I Blinked Once

Intro Childhood often seemed a pain to me So hard waiting to be grown Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree I blinked once and it was gone Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky His tiny lights blinked off and on I watched him move across the moon on high Well I blinked once and it was gone Gone, gone, yeah I blinked once and it was gone A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends I called her my very own We went down to hear the band begin I blinked once and she was gone Bridge Gone, gone, yeah I blinked once and it was gone I won big money on the gamblin' wheel And I thought I was sittin' on a throne Big John told me 'bout his condo deal I blinked once and it was gone The nineteen seventies was ten long years Was ten long years to sing a song It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer I blinked once and it was gone That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah I blinked once and it was gone Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot An' he weren't much more than skin and bone Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot I blinked once and he was gone And he was gone, gone I blinked once and he was gone, gone I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone I blinked once and he was gone