i left my mother s womb in 1969 i went through life and let my optimism shine and opportunity was never hard to find you ve got to hold on hold on to your honor remember doing things i thought were pretty cool like gettin high and drinking whiskey after school so sentimental they could play me for a fool you ve got to hold on hold on to your honor you say love is what you need i would do anything just to bring you up to speed that all my hopes and all my dreams they come together exactly as they seem pre chorus first rule says you ve got to believe in who you are second asks you to believe anything is possible third get up and do it boy you ll be a star my roots are constellations guiding me home cause i m living for the love of rock and roll chorus i celebrate the times when i was young and life was easy seven days a week and it was always fun and everything we did was reason for a celebration what i would give to be forever young forever and ever and ever til i m cool with growing i m a moonshine daydreamer sweet sugar cane if i had to do it again i wouldn t change a thing i ve made mistakes that have changed my mind everything to gain nothing left to leave behind life s too short for anger too short to live in fear life s too short for the mad a men screaming that the end is near too short to be silent too short to be alone my roots are constellations guiding me home cause i m living for the love of rock and roll repeat chorus time it passes by you let it go love it come on in and out my door when nothing else remains but what s inside you ve got to hold on hold on repeat first pre chorus chorus