[intro] Oh, oh... Time moves on... Oh, oh., oh, oh [instrumental] [verse 1] The sun rises slower when it snows And it goes too soon when it's cold When all you need is a little heat You stand out all day and still freeze [interlude] (Oh, oh...) [verse 2] I made my way into town for supplies Looked around for familiar eyes An old man on a porch waved his hand Told me to sit and asked how I'd been Said all the old timers had been laid to rest The two of us were all that was left [pre chorus 1] We just sat there and drank for a while, And he told me the secrets to life... [chorus 1] He said, you can try... To run and hide... Or you can just.... Lay down and die... And when you're hurting you don't have to feel bad Some of the worst days of my life were the best I ever had [post chorus] You can't give up... Oh no... You can't give up... [interlude] Oh... Oh, oh, oh... Time goes on... Oh... Oh, oh, oh... Gone too fast... I'm one of the last... [bridge] When you get old things are harder than they should be You don't seem to get as much firewood from the same tree The winters are colder and the snow is too deep It gets hard to keep on going when all your friends have passed And you just never know which winter will be your last All these things you think about when whiskey's in your glass Oh... [pre chorus 1] I just sat there and thought for a while, Tried to figure out the secrets to life... [chorus 2] I said, you can try... To run and hide... Or you can just.... Lay down and die... And when you're hurting you don't have to feel bad Some of the worst days of my life were the best I ever had [post chorus] You can't give up... Oh no... You can't give up... [breakdown] Oh, oh... On step a day... Oh, oh... We're going away... Oh, oh... Growing old... Growing old... [outro] One day it got too hard to survive But I wasn't quite ready to die I sat on the porch rocking slow Just an old man alone with the falling snow... [fade out]
