I was watchin ' cartoons on a Saturday morning
And I heard daddy start the truck
I came runnin ' from the house and waved him down
Cause he was makin ' a run to the dump
We watched the Bears and licked ice cream cones
Take a little walk around
I ' ll never forget what my daddy said
The day we pulled that bike from the ground
He said one man ' s trash is another man ' s gold
If it ' s thrown away it ' s free to take
A little oil she ' ll be good to go
So I rode that bicycle home
Thumbs up daddy honkin ' on the horn
I got my first job workin ' on a dairy farm
Drivin ' tractor and bailin ' hay
I ' d have to circle around a bog in the ground
Where sat an old Mustang ' 58
One evenin ' I asked that farmer
Why that car was just wastin ' away
He said you can have it for free it don ' t mean nothin ' to me
And I couldn ' t help but think
One man ' s trash is another man ' s gold
What someone will throw away is a crying shame
So I towed that Mustang home
Till she could be restored
I got that engine to roar
And boy did that engine roar
It was an awkward blind date we met at a park
She had her little girl taggin ' along
A beautiful smile hadn ' t been out in a while
She was a hard working single mom
In time I learned he ' d left her
He said “ I ' m just way too young
To be having a kid I ' m not ready for this
If you keep it I ' m good as gone ”
He never looked back as she watched him go
She stood there crying in the rain till one January day
She had a beautiful baby girl
Tonight I tuck her in and read her stories
And hold her mama while the sunset glows
My two arms full of this man ' s gold
What some men will throw away is a crying shame
Those girls make our house a home
Yeah my cup overflows
With this man ' s gold
This man ' s gold
