Eddy Boy

Eddy boy, now what you doing?

Go on, get back 'fore you ruin your life

With just grain seven on your tomb

Tells me a tale when things were different

Went and pissed off the principle's assistant

Flunked out for looking at the wrong girl

His old man drove him to town

Gave him twenty dollars, said, "No more fooling round

You wanna be a man? Well, a man's got work to do"

Fourteen, no education

Lied about his age, every application

Fitting tires while going to school at night

Off to the mines, two babies to feed

Mailing home money and the things they need

Freshly broken heart kept him way too long

Rough around the edges like most young men

Could drink a beer with the best of them

Smoked his share and played a mean guitar too

Don't get much more old-school than that

Hear it in his voice, I feel it in his hands

Taught me how to sing all his favorite songs

So when you're sitting in an aluminum chair

Gears at the knees

Got no clutch, only got one speed

Who cares where we go now? Let's just get there, you and me

Oh, Eddy boy

Just 'cause he ain't walking

Don't mean he ain't a traveler

Remember the good times

And every day after

Oh, it's like an endless highway, I know how you feel

So, Eddy boy, sit back, let me take the wheel

Oh, Eddy boy, you earned your rest, let me take the wheel

Just 'cause he ain't walking

Don't mean he ain't a traveler

Remember the good times

And every day after

Oh, it's like an endless highway, I know how you feel

So, Eddy boy, sit back, let me take the wheel

Oh, Eddy boy, you earned your rest, let me take the wheel