Live Like You Were Dying

He said, "I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime

I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
And talking 'bout the options
And talking '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 kinda news?
Man, what'd you do?" And he said

"I went skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said, "Someday, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying"

He said, "I was finally the husband
That most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden, going fishing
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 skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said, "Someday, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying"

Like tomorrow was a gift
And you got eternity to think about what you'd do with it
What did you do with it?
What did I do with it?
What would I do with it?

Skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flying"
And he said, "Someday, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying"