Funny how life can slip away before you know what's happened it's come and gone   Oh you always think there'll be another day   But before you know it life's gone and slipped away   Ask the lonely man whose hair is filled with 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   [ guitar ]   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 yesterday   Before she knew it life has gone and slipped away   Yes before you know it life's gone and slipped away