Backseat Driver

7:30 in the morning in a Mickey D's drive thru

Two muffins, one coffee and a little bitty orange juice

I saw a man with a sign on the corner

I rolled my window down, handed him a dollar

That's when I heard her ask

"Hey, Daddy, who was that?"

And before I could answer back

She said

"Daddy, look, there's a plane in the sky

Are we there yet?

Did you just see that dog run by?

Do squirrels have houses in the trees?

Why'd God put stingers on honeybees?"

It's crazy all the things she sees on the side of the road

Out of that window beside her

I wish I could be more like her

My little dangling feet, pretty in pink, backseat driver

Later on that day, on the highway back home

I saw a lady in a black Mercedes yelling at her phone

She flew by me with her finger in the air

And I had to act like I didn't care

And that's when I heard her ask

"Daddy, why was she so mad?"

Before I could answer back

She said

"Daddy, can you please turn up the radio?

Hey, what are you pushing with your feet that makes us go?

Do squirrels have houses in the trees?

Why'd God put stingers on honeybees?"

It's crazy all the things she sees on the side of the road

Out of that window beside her

I wish I could be more like her

My little dangling feet, pretty in pink, backseat driver

One day, I'll look back and I'll miss when

My whole world wasn't over that dash

It was back there buckled in

Saying, "Daddy, look, there's a plane in the sky"

Are we there yet?

Did you just see that dog run by?

Do squirrels have houses in the trees?

Why would God put a stinger on a honeybee?

It's crazy all the things she sees on the side of the road

Out of that window beside her

I wish I could be more like her

My little dangling feet, pretty in pink, backseat driver

Hmm, my backseat driver

7:30 in the morning in a Mickey D's drive thru

Two muffins, one coffee and a little bitty orange juice