E B A B E B A B
E B A B
I turned on the evening news Saw a old man being interviewed
E B A B
Turning a hundred and two today
E B A B
Asked him what's the secret to life He looked up from his old pipe
E B A B
Laughed and said "All I can say is."
E B A B
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap
E B A
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school
B
sweetheart becomes your wife
E B A B
Don't blink You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
E B A B
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
F#m E/G#
Of fifty years is there in bed
A E/G#
And you're praying God takes you instead
F#m B
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
E B A B
So don't blink
E B A B
I was glued to my tv and it looked like he looked at me and said,
E B A B
"Best start putting first things first."
E B
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
A B
You can't flip over and start again
E B A B
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth
E B A B
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap
E B A
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school
B
sweetheart becomes your wife
E B A B
Don't blink You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
E B A B
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
F#m E/G#
Of fifty years is there in bed
A E/G#
And you're praying God takes you instead
F#m B
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
E B A B E B A B
So don't blink
F#m
I've been tryna slow it down
E/G#
I've been tryna take it in
A B
In this here today gone tomorrow world we're livin' in
E B A B
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap
E B A
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school
B
sweetheart becomes your wife
E B A B
Don't blink You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
E B A B
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
F#m E/G#
Of fifty years is there in bed
A E/G#
And you're praying God takes you instead
F#m B
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
E B A B
So don't blink
E B A B
Naw, don’t blink Life goes faster than you think
E B A B E