Verse 1

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

Chorus 1

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
Oh goodbye two boys hello one man

Verse 2

This son of mine
Is gonna leave in the fall
Some might ask
How he stands so tall
His life was changed
With a telephone call
Not even he understands it all

Chorus 2

I watched my son shovel in hand
Go from bulletproof boy to a broken man
The cool dark dirt on the casket lands
Nineteen years old and he’s buryin’ a friend
Oh goodbye two boys hello one man

Chorus 1

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
Oh goodbye two boys

Refrain

Oh goodbye two boys
Oh goodbye my boys