Flashlight

He'd say "Son, hold it still

Keep that beam shinin' straight"

He'd have a nine-sixteenths in one hand

Workin' 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 of the great

Memories I have

The best ones are those nights

Just me and my dad

He'll never how much he taught me

Out in that garage

And I guess the stuff that stuck

Was more about life than fixin' cars

'Cause to this day I still

Can't make 'em run right

But I sure did learn a lot

Just holdin' the flashlight

He told me a lot o' stories

About Grandpa and the war

While he was tryin' to show me

What a carburettor's for

And I learned a couple cuss words

When he skinned his knuckles up

And I found out Momma was the only girl

He ever really loved

But when I asked him about women

He just laughed

Said if we stayed out here all year

We wouldn't have time enough for that

Yeah, he'll never how much he taught me

Out in that garage

And I guess the stuff that stuck

Was more about life than fixin' cars

'Cause to this day I still

Can't make 'em run right

But I sure did learn a lot

Just holdin' the flashlight

Now, to this day I still

Can't make 'em run right

But deep inside

I know that it's alright

'Cause I sure did learn a lot

Just holdin' the flashlight

Thanks, old man