(D)Childhood often seemed a (G)pain to (D)me so hard (A)waiting to be (D) grown (D) childhood climbed up in a (G) white oak (D)tree (G)I blinked (A)once and it was (D)gone Airplane flyin across the midnight sky His tiny lights blinked off and on I watched 'im move across the moon on high I blinked once and it was gone (A)gone (Bm)gone (G) I blinked (A)once and it was (D)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 I blinked once and it was gone I won big money on the gamblin wheel And I thought i's sittin on a throne big john told me bout his condo deal I blinked once and It was 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 I blinked once and it was gone now old man's talkin bout a gun he'd shot an' he weren't much more than skin an bone lyin there breathin on this worn out cot I blinked once and he was gone gone gone, I blinked once and he was gone