| 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 |