When I was a young man my daddy told me 

A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago 

If you want to have someone to hold onto 

You're gonna have to learn to let go 



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You got to sing like you don't need the money 

Love like you'll never get hurt 

You got to dance like nobody's watchin' 

It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work 



Now here is the one thing that I keep forgetting 

When everything is falling apart 

In life as in love, what I need to remember 

There's such a thing as trying too hard 



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