[Instrumental Intro: Upbeat Acoustic Strum, Mandolin, Light Drums, Handclaps]<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nPacked it up in a cardboard box
\nLabeled dreams and ticking clocks
\nLaughs we had, the things we said
\nStill echo softly in my head<\/p>\n
No hard feelings, no regret
\nJust a path we haven\u2019t met
\nEvery step now pulls away
\nFrom what we were to yesterday<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nIt\u2019s not goodbye, not quite the end
\nJust a bend we couldn\u2019t mend
\nEvery story has to flow
\nSomewhere else we have to go<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nIt’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(… gotta go)<\/p>\n
So…
\nLet’s give ‘er heave
\nAnd a ho!
\n(Ho! Ho!)<\/p>\n
It’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
\nYa never know
\n(Oh, no, no, no)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental Break: Fiddle & Mandolin Trade]<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nDifferent roads and different skies
\nDifferent truths and different lies
\nWhat we were won\u2019t fade away
\nIt just won\u2019t walk with us today<\/p>\n
Every ending leaves a trace
\nTime won\u2019t ever quite erase
\nBut it softens what we knew
\nAnd makes a little room for new<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nShake it off and let it ride
\nNo more reasons left to hide
\nEvery turn\u2019s a chance to grow
\nEven when it\u2019s time to go<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nIt’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(… gotta go)<\/p>\n
So…
\nLet’s give ‘er heave
\nAnd a ho!
\n(Ho! Ho!)<\/p>\n
It’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
\nYa never know
\n(Oh, no, no, no)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nRaise a glass to what we had
\nEven good can turn to past
\nNo need holding on too tight
\nLet it drift into the night<\/p>\n
If our paths should cross once more
\nSomewhere down another shore
\nWe\u2019ll just smile and let it show
\nWe already know<\/p>\n
[Breakdown: Handclaps, Group Chant]
\nHeave!
\n(Ho!)
\nHeave!
\n(Ho!)<\/p>\n
Let it go\u2026
\nLet it flow\u2026<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nIt’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(… gotta go)<\/p>\n
So…
\nLet’s give ‘er heave
\nAnd a ho!
\n(Ho! Ho!)<\/p>\n
It’s been nice
\nKnowin’ ya
\n(Maybe we’ll meet up again)
\nYa never know
\n(Oh, no, no, no)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Stripped acoustic, fading voices]<\/p>\n
Been nice\u2026
\nKnowin\u2019 ya\u2026
\nHeave\u2026
\nHo\u2026<\/p>\n
[Final Whisper]
\nYa never know\u2026<\/p>\n