Next Thing You Know

You swear that you're stayin' single Next thing you know You meet a girl at a bar And next thing you know You get her laughin' It's 2 AM You're telling your buddies Three months in That she ain't movin' in Next thing you know There's a U-Haul trailer Next thing you know Your old apartment Is y'all's new place There goes the carpet But the deer head stays Next thing you know You're savin' money like never before, just to Spend it all at a jewelry store, gettin' Down on one knee on her mama's porch Just prayin' she don't say no Next thing you know Your best man gives a half drunk speech and you're Sunburnt on a honeymoon beach and you're Left hand's gettin' used to that ring And there the next two or three years go Next thing you know You weren't really tryin' Next thing you know There's a test on the counter Next thing you know She's standin' there cryin' Noddin' her head yes You're half excited Half scared to death 'Cause next thing you know You're wearing scrubs and a funny white hat and the Doctor's sayin', how you doin' there dad and Nobody's ever called you that And you take that drive home slow Next thing you know It's first steps, first dates, first car, it's 11:01 wonderin' where they are You're sayin' that USC's too far It's amazing how fast seventeen years go Next thing you know Next thing you know Next thing you know You get to know your wife again and you're More in love than you've ever been with a Lot of years of remember when's And still some down the road 'Cause next thing you know You got a yard full of your kid's kids and ya Take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish, and ya Tell 'em stories every chance you get About how fast this life down here can go Next thing you know (Next thing you know) Next thing you know (Next thing you know)