Learn to Live

Grandpa Campbell would sit upon front porch

And I'd be right there just on his knees

He'd tell stories of love and feast and famine

And I'd hang onto every word that he'd breathe

He'd say, "Boy as you walk through this life

Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by"

You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn

You gotta make some stances and take some chances

You gotta laugh and love and take a life has to give

You gotta live and learn, so you can learn to live

Well, I left home and I went to Carolina

I didn't set off just to see what I could see

I did something that I wasn't really proud of

Sometimes life just got the best of me

But I'd always think back to those days

And I know what Grandpa Campbell would say, he'd say

You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn

You gotta make some stances and take some chances

You gotta laugh and love and take a life has to give

You gotta live and learn, so you can learn to live, hey, hey, oh, oh

After years of runnin' 'round and searchin'

I found me a woman who loves me just for me

All those mistakes, I thought I was makin'

Led me right here to ya, sittin' on my knee

Son, as you walk through this life

Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by

You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn

You gotta make some stances, you gotta take some chances

You gotta laugh and love and take a life has to give

You gotta live and learn, you gotta live and learn

So you can learn to live

Learn to live, aw, now