He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when one moment came
that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet times
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how’s it hit you
when you get that kinda news
man what’d you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2. 7 seconds
on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper
and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness
I’d been denying
and he said someday
I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn’t
and I became a friend
a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin
wasn’t such an imposition
and I went three times
that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I’d do
if I could do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2. 7 seconds
on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper
and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness
I’d been denying
and he said someday
I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift
and you got eternity
to think about
what’d you do with it
what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it’
Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2. 7 seconds
on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper
and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle
as it was flying
and he said someday
I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
Ita
