While we were on our cruise last week, my sister played a song for me by Tim McGraw called “Live Like You Were Dyin’”. The song has now become one of my favourite songs. If you have never heard it before, you should check it out. If you aren’t a fan of country music, you should at least check out the lyrics:
Tim McGraw
Live Like You Were Dyin’
Verse 1
He said I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me
And one moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays
Talking bout’ the options and talking bout’ sweet times.
I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end
How’s it hit ‘cha when you get that kind of news?
Man what did ya do?
He said
Chorus
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Blue Man Chew
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’
Verse 2
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 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
Chorus
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’
Bridge
Like tomorrow was a gift
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
What could 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 Blue Man Chew
And 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’
Live like you were dyin’
To live like you were dyin’ x4
March 11th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
hi i really like the song and i think it manages to make people think about the day by day living in this time and that it tells us to be a better person with ourselves and everyone else in our lives get back to me if you get a chance bye
March 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Hi
This is a great song. I is the song that was played recently at my brother’s service. He did Live like he was dyin’, and I try daily to do the same. The song is a very great reminder!