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He said, 'I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
An' talking 'bout the options an' talkin' 'bout sweet time'
I asked him when it sank in
That this might really be the real end?
How's it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?

An' he said, 'I went sky diving
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 denying'
An' he said, 'Some day, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying'

He said, 'I was finally the husband
That most the time I wasn't
An' 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 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 sky diving
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 denying'
An' he said, 'Some day, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying'

Like tomorrow was a gift
And you got eternity
To think about what you'd do with it
An' what did you do with it?
An' what can I do with it?
An' what would I do with it?

'Sky diving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds
On a bull named Fu Man Chu
And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flying'
An' he said, 'Some day, I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying'

To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'