Funny how life can slip away before you know what's happened it's gone

You always think there'll be another day

But before you know it life's gone and slipped away

Ask a lonely man whose hair is silvery grey

If he can count the hearts he's broken in his days

I'll bet he'll bow his head and softly say

Son before you know it life's gone and slipped away

I know a lady who lived her life at play

And I remember when she was so young and gay

But now alone she cries for yesterdays

Before she knew it life has gone and slipped away

Yes before you know it life has gone and slipped away