[Verse 1]

I've been good-time drunk

Enough to be bad-time sober

Broke a map dot's heart when it disappeared over my shoulder

I've been headstrong, rightin' dead end wrong

Good with God, but I dropped the ball

Spent my whole life holdin' on

But even when I fell off

[Chorus]

The ride was worth the fall

The fall was worth the smiles

The smiles were worth the tears

Tears were worth the miles

Milеs were worth the pain

Pain was worth it all

It's all worth this lifе

The life is worth the ride

The ride is worth the fall

[Verse 2]

Had some "nowhere near it's"

And some "almost was's"

Left some mommas in tears

And some daddy's still cussin'

'Cause what I shoulda done and what I coulda been

Even knowin' now what I didn't know, then

I'd climb back on again

[Chorus]

The ride is worth the fall

The fall was worth the smiles

The smiles were worth the tears

Tears were worth the miles

Miles were worth the pain

Pain was worth it all

It's all worth this life

The life is worth the ride

The ride is worth the fall

[Chorus]

The ride was worth the fall

The fall was worth the smiles

The smiles were worth the tears

Tears were worth the miles

Miles were worth the pain

Pain was worth it all

It's all worth this life

Life is worth the ride

The ride is worth the fall