Gave It All Up

[Verse 1]

Me and Billy were a couple of kids

Nobody knew about the things that we did

Sharing all our toys and riding our bikes

We thought it would last for the rest of our lives

[Chorus]

But we gave it all up

We gave it all up

We gave it all up for school

[Verse 2]

Then my family had to move out of town

Made some new friends and started hanging around

Started stealing like the rest of the guys

My friend got caught, I saw the fear in his eyes

[Chorus]

So I gave it all up

I gave it all up

I gave it all up for love

[Verse 3]

She was eighteen and I topped her by one

She said she'd heard about the bad things I've done

But she loved me and she just didn't care

But one night, she needed me and I wasn't there

[Chorus]

So she gave me right up (gave me right up)

She gave me right up (gave me right up)

She gave me right up for love

[Bridge]

As I look back and wonder

Have I wasted my time?

Will I ever learn the meaning of life?

Will I learn it in time?

[Verse 4]

So I sit here with a couple of beers

Wondering how I've lasted all of these years

You're beside me and it's feeling so right

How I'd like to thank you for the rest of my life

[Chorus]

'Cause I gave it all up

I gave it all up

I gave it all up for you

Gave it all up

I gave it all up

I gave it all up for you

Gave it all up for you

Gave it all up for you

So I gave it all up for you