"Hold On To It" lyrics

First time he said it I might've been seven one summer day in July
Floatin' on the water, saw that bopper dip when the fish hit the line
When I close my eyes I see
Him smiling back at me
Saying

Hold onto it
When you find that thing makes you feel like that
Hold onto it
Don't let a good thing go slip through your hands
Gotta keep it close
'Cause Good lord knows
If you let it go you know you're gonna want it back
So hold onto it

He had a D28 and taught me to play all those old country songs
I drug it though the halls of my high school and the honkytonks later on
When I left with my first band
He put it in the van
And said

Hold onto it
When you find that thing makes you feel like that
Hold onto it
Don't let a good thing go slip through your hands
Gotta keep it close
'Cause Good lord knows
If you let it go you know you're gonna want it back
So hold onto it
Hold onto it

We were turning that page on the honeymoon phase when we had our first big fight
I was second guessing forever 'til that old bar tender started bout his young bride
He pulled out a faded old photograph
Said if you have what I had

Hold onto it
When you find that thing makes you feel like that
Hold onto it
Don't let a good thing go slip through your hands
Gotta keep it close
'Cause Good lord knows
If you let it go you know you're gonna want it back
So long as you can
Hold onto it