Funny how life can slip away before you know what's happened it's gone You always think there'll be another day But before you know it life's gone and slipped away Ask a lonely man whose hair is silvery grey If he can count the hearts he's broken in his days I'll bet he'll bow his head and softly say Son before you know it life's gone and slipped away I know a lady who lived her life at play And I remember when she was so young and gay But now alone she cries for yesterdays Before she knew it life has gone and slipped away Yes before you know it life has gone and slipped away