Verse 1
The place was closing, chairs were upside down
Rain on the windows, last train leaving town
I said, “We should go, we’ve got an early start”
You looked at me like I was making it hard
Said, “One more song?”
I said, “What’s the plan?”
You shrugged your shoulders—
“Why not, while we can?”
I laughed like it was nothing
You probably meant it that way
Funny how a throwaway sentence
Can follow you for days
Pre-Chorus
I’ve spent half my life preparing
For a life that won’t sit still
Maybe there is no right moment
Maybe there is only—
Chorus
Why not, while we can?
Take the long way, miss the turn
Say it now instead of someday
Let the good thing be enough
We don’t have to make it perfect
We don’t have to understand
If we’re lucky enough to have this
Why not, while we can?
Why not, while we can?
Verse 2
Call your friend back, even if it’s been a year
Buy the ticket while you’ve still got somewhere you want to be
Tell your mother you were listening
Even when you rolled your eyes
Stay for coffee, miss the traffic
Let somebody waste your time
I used to save the best for later
Like later was a place
Like all the people that I love
Would keep exactly the same face
But nothing stays by staying
That’s not what staying means
Maybe loving something fully
Means letting it keep changing
Pre-Chorus
There are doors I’ll have to walk through
There are rooms I’ll have to leave
I can spend my whole life fearing that
Or love them while they’re still with me
Chorus
Why not, while we can?
Leave the dishes, pour the wine
Dance badly in the kitchen
Call tomorrow when it’s time
We don’t have to make it perfect
We don’t have to understand
If we’re lucky enough to have this
Why not, while we can?
Why not, while we can?
Bridge
There’ll be a last time for everything
And most of them won’t look like lasts
A final ordinary Tuesday
A final drive back from your dad’s
A final night your oldest friends
Are all somehow in one room
A final time you leave a place
Certain you’ll come back to it soon
God, I hope I never know them
While they’re happening to me
I don’t want to spend the beautiful
Already missing what it’ll be
So if I love you, let me love you
If I’m scared, I’ll still say yes
I have wasted enough tomorrows
Trying to deserve the present tense
Final Chorus
So why not, while we can?
Stay too late and leave too soon
Put another chair around the table
Make a little extra room
Say the thing before you’re ready
Take the picture, take my hand
We’re not promised any ending
But look what we have
Look what we have
Why not, while we can?
Outro
You said it once like nothing
I hear it everywhere now
In every light left on
Every plane coming down
Every “stay a little longer”
Every “tell me when you’re home”
Maybe life was never asking
For some better, braver plan
Maybe it was only asking—
Why not?
While we can.
