Childhood often seemed a pain to me
So hard waiting to be grown
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
I blinked once and it was gone
Airplane flying across the midnight sky
His tiny lights blinked off and on
I watched him move across the moon on high
I blinked once and it was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and it was gone
A girl I'd met was all I cared for friends
I called her my very own
We went down to hear the band begin
I blinked once and she was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and she was gone
Gone gone gone
I blinked once and it was gone
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Was ten long years to sing a song
It kicked off madly with a new year's cheer
I blinked once and it was gone
Gone gone gone
Now old man's talking about a gun he'd shot
And he weren't much more than skin and bone
Lying there breathing on this worn out cot
I blinked once and he was gone
Gone gone gone
I blinked once and he was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and he was gone
Come on
Gone gone gone
I blinked once and he was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and he was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and he was gone
Gone gone yeah
I blinked once and he was gone