Hold It While You Have It

Verse 1

I was seventeen and bulletproof

Thought the clock was something I could choose

My brother laughed and tossed me his car keys

Said the road goes on as far as you believe

A phone call came on a Tuesday afternoon

And the whole wide world just stopped and left the room

Pre-Chorus

Nobody warns you

Nobody tells you

How fast it all goes

Chorus

Hold it while you have it

Hold it while it's here

Life is just a flicker then it disappears

Hold it while you have it

Don't you let it slip

You never know the value till you lose your grip

Post-Chorus

(Gone, gone, gone)

You don't know what you got until it's gone

Verse 2

I found his jacket hanging in the hall

Still smelled like smoke and summer and baseball

I wore it out to every show that year

Like a second skin to keep him near

Mama said the hardest thing she learned

Is how a heart keeps beating after it gets burned

Pre-Chorus

Nobody warns you

Nobody tells you

How fast it all goes

Chorus

Hold it while you have it

Hold it while it's here

Life is just a flicker then it disappears

Hold it while you have it

Don't you let it slip

You never know the value till you lose your grip

Post-Chorus

(Gone, gone, gone)

You don't know what you got until it's gone

(Gone, gone, gone)

Forever's not as long as you think it is

Bridge

So call your mother

Kiss your kids

Say the words you're scared to say

Because tomorrow isn't promised

No tomorrow isn't promised

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Hold it while you have it

Hold it while it's here

Life is just a flicker then it disappears

Hold it while you have it

Don't you let it slip

You never know the value till you lose your grip

Post-Chorus

(Gone, gone, gone)

You don't know what you got until it's gone

(Gone, gone, gone)

Precious precious life keep holding on