"The Green Truck" lyrics

Daddy drove an F-150 and it sparkled like green candy
And my heart would jump when I saw that truck pull up in the drive
I never knew how long he'd stay but I remember that one Saturday
When he took me and mama to the lake and we caught fireflies

And I felt safe that night
With his green truck in the drive

And pretty soon he started staying away, second turned into seventh grade
Every time I saw that model and make I'd check behind the wheel
Then I fell into a pretty rough crowd, the kind that blows all your speakers out
Got into trouble, momma moved me out, the end of junior year

But I still prayed at night
To see his green truck in the drive

The day before I turned 25, they called and said my daddy died
I gues she left me one last time and put that old Ford in my name
No I ain't gonna fix it up, I'm gonna keep it just the way it was
Even gonna leave that dashboard dust, but one thing's gonna change

Someday down the line
When my babies look outside
As long as I'm alive
There'll be a green truck in the drive

Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh