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Go Little Gator

from Red Yarn's Old Barn by Red Yarn

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about

Written by Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn

lyrics

Early June morning back in ‘95
I’d been countin the days till the summertime
When Daddy had promised that he’d teach me to drive
The little green Gator in the barn outside

Sittin side by side in the bucket seat
I pulled the choke and I turned the key
Just a little green and yellow ATV
But when she coughed to life, oh it set me free

Go little Gator, little Gator go
Speedin down that gravel road

Sweet dump feature on the cargo box
For haulin cedar and movin rocks
Drivin down alone to Gopher’s Gulch
Choppin with a chainsaw and shovelin mulch

Go little Gator, little Gator go
See y’all later, I’m on my own

July evening at a long day’s end
I was speedin round a washed out bend
Hit a pothole and lost control
I got thrown and my Gator rolled

Cut and bruised on the side of my head
Grounded for the summer and my Gator’s dead
Never seen my dad so mad
I lost the best thing that I ever had

Just last week I was back at the farm
Cleanin up the junkpile behind the barn
Pulled back a tarp and what do I see
But a busted up and rusted out UTV

Pushed her round into the shop
Tinkered with the engine till I had to stop
Pulled the choke and turned the key
My little green Gator coughed to life for me

Go little Gator, little Gator go
Accelerator, soothe my soul
Go little Gator, little Gator go
Take me back to the summer I was 12 years old

Closest thing to freedom that I ever knowed
Was speedin down that gravel road

credits

from Red Yarn's Old Barn, released April 27, 2018
Co-produced by Red Yarn, Dean Jones & Adam Selzer

Engineered & mixed by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry

Red Yarn aka Andy Furgeson on vocals, acoustic & electric guitars

Dean Jones on wurly, sampling keyboard & percussion

Dan Hunt on drums

Paul Brainard on pedal steel

Annalisa Tornfelt on fiddle

Simon Flory on electric bass

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Red Yarn Portland, Oregon

Red Yarn is a Texas-born, Oregon-based family performer who weaves folksongs & puppetry into engaging shows for all ages. With his energetic performances and lush folk-rock recordings, Red Yarn reinvigorates American folklore for younger generations.

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