When I was a young man My daddy told me A lesson he learned a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn to let go You gotta sing like you don't need the money Love like you'll never get hurt You gotta dance like there's nobody watching It's gotta come from the heart If you want it to work Now here is the one thing I keep forgetting When everything is falling apart In life as in love I need to remember There's such a thing as trying too hard