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