Don’t Blink – Lyrics
Artist: Kenny Chesney
Album: Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (2007)
Songwriter: Chris Wallin & Casey Beathard
Total Time: 4:18
Structure: V | CH | V | CH | BR | CH
Don’t Blink
VERSE
I turned on the evening news, [A]
Saw a old man being interviewed [A]
Turning a hundred and two today. [A] (“two” rhymed | “today” is tag on)
Asked him what’s the secret to life. [B]
He looked up from his old pipe, [B]
Laughed and said, “All I can say is – [A] (“say” rhymed | “is” is tag on)
CHORUS
Don’t blink – [C]
Just like that, [D]
You’re six years old and you take a nap. [D]
You wake up and you’re twenty-five, [B]
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife, [B]
Don’t blink – [C]
You just might miss [E]
Your babies growing like mine did. [E]
Turning into moms and dads, [D]
Next thing you know your “better half” [D]
Of fifty years is there in bed, [F]
And you’re praying God takes you instead. [F]
Trust me friend – a hundred years goes faster than you think, [C]
So don’t blink.” [C]
VERSE
I was glued to my TV [G]
when it looked like he looked at me, [G]
And said, “Best start putting first things first. [H]
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand, [I]
You can’t flip it over and start again. [I]
Take every breathe God gives you for what it’s worth. [H]
CHORUS
Don’t blink – [C]
Just like that, [D]
You’re six years old and you take a nap. [D]
You wake up and you’re twenty-five, [B]
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife, [B]
Don’t blink – [C]
You just might miss [E]
Your babies growing like mine did. [E]
Turning into moms and dads, [D]
Next thing you know your “better half” [D]
Of fifty years is there in bed, [F]
And you’re praying God takes you instead. [F]
Trust me friend – a hundred years goes faster than you think, [C]
So don’t blink.” [C]
BRIDGE
So I’ve been tryin’ to slow it down. I’ve been tryin’ to take it in, [E]
In this here today, gone tomorrow world we’re livin’ in. [E]
CHORUS
Don’t blink – [C]
Just like that, [D]
You’re six years old and you take a nap. [D]
You wake up and you’re twenty-five, [B]
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife, [B]
Don’t blink – [C]
You just might miss [E]
Your babies growing like mine did. [E]
Turning into moms and dads, [D]
Next thing you know your “better half” [D]
Of fifty years is there in bed, [F]
And you’re praying God takes you instead. [F]
Trust me friend – a hundred years goes faster than you think, [C]
So don’t blink. [C]
OUT
Naw, don’t blink [C]
Life goes faster than you think [C]
POV | Perspective: 1st Person | External
BPM: 74
Times Title In Song: 9
—– WORD COUNTS —–
Total Word Count: 368
1 Syllable Words: 258 (70%)
3+ Syllable Words: 7 (2%)
: 65 (18%)Long Words 7+ Characters: 30 (8%)
Short Words <=3 Characters: 129 (35%)
—– EASY TO UNDERSTAND? —–
Reading Ease Score: 87
Reading Level: 6th Grade
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