If you don't get in the water, you're never gonna learn to swim He said a snake is just as scared of you, as you are of him He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite Seems there was nothing that he didn't know And as a kid I believed, 'cause grandpa told me so He talked daddy into letting me have my first car I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart That first taste of love nearly did me in Getting over her was slow And I knew someday I would, 'cause grandpa told me so He said life was made for you to live The best love is the love that you give There'll be times when you wanna hold on but you gotta let go And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so I promised him I wouldn't cry when it was his time to leave That's the only promise I made him I couldn't keep He smiled from his bed and said we'll meet again Somewhere down the road And I believed, 'cause grandpa told me so He said life was made for you to live The best love is the love that you give There'll be times when you wanna hold on but you gotta let go And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so He said life was made for you to live The best love is the love that you give There'll be times when you wanna hold on but you gotta let go And I lived by those words, 'cause grandpa told me so Yeah and I still believe, 'cause grandpa told me so Grandpa told me so I still believe Grandpa told me so I still believe Yeah and I still believe