Next Thing You Know

I swear that you're staying single, next thing you know You meet a girl at a bar and next thing you know You get her laughing, it's 2 a.m. You're telling your buddies, three months in That she ain't moving 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 saving money like never before Just to spend it all at a jewelry store Getting down on one knee on her mama's porch Just praying she don't say no Next thing you know Your best man gives a half-drunk speech And you're sunburnt on a honeymoon beach And your left hand's getting used to that ring And there the next two or three years go Next thing you know You weren't really trying, next thing you know There's a test on the counter, next thing you know She's standing there crying, nodding 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 saying, "How you doin' there, dad?" And nobody's ever called you that And you take that drive home slow Next thing you know It's first steps, first dates, first car It's 11:01, wondering where they are You're saying that USC's too far It's amazing how fast 17 years go Next thing you know (next thing you know) Well, 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 you take them to church, teach them to fish And you tell them 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)