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Current version of Drive-By Truckers Lyrics Daddy's Cup (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/drive-by-truckers/daddys/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Drive-By Truckers Lyrics Daddy's Cup (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/drive-by-truckers/daddys/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| Before I could walk, I had a wrench in my hand | Before I could walk, I had a wrench in my hand | ||||||||||||
| 1 | I was my Mama's little angel, my Daddy's second chance | I was my Mama's little angel and my Daddy's second chance | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | He went end over end, the first year he went pro | He went end over end the first year he went pro | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | And he lost part of his eyesight, so he couldn't race, no more | Lost part of his eyesight and he couldn't race no more | 3 | ||||||||||
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| 4 | But he never lost his touch when he got under a hood | But he never lost his touch when he got underneath the hood | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | He knew how to make them run, he knew one day he would | He knew how to make them run and he knew one day he would | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | See his name in Victory lane and engraved on that cup | See his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup | 6 | ||||||||||
| Just like all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood | 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 would put me on his lap when he'd drive and I'd take the wheel | ||||||||||||
| 7 | He'd say "What do you think about that, son? How does she feel? | He'd say "What do you think about that son? How does she feel? | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | You just wait till them, little legs get long enough to reach the gas | You just wait till them little legs get long enough to reach the gas | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Once you put her on the floor, one time there ain't no turning back" | Once you put her on the floor one time there ain't no turning back" | 9 | ||||||||||
| Every Saturday, he'd take me out to the garage | Every Saturday, he'd take me out to the garage | ||||||||||||
| 10 | He'd take an empty bucket, fill it full of engine parts | He'd take an empty bucket and fill it full of engine parts | 10 | ||||||||||
| 11 | He's sit me down and pour 'em out in front of me on the floor | He's sit me down and pour em out in front of me on the floor | 11 | ||||||||||
| I'd have to tell him what each one was and what each one was for | I'd have to tell him what each one was and what each one was for | ||||||||||||
| 12 | We'd jump in his old car and go down to the race at night | We'd jump into the car and go down to the race that night | 12 | ||||||||||
| 13 | He'd tell me what each driver was doing wrong, what each one did right | He'd tell me what each driver was doing wrong and what each one did right | 13 | ||||||||||
| He could always pick the winner before they ever took a curve | He could always pick the winner before they ever took a curve | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Number three might have the car but forty three has got the nerve | #3 might have the car but 43 has got the nerve | 14 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Before I turned eighteen, Daddy said "Now pretty soon | Before I turned 18 Daddy said "Now pretty soon | 15 | ||||||||||
| 16 | You'll be old enough to race when I'll leave it up to you | You'll be old enough to drive but I'll leave it up to you | 16 | ||||||||||
| I taught you all about it, taught you everything I know | I taught you all about it, taught you everything I know | ||||||||||||
| 17 | You gotta have a car to do it, you gotta work and buy your own" | You gotta have a car to do it and you gotta work and buy your own" | 17 | ||||||||||
| 18 | First one that I bought was a Mustang number two | The first one I bought was a Mustang #2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Nobody kept 'em any longer than they kept a pair of shoes | Nobody kept'em any longer than they kept a pair of shoes | 19 | ||||||||||
| 20 | They started showing up at every used car, lot in town | They started showing up at every used car lot in town | 20 | ||||||||||
| 21 | A V-eight on a Go-Cart, easy terms no money down | A V-8 on a go-cart, easy terms, no money down | 21 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Me and Daddy and my uncle took her home and we tore her down | Me and Daddy and my uncle took her home and tore her down | 22 | ||||||||||
| Checked her out real good, cleaned her up and bored her out | Checked her out real good, cleaned her up and bored her out | ||||||||||||
| Took out all the seats, pulled the carpet off the floor | Took out all the seats, pulled the carpet off the floor | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Knocked out all the glass and we welded up the doors | Knocked out all the glass and welded up the doors | 23 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Well, the first time that I raced my qualifying was a shame | The first time that I raced my qualifying was a shame | 24 | ||||||||||
| I started out way in the back and came back about the same | I started out way in the back and came back about the same | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Pulled her in the pit, couldn't look my Daddy in the eye | I pulled her in the pit, couldn't look my Daddy in the eye | 25 | ||||||||||
| He said "If you quit now son, it's gonna haunt you all your life" | He said "If you quit now son, it's gonna haunt you all your life" | ||||||||||||
| 26 | See it ain't about the money or even being number one | It ain't about the money or even being #1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 27 | You gotta know when it's all over, you did the best you could've done | You gotta know when it's all over you did the best you could've done | 27 | ||||||||||
| Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out | 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 | 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 | Since then I've wrecked a bunch of cars and I've broke a bunch of bones | ||||||||||||
| 28 | It's anybody's race out there and I've learned to run my own | It's anybody's race out there and I've learned to race my own | 28 | ||||||||||
| 29 | I'd shove 'em in the wall and I'd hit 'em from behind | I'd shove em in the wall and I'd hit em from behind | 29 | ||||||||||
| I'd let them know that I was there, I'd let them know that track was mine | I'd let them know that I was there, I'd let them know that track was mine | ||||||||||||
| 30 | It's been several years since my Daddy passed away | It's been several years now since my Daddy passed away | 30 | ||||||||||
| 31 | But his picture's on my dash, every time I go to race | But his picture's on my dash every time I go to race | 31 | ||||||||||
| I lost more than I won but I ain't gonna give up | I lost more than I won but I ain't gonna give up | ||||||||||||
| 32 | 'Till they put me in the ground or Daddy's name's on that cup | Till they put me in the ground or Daddy's name's on that cup | 32 | ||||||||||
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