BHM RECORDS

Lyrics

Verse 1
We used to ride those old bikes
Down old Wilson County roads
Baseball cards in our back pockets
Barefoot kids with nowhere to go
Mama called us home at sunset
Daddy’d laugh and shake his head
Back then summer felt forever
Now those days are long gone dead

Chorus
In the blink of an eye
A boy becomes a man
One day you’re chasing fireflies
Next day life’s got bigger plans
From old front porches to goodbye’s
Lord, the years just fly on by
You laugh, you love, you live, you cry
All in the blink of an eye

Verse 2
I turned eighteen that winter
Traded blue jeans for Army green
Wrote home letters by flashlight
From places I’d never seen
Learned real fast life ain’t promised
Watching heroes fall too young
Makes you hold a little tighter
To the people that you love

Chorus
In the blink of an eye
A boy becomes a man
One day you’re saluting soldiers
Next day you wear a wedding band
Then a baby grabs your finger
And suddenly you realize
You’re somebody’s whole world now
In the blink of an eye

Bridge
Then one day you stand there broken
By a preacher dressed in black
Trying hard to say goodbye
Knowing they ain’t coming back
And you’d give anything just to hear
Your mama call your name
Or sit beside your daddy
And watch the evening rain

Final Chorus
In the blink of an eye
This whole life comes and goes
So don’t wait around forever
Thinking you’ve got time to hold
Take the trip, make the call
Forgive somebody while you can
‘Cause the moments that matter most
Don’t wait on any man
You laugh, you love, you live, you cry
Then one day you realize
Life’s the precious little things
We miss in the blink of an eye

Tag
Yeah, life goes by
In the blink of an eye.