Verse 1 I was nineteen with a suitcase and a skyline in my eyes Had a vision of the woman I would someday become Then love had other plans, I was thirty-one Traded corner offices for carpools and I never questioned why Pre-Chorus He worked the long nights so I could stay And I poured everything I had into those days Chorus I blinked And the little kids became these people I’m proud to know I blinked And the girl I was at nineteen’s still the only me I know Old on the outside, young where it counts Still finding my way but God look what I built I blinked Verse 2 One’s a father now, loves those kids like they were always his One’s in hospitals and textbooks, becoming everything he is And my girl left the sure thing for the calling God I know that feeling, I remember what it gives Pre-Chorus He worked the long nights so I could stay And I poured everything I had into those days Chorus I blinked And the little kids became these people I’m proud to know I blinked And the girl I was at nineteen’s still the only me I know Old on the outside, young where it counts Still finding my way but God look what I built I blinked Bridge Some days I wonder if I’m next Still got dreams that haven’t found their door Elation and deflation, same as always Not so different from my girl at twenty-four But I see myself in all of them The courage and the calling and the climb They’re finding their way and now finally It’s my turn this time Final Chorus I blinked And the little kids became these people I’m proud to know I blinked And the girl I was at nineteen’s still the only me I know Old on the outside, young where it counts Still finding my way but God look what I built I blinked Outro I was nineteen and dreaming, I’m still her Look what I built while I was looking for more Still finding my way — and that’s enough for now
