Lyrics

i’ve been walkin out for miles now, sand under my feet
collectin little seashells as i go
16 shows in 18 days, promises to keep
but there are moments i can stop and take it slow

if i had a nickel for every bar i've played
and if i had a dollar for every nickel made
maybe i could think about stayin home a while
but that ain’t in the cards right now

i’ll get down on my knees, and i will testify my faith
to the heavens where the darkness meets the light
that a life that’s worth the living’s built on all the love we make
so i'll gather all my courage, and i’ll take all the luck i find
with a pocket full of seashells, and my daughter on my mind

maybe she will keep them in a jar up in her room
or she might make a necklace or a crown
and she might say when her friends’ daddies drop them off at school
that hers is out there somewhere thinkin ’bout her

i’ll get down on my knees, and i will testify my faith
to the heavens where the darkness meets the light
that a life that’s worth the living’s built on all the love we make
so i’ll gather all my courage, and i'll take all the luck i find
with a pocket full of seashells, and my daughter on my mind

i love the life i chose, and i don't want any other
you won’t catch me feeling sorry for myself
and this day will pass in whispers that become a memory
that will live inside a jar of little shells

i’ll get down on my knees, and i will testify my faith
to the heavens where the darkness meets the light
that a life that’s worth the living’s built on all the love we make
so i’ll gather all my courage, and i'll take all the luck i find
with a pocket full of seashells, and my daughter on my mind