It Is What It Is

I remember that first heartbreak

Like it was yesterday

Thought seventeen was forever

Didn't work out quite that way

But I held it all inside

Till I got home from school

And daddy found me cryin'

With her picture in my room

He sat down beside me on my bed

And he put his arm around me

And this is what he said

It is what it is

It's gonna go how it goes

You never learn to ride the highs, if you don't live the lows

It's that pickin' up and dustin' off

That makes a boy a man

For every step along the road, the good Lord has a plan

And when you feel you can't go on remember this

It is what it is

He said life ain't always perfect

That's what makes us who we are

You might lose that dream job

Or crash that brand new car

You might not get your fifteen minutes

And money comes and goes

I've sure done my share of livin'

And there's one thing that I know

It is what it is

It's gonna go how it goes

You never learn to ride the highs, if you don't live the lows

It's that pickin' up and dustin' off

That makes a boy a man

For every step along your road, the good Lord has a plan

And when you feel you can't go on remember this

It is what it is

These days, I'm living life

By what my Daddy told me then

I don't sweat the things that I can't change

The truth is in the end

It is what it is

It is what it is

It's gonna go how it goes

You'll never learn to ride the highs, if you don't live the lows

It's the pickin' up and dustin' off

That makes a boy a man

For every step along the road, the good Lord has a plan

And when you feel you can't go on remember this

If you feel all hope is gone remember this

It is what it is

It is what it is

It is what it is

It is what it is