Rustic ride
The old man’s hands are shaking now
He can’t hold a wrench like he used to do
But he still talks about the car
He built for you,
my love, a dream come true
A Kingswood painted midnight blue
With an engine that can scream and fly
One thousand horses in the frame
He hopes to see you drive it one more time before he
says goodbye
And I’ll sit beside you,
holding tight
While the engine roars and the world goes by
He’ll be watching from the porch,
a proud smile on his face
And for a moment,
everything will be all right
The summer air is thick with dust
And the sound of distant thunder rolls
He tells us stories of the past
When he was young and full of dreams and goals
He says he never built a thing
That meant as much to him as this old car
He knows his time is running out
But he hopes to see us shine like a falling star
And I’ll sit beside you,
holding tight
While the engine roars and the world goes by
He’ll be watching from the porch,
a proud smile on his face
And for a moment,
everything will be all right
The road ahead is long and winding
And we don’t know what the future holds
But we have this moment,
here and now
And the story of his love that never grows old
And I’ll sit beside you,
holding tight
While the engine roars and the world goes by
He’ll be watching from the porch,
a proud smile on his face
And for a moment,
everything will be all right
(everything will be all right)
(oh, everything will be all right) And he’ll be smiling down on
us, forever in our hearts
(everything will be all right)