C Childhood often seemed a pain to me Am G C/F So hard waiting to be grown C Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree Am G C/F I blinked once and it was gone C Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky Am G C/F His tiny lights blinked off and on C Am I watched him move across the moon on high G Am C/F Well I blinked once and it was gone [Chorus] G Am Gone, gone, yeah G C I blinked once and it was gone C A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends Am G C/F I called her my very own C We went down to hear the band begin Am G C/F I blinked once and she was gone [Bridge] C-Am-G-C x2 G-Am-F-G-C G Am Gone, gone, yeah G C/F I blinked once and it was gone C I won big money on the gamblin' wheel Am G C/F And I thought I was sittin' on a throne C Big John told me 'bout his condo deal Am G C/F I blinked once and it was gone C The nineteen seventies was ten long years Am G C/F Was ten long years to sing a song C It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer Am G C/F I blinked once and it was gone G Am C/F That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah Am G C/F I blinked once and it was gone C Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot Am G C/F An' he weren't much more than skin and bone C Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot Am G C/F I blinked once and he was gone Am G C/F And he was gone, gone Am G C/F I blinked once and he was gone, gone Am G C/F I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone Am G C/F I blinked once and he was gone