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 dimeI spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options and talking bout sweet timeI asked him when it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it hit 'cha when you get that kind of news?
Man, what'd ya do?
And he saidI 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, Someday 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 haveAnd 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 thenI 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, Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'Like tomorrow was a gift
And ya got eternity to think about what to 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 Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'And he said, Someday 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'