All Or Nothing

Year of birth, 1917 He even got the letter, direct from the Queen His final words still ring in my ears Of lessons learned in his hundred years So, listen here If it's a drinkin' song, make it a strong one If it's a country road, make it a long one Wanna wear cowboy boots, you'd better ride some Wanna sing about a truck, get the miles done To sing a heart break song, you gotta hurt some Make the most of true love, you'll only get one And stand up tall if you're gonna stand for somethin' It means nothin' at all if it ain't all or nothin' We laid him down in a field of green We thought about all he'd seen World War II, man on the moon Berlin Wall, Beatles tunes Phones that think and talk and play So much change, but so much the same Some things don't change If it's a drinkin' song, make it a strong one If it's country road, make it a long one Wanna wear cowboy boots, you'd better ride some Wanna sing about a truck, get the miles done To sing a heart break song, you gotta hurt some Make the most of true love, you'll only get one And stand up tall if you're gonna stand for somethin' It means nothin' at all if it ain't all or nothin' Where I'll be a few years from now Think I'll be sayin' these same words to my little girl somehow If it's a country song, make it a real one If you want true friends, then learn to be one Wanna stand on stage and be the next big thing Well, ya better go and put some hard yards in A heartbreak song's gotta hurt some Make the most of true love, you'll only get one And stand up tall if you're gonna stand up for somethin' It means nothin' at all if it ain't all or nothin' It means nothin' at all if it ain't all or nothin' So go and give it all you got, son