Every Mile of Me

Verse 1

Acoustic guitar and voice

She's got her permit in her pocket and her mama's eyesStanding in the driveway on her sixteenth birthdayI tossed her the keys to the old white FordWith the tape deck stuck on a song from ninety-eight

Pre-Chorus

She said "Daddy, it's a rust bucket"I said "honey, it's a time machine"

Chorus

That dent in the tailgate's the night I met your mamaThat crack in the windshield's the hail in AbileneThat stain on the seat's the milkshake you spilled at threeThere's two hundred thousand miles in thereAnd every mile is meSo drive it slow, and drive it homeAnd take good care of what you don't know you've gotEvery mile of me

Verse 2

Fiddle joins

I taught her how to check the oil in the Walmart lotHow to pump the brakes on ice and how to parallel parkShe rolled her eyes at every word I saidThen she hugged me like she used to, and she pulled out in the dark

Pre-Chorus

And I stood there in the drivewayLike my daddy did with me

Chorus

That dent in the tailgate's the night I met your mamaThat crack in the windshield's the hail in AbileneThat stain on the seat's the milkshake you spilled at threeThere's two hundred thousand miles in thereAnd every mile is meSo drive it slow, and drive it homeAnd take good care of what you don't know you've gotEvery mile of me

Bridge

Fiddle and steel, band pulls back

One day you'll trade it for something newAnd that's alright, that's what it's forJust leave the tape in the deckWhen you hand it through the door

Final Chorus

Full band, big singalong

And a dent in the tailgate's the night you'll meet somebodyAnd a crack in the windshield's a storm I'll never seeAnd a stain on the seat from a little one of your ownThere'll be three hundred thousand milesAnd every mile is meSo drive it slow, and drive it homeAnd call me when you get there, so I knowEvery mile of me

Outro

Acoustic guitar, fading

Drive it slowDrive it home