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 ya when you get that kind of news 

"Man, what'd ya do?"

He said



* "I went skydiving, I went rocky mountain climbing 

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew

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 have 

And all of a sudden, goin' fishing 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"



[Repeat *]



Like tomorrow was a gift 

And you got eternity to think about what'd you do with it 

What would you do with it

What did I do with it

What would I do with it



Skydiving, I went rocky mountain climbing 

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew

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'

Live like you were dyin'