Don't Blink

Album: Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (2007)
Charted: 29
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  • 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 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 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"

    Well, I was glued to my TV when 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 it over, start again
    Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth"

    And 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 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

    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

    So 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 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

    Naw, don't blink
    Don't blink
    Life goes faster than you think
    So don't blink
    Life goes faster than you think
    Don't blink
    Don't blink
    Life goes faster than you think Writer/s: Casey Michael Beathard, Chris Allen Wallin
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Camille from Toronto, OhThe moral of this song rings so true: Trust me friend~a hundred years goes faster than you think
    So don't blink~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!! Couldn't have worded it any better!
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