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 'til Becky Thompson broke my heart   That first taste of love really did me in   Getting over her was slow   And I knew someday I would 'cause Grandpa told me so      He said life is 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 live 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 believe 'cause Grandpa told me so      He said life is 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 live by those words 'cause Grandpa told me so      He said life is 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 live by those words 'cause Grandpa told me so      Yeah and I still believe   Grandpa told me so   Grandpa told me so   I still believe   Grandpa told me so   I still believe yeah I still believe