I turned on the evening news   Saw an old man being interviewed   Turning a hundred and two today      Asked him what's the secret to life?   He looked up from his old pipe   Laughed and said, "All I can say is      Don't blink, just like that you're six years old   And you take a nap   And you wake up and you're twenty-five   And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife      Don't blink, you just might miss   Your babies growing like mine did   Turning into moms and dads   Next thing you know your better half      Of fifty years is there in bed   And you're praying God takes you instead   Trust me friend a hundred years   Goes faster than you think, so don't blink      I was glued to my TV, when it looked   Like he looked at me and said   "Best start putting first things first"      'Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand   You can't flip it over and start again   Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth      Don't blink, 'cause just like that you're six years old   And you take a nap   And you wake up and you're twenty-five   And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife      Don't blink, you just might miss   Your babies growing like mine did   Turning into moms and dads   Next thing you know your better half      Of fifty years is there in bed   And you're praying God takes you instead   Trust me friend a hundred years   Goes faster than you think, so don't blink      So I've been trying to slow it down   I've been trying to take it in   In this 'here today, gone tomorrow' world we're living in      So don't blink, 'cause just like that you're six years old   And you take a nap   And you wake up and you're twenty-five   And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife      Don't blink, you just might miss   Your babies growing like mine did   Turning into moms and dads   Next thing you know your better half      Of fifty years is there in bed   And you're praying God takes you instead   Trust me friend a hundred years   Goes faster than you think, so don't blink      No, don't blink   Don't blink   Life goes faster than you think   So don't blink      Life goes faster than you think   Don't blink   Don't blink   Life goes faster than you think