Next Thing You Know

[00:11.42] I swear that you're staying single, next thing you know
[00:14.68] You meet a girl at a bar and next thing you know
[00:18.39] You get her laughing, it's 2 a.m.
[00:21.16] You're telling your buddies, three months in
[00:23.93] That she ain't moving in, the next thing you know
[00:26.93] There's a U-Haul trailer, next thing you know
[00:30.34] Your old apartment is y'all's new place
[00:33.57] There goes the carpet, but the deer head stays
[00:36.15] Next thing you know
[00:37.49] You're saving money like never before
[00:40.18] Just to spend it all at a jewelry store
[00:43.23] Getting down on one knee on her mama's porch
[00:46.16] Just praying she don't say no
[00:48.40] Next thing you know
[00:49.78] Your best man gives a half-drunk speech
[00:52.48] And you're sunburnt on a honeymoon beach
[00:55.41] And your left hand's getting used to that ring
[00:58.67] And there the next two or three years go
[01:03.60] Next thing you know
[01:10.15] You weren't really trying, next thing you know
[01:12.84] There's a test on the counter, next thing you know
[01:16.15] She's standing there crying, nodding her head yes
[01:19.27] You're half excited, half scared to death
[01:21.87] 'Cause next thing you know
[01:23.44] You're wearing scrubs and a funny white hat
[01:26.07] And the doctor's saying, "How you doin' there, dad?"
[01:29.17] And nobody's ever called you that
[01:32.08] And you take that drive home slow
[01:34.23] Next thing you know
[01:35.73] It's first steps, first dates, first car
[01:38.08] It's 11:01, wondering where they are
[01:41.36] You're saying that USC's too far
[01:44.23] It's amazing how fast 17 years go
[01:49.57] Next thing you know (next thing you know)
[01:55.32] Well, next thing you know
[02:01.76] Next thing you know
[02:03.01] You get to know your wife again
[02:05.87] And you're more in love than you've ever been
[02:08.73] With a lot of years of "remember when's?"
[02:11.86] And still some down the road
[02:15.36] 'Cause next thing you know
[02:16.91] You got a yard full of your kid's kids
[02:19.20] And you take them to church, teach them to fish
[02:22.33] And you tell them stories every chance you get
[02:25.52] About how fast this life down here can go
[02:30.87] Next thing you know
[02:33.93] (Next thing you know)
[02:36.94] Next thing you know
[02:40.04] (Next thing you know)
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