Next Thing You Know

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 A.M.

You're telling your buddies

Three months in

That she ain't movin' in

And 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 you're

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 wearing 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 when's

And still some down the road

'Cause next thing you know

You got a yard full of your kid's kids, and ya

Take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish, and ya

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)