Life's kinda like a runaway freight train
It starts rollin' and it never comes back
It'll catch you in the eye of a hurricane
In a tin-roof shotgun shack
It will go there, out of nowhere
It can change on you just like that
Just keep on going, you can't control it
All you can do is give it all you have

You gotta ride it out
You gotta finish strong
Grab it by the reins and just hang on
Dig your heels in, pull your hat down
When it starts to spin
You just ride it out

It's those nights when everything goes wrong
It's those days when nothing goes right
When you're on a nine miles of bad road
And there ain't no end in sight
We've all been there, baby I swear
It's when you kick it in the 4-wheel drive
It ain't the first time, it ain't the last time
Go on and shake it off, that's just why

You gotta ride it out
You gotta finish strong
Grab it by the reins and just hang on
Dig your heels in, pull your hat down
When it starts to spin
You just ride it out
Ride it out
You gotta ride it out

You see it coming across a 40-acre cornfield
There ain't no doubt it's headed your way
You gotta go with it
Just tuck and roll with it
Win or lose, comin' out of that case

You gotta ride it out
You gotta finish strong
Grab it by the reins and just hang on
Dig your heels in, pull your hat down
When it starts to spin
You just ride it out
Ride it out
You just ride it out
Ride it out