[Chorus]

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

And if ya' choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

[Verse 1]

Just like the Mississippi

Our journey starts in Minnesota

Take I-35 to 90

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

[Refrain]

Big "Hi," to that country road

Are we gonna make it on down?

She said, "Yeah, Tim

Aw, Good to see ya, man

Hope y'all stay around"

[Pre-Chorus]

The future's not ours to see

Do what you do girl

But please don't leave

[Chorus]

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

And if ya' choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

[Verse 2]

Get down where I wanna be

Ya' do the darkest night

We were born to ride, now baby

Ride 'til the mornin' light

[Refrain]

Took a trip down to Kansas

Missouri, then Arkansas

Stayed with her sister

That girl's above the law

[Chorus]

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

And if ya' choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

[Verse 3]

It's a mad house, baby

Fast women, cocaine, and booze

The toughest of the roughest, (right)

I got nuttin' to lose

[Refrain]

Before I met ya'

Everything was going wrong

It's been a long journey, now

Girl I wanna take you home

{Climb}

[Chorus]

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can

And if ya' choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand

I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can