[Verse 1]
If I was fourteen, that'd make you thirty-nine
On Greers Ferry Lake, there fore the summertime
You knew I had your car out driving on my own
That six-foot ditch, it sure did cut clear across the road
Don’t you know
Well, here we go

[Verse 2]
You taught me how to drive before the age of twelve
Why they dug that ditch there, Lord I could never tell
Weeds on the gravel road taller than a man
When I hopped that six-foot ditch that car never stood a chance
You understand?
Well, goddamn

[Chorus]
I'm older now than you were then
You raised us boys up to be good men
I think about it now
The car in the ditch and the long walk back to the house

[Verse 3]
Driving the neighbor kids, we're all stuffed in the hatchback
Matthew riding shotgun and not one got a scratch
It was clear that car wasn’t goin' anywhere
When you finally found us, you did't even yell
You could tell
It wouldn't help
[Chorus]
I'm older now than you were then
You raised us boys up to be good men
I think about it now
The car in the ditch and the long walk back to the house

[Bridge]
Was little more than a pig trail
Was driving like a bat out of hell
It sure was a doggone shame
That car never was the same
What a doggone shame
Aw Lord

[Verse 4]
If I was fourteen, that'd make you thirty-nine
Nothing I could say today to make it right
Throttle wide open
Now what a sight

[Chorus 2]
I'm older now than you were then
You raised us boys up to be good men
I'm a father now and I know some way
I got it comin’ back to me one day
I think about it now
The car in the ditch and the long walk back to the house