The Year of Birth, 1917
He even got the letter, direct from the Queen
His final words, still ringing my ears
Of lessons learned in his hundred years
So listen here
If it's a drinking song, make it a strong one
If it's a country road, make it a long one
Wanna wear cowboy boots, you'd better ride some
Wanna sing about a truck, get the miles done
To sing a heartbreak song, you gotta hurt some
Make the most of true love, you'll only get one
How tall, if you're gonna stand for something
It means nothing at all, if it ain't all or nothing
We laid him down, in a field of green
We thought about, all he'd seen
World War II, man on the moon
Berlin Wall, Beatles tunes
Phones that think and talk and play
So much change, but so much the same
Some things don't change
If it's a drinking song, make it a strong one
If it's a country road, make it a long one
Wanna wear cowboy boots, you'd better ride some
Wanna sing about a truck, get the miles done
To sing a heartbreak song, you gotta hurt some
Make the most of true love, you'll only get one
Stand up tall, if you're gonna stand for something
It means nothing at all, if it ain't all or nothing
Where I'll be, a few years from now
Where I'll be, a few years from now
Where I'll be, a few years from now
Think I'll be saying this is the end of the world

These same words to my little girl somehow
If it's a country song, make it a real one
If you want true friends and learn to be one
Wanna stand on stage and be the next big thing
Well, you better go and put some hard yards in
A heartbreak song's gotta hurt some
Make the most of true love, you'll only get one
Stand up tall, if you're gonna stand for something
It means nothing at all, if it ain't all or nothing
It means nothing at all, if it ain't all or nothing
It means nothing at all, if it ain't all or nothing
So go and give it all you got, son