Steve Forbert - I Blinked Once lyrics

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 the midnight sky His tiny lights blinked off and on I watched him move across 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 [Instrumental Bridge] I won big money on the gambling wheel And I thought I's sitting on a throne Big John told me ‘bout his condo deal I blinked once and it was gone The nineteen seventies 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's gone, gone I blinked once and it was gone Now old man's talking bout a gun he'd shot And he weren't much more than skin and bone Lying there breathing on this worn out cot I blinked once and he was gone He was gone, gone, yeah I blinked once and he was gone, gone I blinked once and he was gone, GONE, gone, yeah I blinked once and he was gone [Long Instrumental Outro] Hey