When I was a young boy
Learning to grow up
I used to love to ride around
In Grandpa's pickup truck
He's stop at the store
And buy a moon pie and RC
That was Grandpa's way of saying
How much he loved me

I'd sit and watch him working
He seemed so tall and strong
He'd sing "Peace in the Valley"
It was his favorite song
But when I go see him now
He doesn't know my name
He can't remember who I am
He sees through eyes of pain

He's just an old man
Dying to live
Dying to live again
God will take all his pain away
And he'll find peace
In the valley someday
Soon, he'll makе the journey
Over Jordan's rivеr
He's dying to live forever
I look into the mirror
Surprised at what I see
'Cause now it's not a little boy
Looking back at me
I can't believe what passing years
Turned Grandpa's boy into
'Cause now they've left an older man
Standing in my shoes

I watch my own son playing now
He sure is growing up
I bet someday his children
Will ride in my old truck
I pray the Lord will help me
Be the man I'd like to be
I wanna be the kind of grandpa
Grandpa's been to me

He's just an old man
Dying to live
Dying to live again
God will take all his pain away
And he'll find peace
In the valley someday
Soon, he'll make the journey
Over Jordan's river
He's dying to live forever
Dying to live forever