I Lost Men of a Blink of an Eye - luwstie

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

By george perilli and michael mcdonald Child, as I look in your eyes You know my life seems like a minute There I find living proof Of all the wonder life hold in it In the past I thought I had to learn Any good that comes from this life we're living Here and now, let us realize That this life's gift and it's already been given Chorus: Someday when you stand in the middle Like it or not you're gonna look both ways You're gonna find that time is a riddle Where days turn into years And years into the blink of an eye Child, once I saw a man on the tv Lead a nation up a mountain He said, children, look over yonder The flame of truth is burning brightly Sometimes you look so far, there's only so much time Only so many of us are gonna get there Here and now is all we really have But if we can make it count We got no reason to worry Chorus: You're gonna walk that mile You're gonna be in that number You're gonna make that journey Just like the good book says There's a time to be born, a time to cross over You can be sure it's in the blink of an eye

You put me here for a reason You have a mission for me You knew my name and You called it Long before I learned to breathe Sometimes I feel disappointed By the way I spend my time How can I further Your kingdom When I'm so wrapped up in mine In a Blink of an eye that is when I'll be closer to You than I've ever been Time will fly, but until then I'll embrace every moment I'm given There's a reason I'm alive for a blink of an eye And though I'm living a good life Can my life be something great? I have to answer the question Before it's too late Cause in a Blink of an eye that is when I'll be closer to You than I've ever been Time will fly, but until then I'll embrace every moment I'm given There's a reason I'm alive for a blink of an eye If I give the very best of me That becomes my legacy So tell me what am I waiting for? What am I waiting for? In a Blink of an eye that is when I'll be closer to You than I've ever been Time will fly, but until then I'll embrace every moment I'm given In a Blink of an eye that is when I'll be closer to You than I've ever been Time will fly, but until then I'll embrace every moment I'm given There's a reason I'm alive for a blink of an eye