Nathan Carter - Riding With Private Malone

      
[Verse 1]
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I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds
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When an ad that said old Chevy somehow caught my eye
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The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
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But I had that thousand dollars in my hand

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It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn
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With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
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When I pulled the cover off it took away my breath
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What she called a Chevy was a sixty-six corvette
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I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
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What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel
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I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
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The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote

[Chorus]
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My name is private Andrew Malone
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If your reading this then I didn't make it home
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But for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
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This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you
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And though you may take her and make her your own
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You'll always be riding with private Malone

[Verse 2]
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It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good
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I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
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I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down
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All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her through town
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The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
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But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night
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I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
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A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me

[Chorus]
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It was a young man named private Andrew Malone
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Who fought for his country and never made it home
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But for every dream that's shattered there's another that comes true
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This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
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And he told me to take her and make her my own
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And I was proud to be riding with private Malone

[Verse 3]
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One night it was raining hard I took a curb to fast
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I still don't remember much about that fiery crash
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Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
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They didn't get his name but I know without a doubt

[Chorus]
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It was a young man named private Andrew Malone
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Who fought for his country and never made it home
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But for every dream that shatters there's another that comes true
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This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
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And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
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Yeah that night I was riding with private Malone
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Oh thank God I was riding with private Malone