I TURNED ON
THE EVENIN' NEWS
SAW A
OLD MAN BEIN'
INTERVIEWED
TURNIN' A HUNDRED
AND TWO TODAY
ASKED HIM
WHAT'S THE SECRET
TO LIFE
HE LOOKED UP
FROM HIS OLD PIPE
LAUGHED AND SAID
ALL I CAN SAY IS
DON'T BLINK
JUST LIKE THAT
YOU'RE SIX YEARS OLD
AND YOU TAKE A NAP
AND YOU
WAKE UP AND YOU'RE
TWENTY-FIVE
THEN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART
BECOMES YOUR WIFE
DON'T BLINK
YOU JUST MIGHT MISS
YOUR BABIES GROWIN'
LIKE MINE DID
TURNIN' INTO
MOMS AND DADS
NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOUR BETTER HALF
OF FIFTY YEARS
IS THERE IN BED
AND YOU'RE PRAYIN' GOD
TAKES YOU INSTEAD
TRUST ME FRIEND
A HUNDRED YEARS
GOES FASTER
THAN YOU THINK
SO DON'T BLINK
I WAS GLUED TO MY T.V.
WHEN IT
LOOKED LIKE
HE LOOKED AT ME
AND SAID
BEST START PUTTIN'
FIRST THINGS FIRST
'CAUSE WHEN YOUR
HOURGLASS RUNS OUT
OF SAND
YOU CAN'T
FLIP IT OVER
AND START AGAIN
TAKE EVERY BREATH
GOD GIVES YOU
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
DON'T BLINK
JUST LIKE THAT
YOU'RE SIX YEARS OLD
AND YOU TAKE A NAP
AND YOU
WAKE UP AND YOU'RE
TWENTY-FIVE
THEN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART
BECOMES YOUR WIFE
DON'T BLINK
YOU JUST MIGHT MISS
YOUR BABIES GROWIN'
LIKE MINE DID
TURNIN' INTO
MOMS AND DADS
NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOUR BETTER HALF
OF FIFTY YEARS
IS THERE IN BED
AND YOU'RE PRAYIN' GOD
TAKES YOU INSTEAD
TRUST ME FRIEND
A HUNDRED YEARS
GOES FASTER
THAN YOU THINK
SO DON'T BLINK
4 BAR
BREAK
SO I'VE BEEN TRYIN'
TO SLOW IT DOWN
I'VE BEEN TRYIN'
TO TAKE IT IN
IN THIS HERE TODAY
GONE TOMORROW
WORLD
WE'RE LIVIN' IN
DON'T BLINK
JUST LIKE THAT
YOU'RE SIX YEARS OLD
AND YOU TAKE A NAP
AND YOU
WAKE UP AND YOU'RE
TWENTY-FIVE
THEN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART
BECOMES YOUR WIFE
DON'T BLINK
YOU JUST MIGHT MISS
YOUR BABIES GROWIN'
LIKE MINE DID
TURNIN' INTO
MOMS AND DADS
NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOUR BETTER HALF
OF FIFTY YEARS
IS THERE IN BED
AND YOU'RE PRAYIN' GOD
TAKES YOU INSTEAD
TRUST ME FRIEND
A HUNDRED YEARS
GOES FASTER
THAN YOU THINK
SO DON'T BLINK
NO DON'T BLINK
LIFE GOES FASTER
THAN YOU THINK