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 you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can.

Just like the Mississippi.
Our journey starts in Minnesota.
Take I-35 to 90.
Surfalls South Dakota.

Big hearter country girl.
Hope you are going to make it on down.
She said, "Yeah, Tim.
It's good to see you.
Hope you all stay around."

The future's not ours to see.
Do what you do girl,
but please don't leave.

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 you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can.

Get down I'm gonna run again into the darkest night.
We were born to ride now baby,
Ride into the morning light.

Took a trip down to Kansas,
Missouri, then Arkansas.
Stayed with her sister,
That girl above the law.

The future's not ours to see.
Do what you do girl,
but please don't leave.

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 you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can.

It's a mad house, baby.
Fast women, cocaine, and booze.
Toughest of the roughest, (right)
I got nothing to lose.

Before I metcha,
Everything was going wrong.
It's been a long journey now,
Girl I wanna take you home.

The future's not ours to see.
Do what you do girl,
but please don't leave.

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 you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can.