Live Like You Were Dying

He said, "I was in my early 40s with a lot of life before me
 When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
 I spent most of the next days looking at the X-rays
 Talkin' 'bout the options and talkin' 'bout sweet times"
 I asked him when it sank in
 That this might really be the real end
 How's it hit ya when you get that kind of news?
 Man, whatcha do?
 And he said
 "I went skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
 I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
 And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
 And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'"
 And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance
 To live like you were dyin'"
 He said, "I was finally the husband that most the time I wasn't
 And I became a friend a friend would like to have
 And all of a sudden goin' fishin' wasn't such an imposition
 And I went three times that year I lost my dad
 Well I, I finally read the good book
 And I took a good long hard look
 At what I'd do if I could do it all again
 And then"
 "I went skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
 I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
 And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter
 And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "
 And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance
 To live like you were dyin'"
 "Like tomorrow was a gift
 And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
 What did you do with it?
 What did I do with it?
 What would I do with it?"
 "Skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing
 I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
 Then I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter
 And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'"
 And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance
 To live like you were dyin'
 To live like you were dyin'
 To live like you were dyin'
 To live like you were dyin'
 To live like you were dyin'"
 Whoo!