Saturday, January 12, 2008

Don't Blink

(just a song I have on my I pod)


I 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
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're taking naps 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
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I was glued to my tv and it looked like he looked at me and said
"Best start putting first things first."
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth

Don't Blink
Just like that you're six years old and you're taking naps 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
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I've been try'n slow it down
I've been try'n take it in
In this here today gone tomorrow world we're livi'n in

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you're taking naps 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
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster you think
Don't blink

Naw, don't blink
Life goes faster than you think

4 comments:

Angela Marie said...

Great song!
And that is the way it is.
"Of fifty years is there in bed..." I am feeling the rest of that line. I don't know what I would do without my sweetie. I don't want to know.

Great song!

JB said...

Thanks for the song. That is very good advice. If we try more to live in this moment and savor it, a clear memory will be created to last a little longer.

Don't blink. Short and to the point. Who is the writer?

Love you!

Wanda said...

Oh my that is darling. I'm trying real hard not to "blink" :)

Yolanda said...

I love this song and from the first time I heard it I realized the truth of it.