Don't Blink : The Bluegrass Tribute to Kenny Chesney-Pickin' On Series

[ti:Don't Blink : The Bluegrass Tribute to Kenny Chesney] [ar:Pickin' On Series] [al:Pickin on Today's Ultimate Country Hits Volume 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Blink : The Bluegrass Tribute to Kenny Chesney - Pickin' On Series [00:13.85]I turned on the evening news [00:16.39]Saw an old man being interviewed [00:19.91] [00:20.52]Turning a hundred and two today [00:24.39] [00:27.00]Asked him what's the secret to life [00:29.56] [00:30.36]He looked up from his old pipe [00:32.83] [00:34.24]Laughed and said "All I can say is [00:38.14] [00:39.26]Don't blink just like that you're six years old [00:44.62]And you take a nap [00:46.09]And you wake up and you're twenty-five [00:49.30]And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife [00:52.13] [00:52.72]Don't blink you just might miss [00:55.94]Your babies growing like mine did [00:58.91] [01:00.09]Turning into moms and dads [01:02.60]Next thing you know your better half [01:05.43] [01:05.95]Of fifty years is there in bed [01:09.19]And you're praying God takes you instead [01:12.10] [01:12.84]Trust me friend a hundred years [01:15.72]Goes faster than you think so don't blink [01:21.58] [01:32.97]I was glued to my TV when it looked [01:36.54]Like he looked at me and said [01:39.18] [01:40.06]"Best start putting first things first" [01:43.03] [01:45.37]'Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand [01:48.04] [01:48.84]You can't flip it over and start again [01:51.51] [01:52.64]Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth [01:55.78] [01:58.20]Don't blink just like that you're six years old [02:03.53]And you take a nap [02:05.29]And you wake up and you're twenty-five [02:08.42]And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife [02:11.26] [02:11.79]Don't blink you just might miss [02:15.18]Your babies growing like mine did [02:18.12] [02:19.32]Turning into moms and dads [02:21.85]Next thing you know your better half [02:25.25]Of fifty years is there in bed [02:28.57]And you're praying God takes you instead [02:31.40] [02:32.26]Trust me friend a hundred years [02:35.13]Goes faster than you think so don't blink [02:40.54] [02:50.79]So I've been trying to slow it down [02:52.77] [02:54.19]I've been trying to take it in [02:56.29] [02:57.78]In this 'here today gone tomorrow' world we're living in [03:03.14] [03:04.04]So don't blink just like that you're six years old [03:09.39]And you take a nap [03:11.05]And you wake up and you're twenty-five [03:14.21]And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife [03:17.03] [03:17.59]Don't blink you just might miss [03:20.74]Your babies growing like mine did [03:23.82] [03:24.91]Turning into moms and dads [03:27.32]Next thing you know your better half [03:30.69]Of fifty years is there in bed [03:34.00]And you're praying God takes you instead [03:36.72] [03:37.70]Trust me friend a hundred years [03:40.54]Goes faster than you think so don't blink [03:45.47] [03:50.25]Don't blink [03:51.71] [04:02.95]Life goes faster than you think [04:05.65] [04:09.44]Oh don't blink [04:12.04] [04:22.58]Don't blink