Spent the night with a friend of mine and
a handle of good whiskey
We picked guitars and talked about
how the glory days we missed 'em
And it didn't take too long to find
the truth inside that bottle
Cast a-sea so long ago
was a message from my father.

You keep your heart above
your head and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a
way to leave you cold
And know you're not
the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things
that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
You gotta let 'em go

Looking back now on my life
I can't say I regret it
And all the places that I ended up not the way
Ma woulda had it
But you only get once chance
at life to leave your mark upon it
And when a pony he comes riding by you
better set your sweet ass on it

You keep your heart above your head
and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a
way to leave you cold
And know you're not
the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things
that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
You gotta let 'em go

Like a sweet sunset in Georgia let it go
And like the fear
that grabs ahold ya let it go
Let it go
Let it go

You keep your heart above your head
and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a
way to leave you cold
And know you're not
the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things
that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
You gotta let 'em go