Album: Neon (2011)

Flashlight

He said: Son hold it still
Keep that beam shining straight
He has 9/16 in one hand, working on that Chevrolet
It seemed like every Saturday
Soon as the sun went down
We'€™d be huddled underneath that hood
Tinkerin' around
And of all the great memories I had
The best ones are those nights
Just me and my dad

He'€™ll never know how much he taught me
Out in that garage
And I guess the stuff that stuck
More about life than fixing cars
Cause till this day
I still can'€™t make them run right
But I sure did learn a lot
Holding the flashlight

He told me a lot of stories
About grandpa and the war
While he was trying to show me
What a carburetor is for
I'€™ve learned a couple of curse words
When he skinned his knuckles up
And I found out mama was the only girl
He ever really loved
But when I'€™ve asked him about women
He just laughed
If we stayed out here all year
We wouldn'€™t have time enough for that

He'€™ll never know how much he taught me
Out in that garage
And I guess the stuff that stuck
More about life than fixing cars
Cause till this day
I still can'€™t make them run right
But I sure did learn a lot
Holding the flashlight

Now till this day
I still can'€™t make them run right
But deep inside I know that'€™s all right
Cause sure did learn a lot
Holding the flashlight