Well, I couldn´t reach the pedals, but I could hold on to thewheel I was driving in the Indy in my Daddy´s Oldsmobile And I took the checkered flag and never took the car out ofpark Maybe I was sitting still, but I was driving in my heart And then one day this young man´s dreams came true Dad threw the keys to me and said let´s see what you can do Fire up your engines, come on let´s go This is where the rubber meets the road It´s time to put in motion everything you know This is where the rubber meets the road, meets the road The rubber meets the road Well, I drove about an hour and finally made it around theblock I was in all of my glory, Dad was in a state of shock But it didn´t take long for me to understand That the road´s a different place when the wheel is in yourhand You can dream and scheme and talk about it, read it in a book Look where you want to go, but are you going where you´velooked? (CHORUS) I´ve got a Bible on the table, I´ve got 5 more on my shelf I´ve got a head half full of knowledge far from what I´d call awealth But I know what I do know, better yet I know who knows me And He´s given us directions and He´s throwing us the keys,saying . . .