High Valley While the Gettin's Good song lyrics

He said I woke up and I was twenty five

With a job I didn't want, but I guess it got us by

Got married young, had a son in a house in the town I grew up in

And that's just the way it was

Not even close to how I planned it

Didn't know how good we had it

I ain't telling you how to live your life

You don't have to take this old man's advice

But you better get it while the gettin's good

There's gonna come a day you wish you would

Have been in the stands on a Friday night

When your kid scores a touchdown beneath those lights

And the first thing he does is look up to find you there

And you're there, get it while the gettin's good

Words sure can hit you hard when they get said

From a shell of a man looking at you man in a hospital bed

But tears well up in a loved one's eyes

And you're holding yours back and you start thinking twice

About everything, everything he said to me

And he said...

Better get it while the gettin's good

There's gonna come a day you wish you would

Have been more in the moment with the one you love

On a Sunday morning when she wakes up

And the first thing you do is thank God that she's there

Cause you're there, get it while the gettin's good

So we buried my dad on the 12th of December

And I'll never forget what he said to remember

Moments slip like sand through your hands

When you're gone, you can't get 'em back again

Better get it while the gettin's good

There's gonna come a day you wish you would

Have spent a little more time with your mom when I'm gone

She's gonna need you son, she's gonna be alone

And I feel better just knowing that you're there

Cause I can't be there

Love is all that matters in the end

Get it while the gettin's good

Oh, get it while the gettin's good