He said I was in
my early forties
with a lot of life
before me
When a moment came
that stopped me
on a dime
I spent most of
the next days
looking at the x-rays
And talking 'bout
the options
an' talkin' 'bout
sweet times
I asked him
when it sank in
that this might really
be the real end
How's it hit you
When you get that
kind of news
man whatcha do?
And he said
I went sky diving
I went rocky
mountain climbing
I went
Two point seven seconds
on a bull named
Fu Man Chu
and I loved deeper and I
spoke sweeter and I
Gave forgiveness
I'd been denying
And he said some day
I hope you
get the chance
to live like
you were dyin'
He said I was
finally the husband
that most the time
I wasn't
And I became a friend
a friend would
like to have
And all of a sudden
goin' fishin'
wasn't such
an imposition
And I went three times
that year I lost my dad
Well I finally read
the Good Book and I
took a good long
hard look
At what I'd do
if I could
do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went rocky
mountain climbing
I went
Two point seven seconds
on a bull named
Fu Man Chu
and I loved deeper and I
spoke sweeter and I
Gave forgiveness
I'd been denying
And he said some day
I hope you
get the chance
to live like
you were dyin'
Like tomorrow was a gift
and you got eternity
to think about
what you'd do with it
What you should do
with it
What can I do with it?
What will I do with it?
Sky diving I went
rocky mountain climbing
I went
two point seven seconds
On a bull named
Fu Man Chu
then I loved deeper and I
spoke sweeter and I
Watched an eagle
as it was flyin'
And he said some day
I hope you
get the chance
to live like
you were dyin'
To live like
you were dyin'
To live like
you were dyin'
To live like
you were dyin'
To live like
you were dy...........i....n'