Don't Blink lyrics

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

And 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 and start again

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

Don't blink

'Cause just like that

You're six years old and you take a nap

And you wake up and you're twenty-five

And 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 tryna slow it down

I've been tryna take it in

In this here-today-gone-tomorrow world we're livin' in

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

And 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