He said "I was in my early 40s, 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
Talkin' 'bout the options and talkin' 'bout sweet times"

I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end
How's it hit ya when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?

He said

"I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named "Fu Man Chu"
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "

And he said: "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin' "

He said

"I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend, a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin' fishin', wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I, 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 Man Shu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "

And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin' "

Like tomorrow was the end
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
What you'll do with it?
What can 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 Man Chu
Then I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'

And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'

Writer(s): TIM NICHOLS, CRAIG MICHAEL WISEMAN<br>Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com