By the sun on my skin, you can tell where I've been I took a short walk down a hard road and I dug my roots right in I want to do it all, then do it all again Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in By the books on my shelf, you can tell I taught myself By doing it the wrong way till I learned to ask for help Family photos in the hallway of every me I've ever been Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in Like the grass on the path, like the leather on the Bible Like the road where the wheels know where to go Life's like the rain drops in the river carving out a perfect bend Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in By the pictures I can't show no one and how we got our nicknames And the way we laugh at stories we can't tell Takes a lifetime of acquaintances to find real good friends Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in Like the grass on the path, like the leather on the bible Like the strings on this guitar tell my fingers where to go I've always thought I'd be unsteady paper airplane on the wind Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in I finally see the blessings in the things I might've missed I'm still too young and stubborn to know what the meaning is I don't have all the answers but it's starting to make sense Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in Good Lord don't take me now, I'm just settling in