[Instrumental Intro: Upbeat Acoustic Strum, Mandolin, Light Drums, Handclaps]
[Verse 1]
Packed it up in a cardboard box
Labeled dreams and ticking clocks
Laughs we had, the things we said
Still echo softly in my head
No hard feelings, no regret
Just a path we haven’t met
Every step now pulls away
From what we were to yesterday
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not goodbye, not quite the end
Just a bend we couldn’t mend
Every story has to flow
Somewhere else we have to go
[Refrain]
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(… gotta go)
So…
Let’s give ‘er heave
And a ho!
(Ho! Ho!)
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
Ya never know
(Oh, no, no, no)
[Instrumental Break: Fiddle & Mandolin Trade]
[Verse 2]
Different roads and different skies
Different truths and different lies
What we were won’t fade away
It just won’t walk with us today
Every ending leaves a trace
Time won’t ever quite erase
But it softens what we knew
And makes a little room for new
[Pre-Chorus]
Shake it off and let it ride
No more reasons left to hide
Every turn’s a chance to grow
Even when it’s time to go
[Refrain]
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(… gotta go)
So…
Let’s give ‘er heave
And a ho!
(Ho! Ho!)
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
Ya never know
(Oh, no, no, no)
[Bridge]
Raise a glass to what we had
Even good can turn to past
No need holding on too tight
Let it drift into the night
If our paths should cross once more
Somewhere down another shore
We’ll just smile and let it show
We already know
[Breakdown: Handclaps, Group Chant]
Heave!
(Ho!)
Heave!
(Ho!)
Let it go…
Let it flow…
[Final Refrain]
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(… gotta go)
So…
Let’s give ‘er heave
And a ho!
(Ho! Ho!)
It’s been nice
Knowin’ ya
(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
Ya never know
(Oh, no, no, no)
[Outro]
[Stripped acoustic, fading voices]
Been nice…
Knowin’ ya…
Heave…
Ho…
[Final Whisper]
Ya never know…
From the album “Whatnot“