This song was written following the Daytona 500 that took Dale Earnhardt.
Country Acoustic
I am just a songwriter trying to get my music heard.
Story behind the song
This song pretty much wrote itself. I am a huge NASCAR fan. I did not realize that I was an Earnhardt fan until he wasn't there. I miss everything he brought to the sport. This is simply a way to express what I, and I think millions of others, felt. The sound quality isn't the greatest. It was made by me and my guitar on my computer, but if you listen to the whole song, I don't think you will be disappointed. Thanks.
Shane
Lyrics
GOODBYE INTIMIDATOR
VERSE 1:
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EACH SUNDAY WE FILLED THE STANDS,
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AND WE GATHERED ‘ROUND THE TRACK.
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NOT A SINGLE ONE WHO DIDN’T KNOW,
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ABOUT THE FAMOUS MAN IN BLACK.
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AND THOUGH NOT EVERY ONE OF US,
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COULD SAY WE WERE A FAN.
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WE ALL HELD A HARD EARNED AND WELL DESERVED,
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RESPECT FOR THE MAN.
VERSE 2:
SOME CHEERED WHEN YOU TOOK THE LEAD,
AND SOME CHEERED WHEN YOU GOT PASSED.
SOME BOOED WHEN YOU TOOK THE CHECKERED.
SOME HUNG THEIR HEADS EACH TIME YOU CRASHED.
BUT ONE THING WE HAD IN COMMON,
WE ALL KNEW INSIDE OURSELVES,
WE WERE ALWAYS GLAD YOU CAME,
AND WE ALL CRIED WHEN YOU LEFT.
CHORUS:
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AND THEY SAID THEIR BIGGEST FEAR,
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WAS YOU IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR,
A
BUT NOW THEY REALIZE,
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IT’S NOT TO HAVE YOU HERE, AT ALL,
BM
YOU ANSWERED THE CALL,
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TO WATCH OVER US ALL,
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SO UNTIL WE SEE YOU LATER,
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GOODBYE INTIMIDATOR.
VERSE 3:
ON THE TRACK YOU WERE RELENTLESS,
BUT THAT WAS ONLY HALF THE MAN.
OUTSIDE THAT MAN IN BLACK,
WAS A HUSBAND, DAD, AND FRIEND.
WITH ONLY ONE LAP LEFT TO GO,
WE KNOW YOU COULD HAVE MADE YOUR MOVE.
YOU PUSHED THAT RUTHLESS MAN ASIDE,
AND LET YOUR BETTER HALF SHINE THROUGH
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
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IN THAT BIG OLD NUMBER THREE,
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YOU WERE RUMORED TO SEE THE AIR,
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WE HOPE IT COMES IN HANDY,
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RUNNIN’ WIDE OPEN UP THERE.
VERSE 4:
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE TRACK,
AS THEY LOOKED IN THEIR REAR VIEW.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD NOTHIN,
AT ALL TO FEAR FROM YOU.
AS YOU HELD THE OTHERS OFF, WE KNOW,
YOU HAD A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
AS TWO PEOPLE NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU,
DROVE AHEAD TO WIN THE RACE.
CHORUS:
END:
SO UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN,
WE’LL MISS YOU, OLD FRIEND.
