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
