{"id":28,"date":"2011-08-09T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/?p=28"},"modified":"2011-08-09T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:08:35","slug":"live-like-you-were-dying-tim-mcgraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/2011\/08\/live-like-you-were-dying-tim-mcgraw.html","title":{"rendered":"Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XiOcW_YR1G8<\/a>\n

This country hit proclaimed that we should love those around us as if we don’t know what will happen tomorrow, wrapping it in a great melody and an upbeat song.<\/p>\n

He said: “I was in my early forties,<\/em>
\n With a lot of life before me,<\/em>
\n And a moment came that stopped me on a dime.<\/em>
\n I spent most of the next days,<\/em>
\n Looking at the x-rays,<\/em>
\n And talking ’bout the options an’ talkin\u2019 \u2018bout sweet time.<\/em>
\n I asked him when it sank in,<\/em>
\n That this might really be the real end?<\/em>
\n How\u2019s it hit you when you get that kind of news?<\/em>
\n Man whatcha do? <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>An’ he said: “I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,<\/em>
\n I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.<\/em>
\n And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,<\/em>
\n And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying.<\/em>
\n And he said: “Some day, I hope you get the chance,<\/em>
\n To live like you were dyin’.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>He said “I was finally the husband,<\/em>
\n That most the time I wasn\u2019t.<\/em>
\n And I became a friend a friend would like to have.<\/em>
\n And all of a sudden goin’ fishin\u2019,<\/em>
\n Wasn\u2019t such an imposition,<\/em>
\n And I went three times that year I lost my Dad.<\/em>
\n Well, I finally read the Good Book,<\/em>
\n And I took a good long hard look,<\/em>
\n At what I’d do if I could do it all again,<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\n <\/em>Like tomorrow was a gift,<\/em>
\n And you got eternity,<\/em>
\n To think about what you\u2019d do with it.<\/em>
\n And what did you do with it?<\/em>
\n And what can I do with it?<\/em>
\n And what would I do with it?<\/em><\/p>\n

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