The old man said, "You gotta have a good imagination"
And he said to himself that, "Dusty day way down in Texas"
He said, "You got to drive that Ford like it's a Stallion
Well I'm never gonna walk this path again

The old man said, the old man said
The old man said
If you're gonna live the life of old
Yeah, the boy well he walked away a man
See there was a time when he was a young lost soul
In the words of the young man who turned old
The boy walked out with a new found hero
The old man said, the old man said

The boy walked out he was dreamin' of wild times
The old man said, the old man said
Like he's got somewhere to go in that beat up ford
And you've got to wear your heart just like a gun"
Drivin' like he's got a destination
He was chasin' butterflies and rainbows

With old cowboys and broke down cattle lines
If you're gonna live the life of old
He said, "You got to drive that Ford like it's a Stallion

The old man said, "You gotta have a good imagination"

And you've got to wear your heart just like a gun"
His heart's still free and he rides on
Now those fields are all but gone
'Til one day when he found his pot of gold
The old man said, the old man said