

And say 说

   

It was just an old worn out jeep 这只是一个古老破旧的吉普车

Rusty old floor boards 生锈的旧地板

Hot on my feet 热门我的脚

A young girl two hands on the wheel 一位年轻的女孩两只手放在方向盘

I can't replace the way it made me feel 我不能代替它让我的感觉

And he'd say 他会说

Turn it left, and steer it right 把它留下，并引导它的权利

Straighten up girl now, you're doing just fine 现在拉直了的女孩，你在做就好了

Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride 只是一个小山谷中的河流，在那里我们会骑

But I was high on a mountain 但我是高山上，

   

When Daddy let me drive 当爸爸让我开

   

Daddy let me drive 爸爸让我开

   

Oh he let me drive 哦，他让我开

   

It's just an old plywood boat 这只是一个老胶合板船

With a 75 johnson 随着75强

And electric choke 和电抗器