Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You can tell your old man
You'd do some large-mouth fishin' another time
You got too much on your plate
To bait and cast a line
He can always put a raincheck in his hands
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Verse 2]
You can keep puttin' off forever
With that girl whose heart you hold
Swearin' that you'll ask her someday
Further down the road
He can always put a diamond on her hand
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Chorus]
If you got a chance, take it
Take it while you got a chance
If you got a dream, chase it
'Cause a dream won't chase you back
If you're gonna love somebody
Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Verse 3]
Now there's a box of greasy parts
Settin' in the trunk of that '65
Still waitin' on you and your grandpa
To bring it back to life
He can always get around to fixin' up that old Pontiac
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Chorus]
If you got a chance, take it
Take it while you got a chance
If you got a dream, chase it
'Cause a dream won't chase you back
If you're gonna love somebody
Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Verse 4]
You know I woke all alone one Sunday morning
With this song stuck in my head
And in that moment, some people, or someone spoke to me
They said there was still a verse that needed to be written for this song
And to get up, and write it down
[Bridge]
There's a book that's sitting in your house somewhere
That could use some dusting off
There's a man who died for all our sins
Hangin' from the cross
You can give your life to Jesus
And he'll give you a second chance
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Chorus]
If you got a chance, take it
Take it while you got a chance
If you got a dream, chase it
'Cause a dream won't chase you back
If you're gonna love somebody
Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
[Outro]
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
'Til you can't
'Til you can't