Wasn't much to look at,
but it ran pretty good
Couple of dancin' scratches,
plenty of power under the hood
I swapped out the stereo and put speakers in the doors
Headed off to high school like the king
of 1984
My dad brought that Dodge home and he dreamed it for a loan
He said,
I'll get the first one son,
then you'll be on your own
It's big
and it's heavy,
so you might just walk away
If you mess up bad like your daddy did some twenty years ago
He never talked about it,
that's just how he was
He didn't show his feelings,
but it did him what it does
I drove that car real slow,
like the cops were closing in
I didn't want him to relive the night I know still haunted him
I'd drive a Silverado now,
but out there in the shed
He said,
da-da-da,
old Dodge,
full of what my daddy never said
I can feel his presence when I open up the door
Slide behind the wheel, that's the king
of 1984
Something about your first car never leaves
That first taste of freedom and running free
I didn't know what I'd do or what I'd be
But it sure felt good to be me
I got two hands on the wheel,
two eyes on the road
A little boy strapped in tight and mama singing like a radio
A future king sleeping and I couldn't love him more
I'd like to think he's dreaming about the day
He drives away
like the king
of 1984