From the moment a man paints his guest room pink
He can't help but think
About the reason I'm cleaning this gun tonight
Sitting here on the front porch swing
Waiting on a shined-up Chevy emblem
To show up in my driveway
I've been dreading this for sixteen years
Three months and a couple of days
Even though you know it's coming
Like a freight train humming from a mile away
You think you'll be ready
With life's lead foot leaning on the clutch and off the brakes
'Til what's down the line ain't down the line no more
That's how time does it
You just crack a beer 'cause someday's here
And dang if you can't do nothing
Even though you know it's coming
You figure the man that taught you how to fish
Is made of steel and bricks
It's just strangers' and a few good buddies'
Grandpas that wind up sick
And then one day, you're wearing all black
Crushed behind a Cadillac
Even though you know it's coming
Like a freight train humming from a mile away
You think you'll be ready
With life's lead foot leaning on the clutch and off the brakes
'Til what's down the line ain't down the line no more
That's how time does it
You just crack a beer 'cause someday's here
And dang if you can't do nothing
Even though you know it's coming
As sure as Pawpaws pass on
And baby girls grow up
Can't even think about the day
What the preacher's gonna say
The rice, the tie, the tux
Even though you know what's coming
Like a freight train humming from a mile away
You think you'll be ready
Life's lead foot leaning on the clutch and off the brakes
'Til what's down the line ain't down the line no more
That's how time does it
You just crack a beer 'cause someday's here
And dang if you can't do nothing
Even though you know it's coming
Yeah, even though you know it's coming
Mm
