Ben Rector The Men That Drive Me Places song lyrics

Howard drives a minivan with the cruise ships from Ft. Lauderdale

And it's been that way since 1994

Does his business on a flip phone with the most obnoxious ringtone

I didn't ask but I can tell he's from New York

And he spoke proudly of his daughter and that this fall she'd be in college

And that he always wished he'd gotten his degree

You can tell he came from nothing, built a future out of hustling

And somehow I'm the one you people pay to see

Oh isn't that just the way it goes

You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated

Oh how am I the only one who knows

I'm half the man of the men that drive me places

Danny showed up early fifteen minutes till five thirty

Making sure that I'd be on my morning flight

He said he'd love to fix computers, but that he can't until he's fluent

So he spends his driving money taking class at night

He wore a neatly ironed dress shirt and he helps his kids with homework

And deep inside I couldn't help but ask myself

Why that at night I'm up on stage, everybody knows my name

While Danny's early picking up somebody else

Oh isn't that just the way it goes

You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated

Oh how am I the only one who knows

I'm half the man of the men that drive me places

And now everything's not given, I work hard to make my living

But I'll give credit where I think credits due

Maybe you got dealt a good hand

Maybe you play it the best that you can

But I don't know how far you'd walk without those cards

In Howard and Danny's working shoes

But that's just the way it goes

You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated

Oh how am I the only one who knows

I'm half the man of the men that drive me places