Read this and tell me it doesn't strike a cord....

[AtillaTheHun]

It was painted red -the stripe was white  
It was 18 feet from the bow to the stern-light

Second hand-from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with Daddy-when he went there to get her

Put on a shine-put on a motor
Built out of love-made for the water

Had it for years-til the transmission got rotten
A piece of my childhood-that will never be forgotten

It was jut an old plywood boat-75 johnson and electric choke
Young boy -two hands on the wheel

I can't replace- the way it made me feel
And I'd steer that shoreline -keep it wide

He'd say - "you can't beat the way an old wooden boat rides"
Just a little late -across the Alabama line

But I was King of The Ocean-When Daddy let me Drive

 

[hank]

Nice water story. Heres a scary one.

When the still sea conspires an armor And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters, True sailing is dead. Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned, Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop, And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over.

 

[win43win]

It's an Alan Jackson song for those of you that dont listen to country music.

 

[AtillaTheHun]

Hey win43 are you a country fan?

Alan Jackson indeed but just the feelings that song evokes..And I think It's somehow related to how we feel about our motorcycles , the JOY we felt as children atop practically any vechile

I will submit second verse as soon as I figure out the words

I know I'm nuts

 

[kawafaski]

It all started when i was FIVE...my co worker laughed so hard i
thought he was gonna keel over..
My folks were frantic..where is little Ralph...lot's of people looking for me...is was found in the orange grove,sitting on a tractor making you know what kind of noises....
Now the Busa makes me feel 5 again..sorta..hihi..

 

[PACIFICBUSA]

hrmmm....another opportunity to whore....

 

[oldhat]

Hey....I listen to country music! Yep.....whenever my dog dies or my wife threatens to leave..just play them suckers backwards and life is all better!!!!