My father picked me up in his beige four door car He said We're going to the Hoover Dam It's not very far He said There's enough concrete in the Hoover Dam To build a two-lane highway from New York to San Fran And one hundred and twelve men died as it was built But the big Hoover Dam she carries no guilt Dad why do you tell me these kinds of things Son, it's good for you and your ten-year-old brain You need to fill it facts like the ones I've got Such as the big Hoover Dam she generates 1. 8 gigawatts The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam We arrived at the dam and damn It was big But from the winding roads of our approach I was carsick Dad said, don't you go and ruin this for the both of us I'm willing to stay and send you home on a bus Drink a ginger ale and stand up on your feet You're gonna have to walk fast to keep up with me The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam I looked over my shoulder to the back of my four door car I say, we're going to the Hoover Dam, it's not very far