[Verse 1]Stopped by that house on Nesbitt LakeHe's sittin' in his easy chair, watchin' a Sunday evenin' raceTells me my grandma's in the other roomGuess he forgot we laid her down, it'll be a year come JuneThen he mumbles about VietnamHe don't know who the hell I amBut the drivers, well, he tells me who they areI guess he still knows the numbers on the cars[Verse 2]We try to get him out like we used toBut now I load the truck and I drive the boat'Cause there ain't much he can do, noCast him a line and watched it as it sankThinkin' how we'd used to talk for hoursNow he just stares at the bankHe used to know every stump in this fishin' holeThough he probably thinks that we're in MexicoBut he knows his way around that boat, even in the darkAnd he still knows the numbers on the cars[Bridge]I know he ain't all there but I don't careMy mind's still full of memories with himAnd he may not know all the words to the songsBut he still knows Merle Haggard's voice when he hears it[Verse 3]I stopped by that house on Nesbitt LakeWith a couple of tickets to go see a Sunday evenin' raceAs we watched those cars fly around the trackI asked the Lord if just one more timeHe'd bring my old friend backThen somewhere around lap 23That old man turned and smiled at meAnd for a moment I know he knows where we are'Cause he still knows the numbersYeah, he still knows the numbersHe still knows the numbers, numbers on the carsYeah, he still knows the numbers
