Don't Blink - Kenny Chesney - Not a Dry Eye in the Place
If I had a theme song for my Massachusetts elder law and estate planning practice this would be it. I heard it on the radio commuting to work last week and it has stuck with me.
I turned on the evening newsSaw an old man being interviewedTurnin' 102 today.Asked him what's the secret to lifeHe looked up from his old pipeLaughed and said all I can say is:Don't blink,Just like that you're six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you're 25Then your high school sweetheart becomes your wife.Don't blink,You just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurnin' into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better half of 50 yearsIs there in bed and you're prayin' God takes you insteadTrust me friend, 100 years goes faster than you thinkSo don't blink.Well, I was glued to my T.V.When it looked like he looked at meAnd said, "You best start puttin' first things first."'Cause when your hour glass runs out of sandYou can't flip it over and start againTake every breath God gives you for what it's worth.Don't blink,Just like that you're six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you're 25Then your high school sweetheart becomes your wife.Don't blink,You just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurnin' into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better half of 50 yearsIs there in bed and you're prayin' God takes you insteadTrust me friend, 100 years goes faster than you thinkSo don't blink.So, I've been trying to slow it down.I've been tryin' to take it in.In this here today gone tomorrow world we're living inSo...Don't blink,Just like that you're six years oldAnd you take a napAnd you wake up and you're 25Then your high school sweetheart becomes your wife.Don't blink,You just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurnin' into moms and dadsNext thing you know your better half of 50 yearsIs there in bed and you're prayin' God takes you insteadTrust me friend, 100 years goes faster than you thinkSo 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 blinkDon't blinkLife goes faster than you think...