Lyrics

Being nine years old was a lot of fun, I remember building a car.
Dad took wheels off a baby buggy, I got wood from the barn.
Yea, we worked hard to do it right, most the day and half of the night.
Dad said "son, when we get done, this baby's gonna fly".

It was going good as that go cart began to fall into place.
I was getting so excited, couldn't wait for a race.
But before too long I grew bored and tired, told dad I wanted to quit.
Dad said "son, there's a lesson here, if you listen this is it".

We gotta make it go, no matter what it takes.
We gave a lot of sweat and blood, and made our share of mistakes.
But if we quit now and walk away before we get on the road.
We'll never know real joy in life, we gotta make it go.

I was twenty-one when I met Jolene, she was the love of my life.
I knew I couldn't live without her, planned to make her my wife.
So deep in love with peace and happiness, my whole world was serene.
I felt like a brand new man when I was with Jolene.

In a moment's time pride and selfishness poisoned two loving hearts.
All we did was hurt each other, we'd be better a part.
Now an angry man filled with bitterness, I decided to leave.
Something clicked inside my head, dad's words came back to me.

We gotta make it go, no matter what it takes.
We gave a lot of sweat and blood, and made our share of mistakes.
But if we quit now and walk away before we get on the road.
We'll never know real joy in life, we gotta make it go.

Tonight we tucked our son in bed, our eyes lit up like the stars.
When he asked me "daddy, would you help me build a car?".

We gotta make it go, no matter what it takes.
We gave a lot of sweat and blood, and made our share of mistakes.
But if we quit now and walk away before we get on the road.
We'll never know real joy in life, we gotta make it go.
We gotta make it go....................