Don't Blink

I turned on the evening news

Saw an 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

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 and start again

Take every breath God gives you for what it's worth

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 trying to slow it down

I've been trying to take it in

In this here today gone tomorrow world we're living 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

No, 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