[Verse 1]
We first got her when she was up on blocks
Four different colors, parts in a box
But he swore we'd have her runnin' before too long
He told me he had to fetch a socket wrench
And fourteen ways to say, "Son of a witch"
A way to hold a flashlight 'til the cows come home

[Chorus]
He said, "Son, don't start something
That you can't finish
And when you're wrong
You stand up and admit it
If you ain't got time to do it right
You sure ain't got time to do it twice"
These the lessons I learned
From Daddy under the hood of a Thunderbird

[Verse 2]
A junkyard motor, plugs and wires
Cheap red paint and four used tires
And if you'd asked me, we were Daytona bound
'Cause he'd punch the gas and the wheels would spin
I'd smile and say do it again
If mama wasn't with us we were sideways through the bins
[Chorus]
He said, "Son, don't start something
That you can't finish
And when you're wrong
You stand up and admit it
If you ain't got time to do it right
You sure ain't got time to do it twice"
These the lessons I learned
From Daddy under the hood of a Thunderbird

[Bridge]
And I'll have kids one day, hopefully
They'll wanna help me work on my old T
So I can teach them

[Chorus]
Don't start something
You can't finish
When you're wrong
You stand up and admit it
If you ain't got time to do it right
You sure ain't got time to do it twice
Share those lessons that I learned
From Daddy under the hood of a Thunderbird
From Daddy under the hood of a Thunderbird
[Outro]
Yeah
Of a Thunderbird