My First Truck Was A Chevy

from DAKOTA by The Good Hand

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My first truck was a Chevy, my next truck will be a Ford
When I turned that Chevy upside down I had the pedal floored
I was kicking out ‘cross the gravel when she got away from me
first truck was a Chevy and I wrapped her ‘round a tree

Kicking it down on a red dirt road
Sun is hot and the air is cold
Got nowhere that I need to be
Sky is blue far as I can see
Nothing on the radio so I sing
Woman I love wears a wedding ring

I crawled out of the wreckage and I lay down in the dirt
I knew that truck’d never run again, and my whole body hurt
I passed out in the red dirt and woke to the ambulance door
I loved that Chevy like a good ole friend but my next truck was gonna be a Ford

And if I had to do it all again
I prolly wouldn’t change a Goddamn thing
It ain’t that I’ve always been correct
There’s more than one truck that I have wrecked

My first wife was a beauty, her eyes were black as night
I watched her walk away from me, man she was outta sight
The woman I love now has got a man, she lends me borrowed time
It’s a living reminder nothing I’ve owned was ever mine

credits

from DAKOTA, released April 4, 2022
Vocals & acoustic: Michael Patrick F. Smith
Pedal Steel: Susan Alcorn
Fiddle: Blakely Burger
Upright Bass: Maeve Royce
Electric Guitar, Organ, other Acoustics: J. Tom Hnatow
Drums: Al Sgro
Percussion: Robby Cosenza
Backing vocals: Linda Jean Stokely & Arty Hill

Produced by Michael Patrick F. Smith & J. Tom Hnatow
Engineered by J. Tom Hnatow
Mixed by Duane Lundy
Mastered by Paul Dugre

Words & Music by Michael Patrick F. Smith

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The Good Hand Lexington, Kentucky

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a writer and musician. His book THE GOOD HAND: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation, is currently available on Viking Press.

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