He said I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
And talking about the options
And talking about sweet time I asked him when it's sinking
That this might really be the real end How's it hit you
When you get that kind of news Man,
what'd you do?
And he said I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing I went 2.7 seconds
On a bull named Fu Manchu And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter And I gave forgiveness
I've 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 And most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend A friend I wouldn't like to have
And all of a sudden going fishing 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 skydiving I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds On a bull named Fu Manchu
And I loved
deeper And I spoke sweeter And I gave forgiveness I've 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 you'd do with it And what would you do with it
Skydiving I went Rocky Mountain climbing I
went 2.7 seconds On a bull named Fu Manchu
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