Hell of a Ride

Duration

4:31

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It all started out back in '39 Took the Hillbilly Highway up from the mines From Wheeling West Virginia To the assembly line Just a shit-kickin' greaser at St Andrew's High Caught pitching pennies on a Friday night Landed like a Comet, lightin' Cody High Working every night till he hit the wall Sleeping off the damage down in study hall Lighting up a Lucky Strike And kicking back some alcohol Then a local girl up and caught his eye Had her head in a book and a gleam in her eye He said to himself -- it's time to do or die Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first So he called her up for a week or two They hit Edgewater and the Suzie Q Took his '57 Chevy For a race or two Then he went downtown and signed on the line They gave him a rifle and he got in line Got a ticket to the Paris Island Hilton Had a hell of a time He came back home to marry that girl Got a job at the company that drives the world Nine months later had his first -- And it was a girl. From machine repair to committee man He got through the strike the best that he can Add two more babies -- the boy became a man Waving to the kiddies at the window sill In a little old cottage out in Irish Hills Putting food on the table... paying all of the bills Put 'em all through college No he's taking it slow With some old time hockey down at The Joe Pulls a couple of shifts at the Park and Go Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first Now it's Princess Grace and it's Little John Picking strawberries out on the lawn Calling out for Simo And growing big and strong Been a hell of a ride from the old neighborhood Been a hell of life cause he lived it good Got a lotta more miles Revving under that hood Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first Taught me how to be a man Lucky enough to call him dad Best man I me was the first