Grandpa Told Me So

If you don't get in the water, you're never gonna learn to swim

He said, a snake is just as scared of you, as you are of him

He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite

Seems there was nothing that he didn't know

And as a kid I believed, 'cause grandpa told me so

He talked daddy into lettin' me have my first car

I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart

That first taste of love nearly did me in

Getting over her was slow

And I knew someday I would, 'cause grandpa told me so

He said, life was made for you to live

That best love is the love that you give

There'll be times that you wanna hold on, but you gotta let go

And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so

I promised him I wouldn't cry when it was his time to leave

That's the only promise I made him I couldn't keep

He smiled from his bed and said we'll meet again

Somewhere down the road

And I believed, 'cause grandpa told me so

He said, life was made for you to live

The best love is the love that you give

There'll be times that you wanna hold on, but you gotta let go

And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so

He said, life was made for you to live

The best love is the love that you give

There'll be times that you wanna hold on, but you gotta let go

And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so

Yeah, and I still believe, 'cause grandpa told me so

Grandpa told me so

I still believe

Grandpa told me so

I still believe

Yeah and I still believe