I Blinked Once

Childhood often seemed a pain to me

So hard waiting to be grown

Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree

I blinked once and it was goneAirplane flyin' across a midnight sky

His tiny lights blinked off and on

I watched him move across the moon on high

Well I blinked once and it was goneGone, gone, yeah

I blinked once and it was goneA girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends

I called her my very own

We went down to hear the band begin

I blinked once and she was goneGone, gone, yeah

I blinked once and it was goneI won big money on the gamblin' wheel

And I thought I was sittin' on a throne

Big John told me 'bout his condo deal

I blinked once and it was goneThe nineteen seventies was ten long years

Was ten long years to sing a song

It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer

I blinked once and it was goneThat's right, it was gone, gone, yeah

I blinked once and it was goneNow old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot

An' he weren't much more than skin and bone

Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot

I blinked once and he was goneAnd he was gone, gone

I blinked once and he was gone, gone

I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone

I blinked once and he was gone