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   Soon through South Dakota      Big hi to that country road.   Are we gonna make it on down?   She said yeah, Tim, good to see ya   Hope you all stick around      The futures not the hardest 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 when I wanna, man   Get through the darkest night   We were born to ride, now baby   Ride until the morning light      Took a trip down to Kansas   Missouri, then Arkansas   Stayed with her sister   That girl's above the law      The futures not the hardest 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   I got nothing to lose      Before I met ya   Everything was going wrong   It been a long journey now   Girl I wanna take you home      The futures not the hardest 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