dont blink

Turned on the evening news Saw a old man being interviewed Turning a hundred and two today Asked him what's the secret to life And he looked up from his old pipe Laughed and said, "All I can say is Don't blink It’s Just like that You're six years old and you take a nap And you wake up and you're twenty-five And your high-school sweetheart becomes your wife Don't blink You just might miss Your babies growing like mine did Turning into moms and dads Next thing you know Your better half of fifty years is there in bed You're praying God takes you instead Trust me friend A hundred years goes faster than you think So I've been trying slow it down I've been trying to take it in In this here-today-gone-tomorrow world we're livin' in Cause when the Hour glass runs out of sand You can’t look nowhere and start again yeah Take every breath I give you for what it’s worth Don't blink It’s Just like that You're six years old and you take a nap And you wake up and you're twenty-five And your high-school sweetheart becomes your wife Don't blink You just might miss Your babies growing like mine did Turning into moms and dads Next thing you know Your better half of fifty years is there in bed You're praying God takes you instead Trust me friend A hundred years goes faster than you think Don't blink Don't blink So I've been trying slow it down I've been trying to take it in In this here-today-gone-tomorrow world we're livin' in Don't blink It’s Just like that You're six years old and you take a nap And you wake up and you're twenty-five And your high-school sweetheart becomes your wife Don't blink You just might miss Your babies growing like mine did Turning into moms and dads Next thing you know Your better half of fifty years is there in bed You're praying God takes you instead Trust me friend A hundred years goes faster than you think Don’t blink