The Car

Album: Jeff Carson (1995)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a young man whose mother had just passed away and was left with a workaholic father. When the boy and his father were driving, the boy spotted an old, beat-up Ford Mustang that he would have loved to restore as a father-son project, but unfortunately they could not afford it. Years went by, and eventually the boy's father dies. The young man received an extremely basic will, and the keys to the Mustang are in the bottom of the envelope.
  • This song was #1 Country hit in 1995 and was awarded "Video Of The Year by the Country Music Association in 1995. >>
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    Darrell - Eugene, United States, for above 2

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