I've been good-time drunk 
 Enough to be bad-time sober 
 Broke a map dot's heart when it disappeared over my shoulder 
 I've been headstrong, rightin' dead end wrong 
 Good with God, but I dropped the ball 
 Spent my whole life holdin' on 
 But even when I fell off 
    The ride was worth the fall 
 The fall was worth the smiles 
 The smiles were worth the tears 
 Tears were worth the miles 
 Miles were worth the pain 
 Pain was worth it all 
 It's all worth this life 
 The life is worth the ride 
 The ride is worth the fall   
 Had some nowhere near it's 
 And some almost was's 
 Left some mommas in tears 
 And some daddy's still cussin' 
 'Cause what I shoulda done and what I coulda been 
 Even knowin' now what I didn't know, then 
 I'd climb back on again   
 The ride is worth the fall 
 The fall was worth the smiles 
 The smiles were worth the tears 
 Tears were worth the miles 
 Miles were worth the pain 
 Pain was worth it all 
 It's all worth this life 
 The life is worth the ride 
 The ride is worth the fall   
 The ride was worth the fall 
 The fall was worth the smiles 
 The smiles were worth the tears 
 Tears were worth the miles 
 Miles were worth the pain 
 Pain was worth it all 
 It's all worth this life 
 Life is worth the ride 
 The ride is worth the fall