[Verse 1]
Paid eight hundred cash
In a stranger’s gravel drive
You laughed at the peeling paint
Said it looked like “first love” on four bald tires
Coffee in the cup holder
Shaky on the interstate
Windows down
That summer humming
Felt like getting away
[Chorus]
I crashed my first white Datsun
Into a rusted guardrail bend
Airbags
Smoke and trembling hands
Thought the world was gonna end
Now it’s glass on the shoulder
Blinkers ticking in the dark
Yeah
I crashed my first white Datsun
Didn’t know it’d hit my heart
[Verse 2]
Dad showed up in work boots
Didn’t yell
Just kicked a stone
Said
“Metal’s meant for bending
Kid
I’m just glad you’re coming home”
Tow truck dragged that memory
Scraping sparks across the lane
You took pictures on your phone
Tried to joke away the shake
[Chorus]
I crashed my first white Datsun
Into a rusted guardrail bend
Airbags
Smoke and trembling hands
Thought the world was gonna end
Now it’s glass on the shoulder
Blinkers ticking in the dark
Yeah
I crashed my first white Datsun
Didn’t know it’d hit my heart
[Bridge]
Still find paint on my old jeans
Little flakes of that off-white dream
Tell me
What’s a first time really worth
If it doesn’t sting
[Chorus]
I crashed my first white Datsun
But I walked out
Lungs on fire
You held on to my shaking face
Said
“Guess we used up all its miles”
Now it’s steel in a scrapyard
But it lives in every scar
Yeah
I crashed my first white Datsun
First love
First wrecked car (hey!)