Jose Fernandez got a call from a friend about 10 o'clock On the night his life would end Said, I got a mod, it's a beautiful night And the floor to coast is a wondrous sight You're not started for days, let's go for a ride Think it might say, the time is on our side Some may have questions, the timing or diversity Investment for the month, potential damage That could never be fixed But the life of caution isn't for the young You only get a little time, you gotta have a lot of fun The way you push the limits, and test the edge Without those moments, you may as well be dead That's living His buddy came along, they met at the dark He said, "I got a little coke, a couple of beers" That got us through the darkness and the dark We can test the night, test the speed Test the shoreline and the reef Be back before dawn, you can get a little sleep And maybe somebody said you should have in been bed Before midnight, same place, reading a book Thinking 'bout the next start ahead But the life of caution isn't for the young You only get a little time, you gotta have a lot of fun The way you push the limits and test the edge Without those moments, you may as well be dead That's living And there's no need to recount the risk Well, dear eyes have its final moments rest Young man who could have had it all was lost that night
♪ And we ring our hands 'cause the God who say "Why would a young man be better than the game?" Take such a chance, and test the odds Someone's gotta take the blame Someone's gotta take the blame Who's gonna take the blame? ♪ It's only human nature to try to find a reason for a tragedy, an early end To life short season And we shake our heads, tucked up, we say "I don't think I would have done it that way"
Sometimes we do the things the others won't We get away with it, but what if we don't But the life of caution isn't for the young You only get a little time, you gotta have a lot of fun The way you push the limits and test the edge Without those moments, you may as well be dead That's living