Kelly Hitchcock Poet Lyric

Live Like You Get One Try

I was working my fingers to the bone
Making a half days pay
Wondering what this life's really worth
Always worried what people say

An old man who was watching me
Said he could see it in my eyes
He said, come here boy and let me tell you
About this crazy thing called life

He said I'd rather have a rose each day
Then a bouquet when i die
I'd rather sweat my way to the top
Than have a handout on the side

Nothing in life comes easy
And that makes all of life worthwhile
Cause if you want to go to heaven
You gotta live like you get one try

He said, it's not the kind of work you do
But the way you work in life
And you're the only thing you can change
And that's worth the sacrifice

He took a sip from his cup of coffee
He spit his dip in a mason jar
He said, that my son is the secret to this life
Follow this it’ll get you far

He said I'd rather have a rose each day
Then a bouquet when i die
I'd rather sweat my way to the top
Than have a handout on the side

Nothing in life comes easy
And that makes all of life worthwhile
Cause if you want to go to heaven
You gotta live like you get one try

Yea - Nothing in life comes easy
And that makes all of life worthwhile
Cause if you want to go to heaven
You gotta live like you get one try

Yea - you gotta live like you get one try

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