She named me Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith...Johnson, Jr I guess you could say Momma was a NASCAR fan I was born in Talladega up in the stands The fans all cheered the second I arrived The loudspeaker said "The boy's born to drive!" We didn't have money for a pacifier So I s**ed on the valve off a Goodyear tire... A seven pound, eight ounce, son-of-the-south Born with a taste for racing in my mouth She named me Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith...Johnson, Jr I got my first real stock-car when I was nine An old one Momma bought off of Geoff Bodine The Winston Cup people said "The boy's too young"...
'till I qualified second at Darlington How in the world could a nine-year-old child Hit 197 in a time trial? The man said Momma ought to be ashamed... "but by the way son, tell us what's your name"? I told 'em Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith...Johnson, Jr I got a "Toys-R-Us" sponsor and a new pit-crew Daytona loves "Little 52" The junior-high-school girls are all cheering for me I'm out there intimidating "Number 3" But I ain't got room on my cards, or my caps, or the helmet I'm driving with... To write Dale Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvin Gordon Earnhardt Smith...Johnson, Jr