Life can change in the blink of an eye You don't know when and you don't know why "Forever Young" is a big fat lie For the one who lives and the one who dies I watched my son - shovel in hand Go from bulletproof boy to a full-grown man The cool dark dirt on the casket lands Nineteen years old and he's buryin' a friend Goodbye two boys, hello one man This son of mine will leave in the fall New friends might ask why he stand so tall His life was changed with a telephone call Not even he understands it all I watched my son - shovel in hand Go from bulletproof boy to a full-grown man The cool dark dirt on the casket lands Nineteen years old and he's buryin' a friend Goodbye two boys, hello one man I watched my son - shovel in hand Go from bulletproof boy to a full-grown man