Next Thing You Know

Album: Bluebird Days (2022)
Charted: 23
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  • You swear that you're stayin' single, next thing you know
    You meet a girl at a bar and next thing you know
    You get her laughin', it's 2 AM
    You're tellin' your buddies three months in
    That she ain't movin' in, the next thing you know
    There's a U-Haul trailer, next thing you know
    Your old apartment is y'all's new place
    There goes the carpet but the deer head stays

    Next thing you know
    You're savin' money like never before
    Just to spend it all at a jewelry store
    Gettin' down on one knee on her mama's porch
    Just prayin' she don't say, "No"
    Next thing you know
    Your best man gives a half-drunk speech
    And you're sunburned on a honeymoon beach
    And your left hand's gettin' used to that ring
    And there the next two or three years go
    Next thing you know

    You weren't really tryin', next thing you know
    There's a test on the counter, next thing you know
    She's standin' there cryin', noddin' her head, "Yes"
    You're half excited, half scared to death

    'Cause next thing you know
    You're wearin' scrubs and a funny white hat
    And the doctor's sayin', "How you doin' there, dad?"
    And nobody's ever called you that
    And you take the drive home slow
    Next thing you know
    It's first steps, first dates, first car
    It's 11:01 wonderin' where they are
    You're sayin' that USC's too far
    It's amazing how fast seventeen years go
    Next thing you know
    Next thing you know

    Next thing you know
    You get to know your wife again
    And you're more in love than you've ever been
    With a lot of years of remember whens
    And still some down the road

    'Cause next thing you know
    You got a yard full of your kid's kids
    And you take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish
    And you tell 'em stories every chance you get
    About how fast this life down here can go
    Next thing you know
    (Next thing you know)
    Next thing you know
    (Next thing you know) Writer/s: Greylan James Egan, Jordan Davis, Josh Osborne, Richard Chase McGill
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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