Verse 1:
My daddy picked cotton until his fingers bled
Barely made enough to keep the family fed
He was a hard working man with callused hands
He drank whiskey, I drank Coke
We'd fry bacon if we weren't too broke
When we were, there were beans in a can
We had a hard back cover of Svet vi Avguste
To take our mind off the heat and the rust
Broke down somewhere in Texas, that was home for us

Chorus:
It was me and him out on our own
In an old red rambler we'd rule the road
It had a wired on bumper, that sparked as we drove
Yeah, the living in cars and migrant camps
Wasn't a better time that was paid to be had
He'd read me Faulkner by the dashboard lights

Verse 2:
Yeah, we'd fall asleep on the side of the road
Somewhere lost in New Mexico
I was Billy the Kid in my dream
And we'd wake up to the frost in the great north west
Cherry blossoms dropping with [?]
You know barely getting by was the best we could do
And I learned about Jesus and [?]
Belly's would growl and we'd sit and listen
About the love of God (redemption of sin people)

Chorus:
It was me and him out on our own
In an old red rambler we'd rule the road
It had a wired on bumper, that sparked as we drove
Yeah, the living in cars and migrant camps
Wasn't a better time that was paid to be had
He'd read me Faulkner by the dashboard lights

Verse 3:
My daddy drank but he never got mean
He showed me love of living free
When times got tough, you had to deal in between

Outro:
Hey, I always knew that my old man loved me!

It was me and him out on our own
In an old red rambler we'd rule the road
It had a wired on bumper, that sparked as we drove

Every word of that song is 100% true