Lyrics
I was a dreamer when I was youngLying on the grass and staring at the skyI never felt that time was moving onI thought it would stay the same for all my life
Playing games under Christmas lightsWhen the world was warm and brightBut that time just seemed to flyIn the blinking of an eye
I was a joker when I was at schoolSmoking grass, laughing and getting highI never cared about nothing at allI thought it would stay the same for all my life
Kissing girls under summer nightsWhen the world was big and brightBut that time just passed me byIn the blinking of an eye
I left home at 17Tried to get into the music sceneIt wore me down like an old machineI learned how to work and forgot how to dream, ohYeah
I fell in love at 21Down in the grass getting lost in her wide eyesWouldn’t have traded for anyoneI thought it would stay the same, for all my life
But I was just too young to knowI let her down and let her goAnd that time taught me how to cryIn the blinking of an eyeYeah, in the blinking of an eye
I hit the road at 23Stood in the grass, singing songs for passers-byFootloose and fancy freeI thought it would stay the same for all my life
Oh, and practice taught me how to preachI touched a world so out of reachAnd that time it lived and diedIn the blinking of an eye
It all changed at 29My boat came in and the stars alignedI watched a simple song of mineTravel the world in the blink of an eyeYeah
Now I’m here at 36Down in the grass trying to make sense of it allMaybe there’s no easy fixThe highest highs come with the hardest falls
See the good times come and goLike the people that you knowAnd all you can do is tryFor it’s gone in the blink of an eye
