Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Dad ran a green Freightliner
through cane fields and rain
I followed in a white International
with a load of sod for Louisiana plains
Tail lights burning at dusk
mud on the chrome so clean
He'd say, "Keep her between the lines, son
and she'll keep you fed and free"
[Pre-Chorus]
We rolled past the bayou water
past the feed store sign
Two trucks, one little convoy
just a father and a boy in time
[Chorus]
Green Freightliner days
White International nights
Haulin' sod to Louisiana
under those southern skies
Green Freightliner days
That was our whole way
I still hear my daddy say
"Boy, drive it like you mean it
drive it like you mean it"
[Verse 2]
Then the doctor said cancer
and the whole world went slow
He hung up his logbook
in a room with the TV low
Said he was done for a while
said he needed to rest
But I saw him stare at the highway
like he'd lost the one thing he loved best
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the yard sits quiet at supper
just the porch light glow
He counts semis on the freeway
like a man who can't let go
[Chorus]
Green Freightliner days
White International nights
Haulin' sod to Louisiana
under those southern skies
Green Freightliner days
That was our whole way
I still hear my daddy say
"Boy, drive it like you mean it
drive it like you mean it"
[Bridge]
He sits in his lawn chair dreaming
of a cab and an open road
Of coffee in a paper cup
and a load he knows by heart
I take him for a Sunday ride
slow past the county line
He smiles when he sees that green paint shine
and for a minute, he's alive
[Final Chorus]
Green Freightliner days
White International nights
Haulin' sod to Louisiana
under those southern skies
Green Freightliner days
I pray they never fade
'Cause my daddy still belongs out there
with the wheels and the wind and the weight
Green Freightliner days
Yeah, that was our whole way
I still hear my daddy say
"Boy, drive it like you mean it
drive it like you mean it"
Details
GeneratedJun 26, 2026
Duration4:29
LanguageEnglish
Style
Country ballad with two-stepping pulse, picked acoustic guitar, pedal steel sighs, upright bass, and brushed drums; verse tells the road story in vivid detail, pre-chorus lifts on family memory, chorus lands with a plainspoken hook and harmony swell. Lead male vocal close-mic in verses, stacked harmony on the hook, a few tearful ad-lib answers. Tire hiss and FM-radio static between lines, steel guitar fills into the choruses, final chorus opens wide and then fades on a lonely whistle. Warm, cinematic, and weathered., country
Credits
Prompt bySoftTitan525
ModelAria v5.5
Prompt
A country song about a father driving a green freight liner and a son driving a white international hauling sod to Louisiana until the dad gets cancer and has to retire but misses the trucking life
