Blink of an Eye

I was a dreamer when I was young

Lying on the grass and staring at the sky

I never felt that time was moving on

I thought it would stay the same for all my life

Playing games under Christmas lights

When the world was warm and bright

But that time just seemed to fly

In the blinking of an eye

I was a joker when I was at school

Smoking grass, laughing and getting high

I never cared about nothing at all

I thought it would stay the same for all my life

Kissing girls under summer nights

When the world was big and bright

But that time just passed me by

In the blinking of an eye

I left home at 17

Tried to get into the music scene

It wore me down like an old machine

I learned how to work and forgot how to dream, oh

Yeah

I fell in love at 21

Down in the grass getting lost in her wide eyes

Wouldn't have traded for anyone

I thought it would stay the same, for all my life

But I was just too young to know

I let her down and let her go

And that time taught me how to cry

In the blinking of an eye

Yeah, in the blinking of an eye

I hit the road at 23

Stood in the grass, singing songs for passers-by

Footloose and fancy free

I thought it would stay the same for all my life

Oh, and practice taught me how to preach

I touched a world so out of reach

And that time it lived and died

In the blinking of an eye

It all changed at 29

My boat came in and the stars aligned

I watched a simple song of mine

Travel the world in the blink of an eye

Yeah

Now I'm here at 36

Down in the grass trying to make sense of it all

Maybe there's no easy fix

The highest highs come with the hardest falls

See the good times come and go

Like the people that you know

And all you can do is try

For it's gone in the blink of an eye