I Blinked Once

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 flying across a midnight sky
His tiny lights blinked off and on
I watched him moving 'cross 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

Gone, gone
Yeah, I blinked once and she was gone
Hey

I won big money on a gambling wheel
And I thought I was sitting on a throne
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
I blinked once and it was gone

The 1970s 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 talking 'bout a gun he'd shot
He weren't much more than skin and bone
Lying there breathing on this worn-out cot
I blinked once and he was gone

And he was gone, gone
Yeah, I blinked once and he was gone, gone
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
Said I blinked once and he was gone

Hey