You're Gonna Miss This

"You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins

She was staring out that window, of that SUV
Complaining, saying I can't wait to turn 18
She said I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said I was just like you

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her It's a nice place
She says It'll do for now
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says Baby, just slow down

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin'
He says They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna miss this
Yeah, you're gonna miss this

Going back to LSHS tonight for the spring Pops concert was kind of unbelievable. Even the same road I drove for two years had me asking, "Has it already been two years since I graduated?" Yes, it has. Time definitely flies. I've never really been in a position where I had to ask myself that, but tonight it slapped me in the face like a ton of bricks. And it was double-weird because I had never been to a choir concert when I wasn't singing in it. So much has changed the past two years. All those people I remembered and enjoyed spending time with are now graduating. How weird is that?! I honestly couldn't get over it. Hearing them sing reminded me of how much I miss having music in my life every day (given that I was in a chorus last year as a freshman). Sure, I can't go a minute without singing leisurely, but as a class in school, how I miss it...So I put these lyrics up because this is one of my favorite songs, and it was the one that popped into my head as I was driving home tonight. Time stops for no one and nothing, but there is a time for everything.