I Drive Your Truck
Lee Brice Lyrics

Eighty-nine cents in the ash tray
There's just a small amount of change left in the ashtray of the truck.

Half empty bottle of Gatorade rolling in the floorboard
A half-finished bottle of Gatorade is rolling around on the floor of the truck.

That dirty Braves cap on the dash
The truck has a dirty Braves baseball cap sitting on the dashboard.

Dog tags hanging from the rear view
There are military dog tags hanging from the rearview mirror of the truck.

Old Skoal can, and cowboy boots and a Go Army Shirt
There's an empty Skoal can, a pair of cowboy boots, and a Go Army shirt in the back of the truck.

Folded in the back
The items listed in the previous line are folded up and stored in the back of the truck.

This thing burns gas like crazy but that's alright
The truck uses a lot of gas, but the singer doesn't mind.

People got their ways of coping
Everyone deals with grief and loss in their own way.

Oh, and I've got mine
The artist has his own way of coping with the loss of someone close to him.

I drive your truck
The artist drives the truck that belonged to the person he lost.

I roll every window down and I burn up
He rolls down all the windows of the truck and drives recklessly fast.

Every back road in this town
He drives on all the back roads in the town where they lived.

I find a field, I tear it up
He drives through fields, kicking up dirt and dust.

'Til all the pain's a cloud of dust
Driving this way helps him forget about his pain for a while.

Yeah, sometimes I drive your truck
This is something he does from time to time to cope with his grief.

I leave that radio playing
He leaves the radio in the truck on the same country station the person used to listen to.

Same old country station where you left it
This is the same radio station that was last played by the person who drove the truck.

Yeah, man I crank it up
He turns up the volume of the radio to make it feel like the person is still there.

And you'd probably punch my arm right now
The person probably wouldn't approve of him driving the truck in this reckless manner.

If you saw this tear rolling down on my face
He's emotional and can't help but cry as he drives the truck.

Hey, man I'm trying to be tough
He's trying to hide his emotions and be strong, but it's difficult.

And mama asked me this morning, if I'd been by your grave
The person's mother asked if he had visited their grave today.

But that flag and stone ain't where I feel you anyway
He doesn't feel close to the person at their grave site. He feels close to them when he's driving their truck.

I've cussed, I've prayed, I've said goodbye
He's gone through a range of emotions while grieving for the person he lost.

Shook my fist and asked God why
He's angry and has questioned why this had to happen.

These days when I'm missing you this much
When he's really missing the person, he goes for a drive in their truck.

Brother sometimes
He's talking directly to the person and calling them 'brother'.

I drive your truck, mm
He continues to drive the truck to cope with his grief and feel close to the person he lost.

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
He's asking the person whose truck it is for permission to keep driving it in this way.

I drive your truck
The song ends on this repeated line, emphasizing how much the truck means to the singer in his grieving process.