# Blink of an Eye [Verse 1 - 1960s] Dallas morning, motorcade Dreams were spoken, history made Beatles screaming, television Motown sound, a new generation Vietnam on evening news Freedom marches, different views Summer flowers, Monterey Sgt. Pepper leads the way Memphis morning, April night Bobby falls beneath the lights Chicago shouting, Nixon wins Something ends, something begins Woodstock mud, guitars ignite Three men flying through the night Footsteps landing, world looks high One small step beneath the sky [Chorus] In the blink of an eye Twenty years go by You turn around, you wonder how We ever got this far In the blink of an eye We were young, now here we are Hold on tight, it won't slow down In the blink of an eye [Verse 2 - 1970s] Kent State, four down in Ohio Apollo Thirteen coming home Beatles breaking, Hendrix gone Still the radio plays on Ali, Frazier, Nixon, Mao Watergate, who's talking now? Gasoline lines, prices rise Secret tapes and alibis Nixon waves and leaves by air Saigon falls, we're watching there Disco spinning, platform shoes Apple brings us something new Star Wars blazing on the screen Saturday Night Fever dream Elvis gone, the King is still Camp David on a distant hill Three Mile Island, nuclear fear Iran changes everything here Hostages on every screen Goodbye to the seventies [Chorus] In the blink of an eye Twenty years go by You turn around, you wonder how We ever got this far In the blink of an eye We were young, now here we are Hold on tight, it won't slow down In the blink of an eye [Verse 3 — 1980s] Reagan rising, Pac-Man nights Miracle on ice, city lights CNN around the clock Lennon gone, the whole world stops Hostages finally coming home Shuttle rising toward the unknown MTV is on the air A new disease, a growing fear Thriller playing everywhere Sally Ride is way up there Moonwalk dancing on TV Home computers, new reality Macintosh says hello there Purple Rain is everywhere Olympic flame, Los Angeles Springsteen singing through the rest Gorbachev, the world may change Old enemies begin to rearrange London, Philly, summer sky One world watching Live Aid fly ### Breakdown Where did it go? Where did it go? We were young We didn't know Turn around Years roll by All of it... ### Final Chorus In the blink of an eye Twenty-two years go by You turn around, you wonder how We ever got this far In the blink of an eye We were young, now here we are Hold on tight, it won't slow down In the blink... In the blink... In the blink of an eye
