You swear that you′re staying single

Next thing you know

You meet a girl at a barAnd 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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