Live Like You Were Dying
He said: I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
An talking bout the options an talkin bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news
Man whatcha do
An' he said: I went sky diving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on
A bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
An' he said: Some day
I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
He said I was finally the husband,
That most the time I wasn’t
An' I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin' 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 two point seven seconds on
A bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
An' he said: Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you got eternity
To think about what you’d do with it
An' what did you do with it
An' what can I do with it
An' what would I do with it
Sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flyin'
An' he said: Some day, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
Continue Your Journey
Copyright© May 2005