The Day Dale Earnhardt Died

It was February eighteenth O’ one as I recall I was watching the race on TV When the three car hit the wall I felt a sinking feeling Lord, It hit me deep inside And America lost a hero The day Dale Earnhardt died Seems like every day now There’s a brand new tragedy We’ve had falling towers and endless wars And there’s panic in the streets That big old yellow caution flag Is waving in the sky We’ve been racing towards the bottom Since the day Dale Earnhardt died Now Everybody’s living In a bubble of their own We’re swapping paint on the highway It’s like Bristol with a phone And your opinion about the weather Could get you penalized As far as I can tell it all blew to hell The day Dale Earnhardt died At night I dream about the day That we can all just get along And learn to love and live in peace Like one big happy home But everything around us Has become so polarized That old devil has been driving Since The day Dale Earnhardt died Now we’re all busy living out Our own reality Where Up is down and left is right If that’s what you choose to be Lord, I ain’t passing judgement And I don’t mean to criticize But our history’s been a mystery Since the day Dale Earnhardt died We lost more than a legend The day Dale Earnhardt died