Next Thing You Know

You swear that you're staying single
Next thing you know
You meet a girl at a bar
And next thing you know
You get her laughing
It's 2 a.m.
You're telling your buddies
Three months in

That she ain't moving in
The next thing you know
There's a U-Haul trailer
Next thing you know
Your old apartment
Is y'all's new place
There goes the carpet
But the deer head stays

Next thing you know
You're saving money like never before, just to
Spend it all at a jewelry store, getting
Down on one knee on her mama's porch
Just praying she don't say no

Next thing you know
Your best man gives a half-drunk speech and you're
Sunburnt on a honeymoon beach and you're
Left hand's getting used to that ring
And there the next two or three years go
Next thing you know

You weren't really trying
Next thing you know
There's a test on the counter
Next thing you know
She's standing there crying
Nodding her head yes
You're half excited
Half scared to death

'Cause next thing you know
You're wearing scrubs and a funny white hat and the
Doctor's saying, how you doing there dad and
Nobody's ever called you that
And you take that drive home slow

Next thing you know
It's first steps, first dates, first car, it's
11:01 wondering where they are
You're saying that USC's too far
It's amazing how fast 17 years go
Next thing you know
Next thing you know

Next thing you know
You get to know your wife again and you're
More in love than you've ever been with a
Lot of years of remember when's
And still some down the road

'Cause next thing you know
You got a yard full of your kid's kids and ya
Take them to church, teach them to fish, and ya
Tell them stories every chance you get
About how fast this life down here can go

Next thing you know
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Next thing you know
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