Life Happened

From the time she was thirteen Julie Thompson had a dream That someday she would see her name in lights And after every high school play The grown-ups all would say That Julie's future sure was looking bright Well I saw her selling videos At a store in Eastland Mall I said why aren't you in Hollywood Taking casting calls And she handed me my change And started laughing And said... Life Happened Me and Bobby Chaplain fell in love Daddy passed away and the babies came And drama school was just too much Now there's little league and mouths to feed And I directed the kindergarden christmas pageant Life happened Curtis had an old Chevelle The cops knew that car well He never lost a race on Windy Hollow road By the time he turned eighteen He was a georgia dirt track king Proudly sponsored by the local Texaco I bumped into him at Murphy's bar And he ordered us a round I said why aren't you in Rockingham Chasing Gordon down He killed his drink And tore the corners off his napkin And said... Life happened I was driving home from Athens Late one night A trucker fell asleep and swapped paint with me Said I rolled that 'velle at least five times Now I thank my stars and I sell used cars And I teach drivers education at St. Catherine's Yeah life happened I saw the rest of my old friends At our reunion at the Holiday Inn And it seemed like it was only yesterday Standing in the gym in our cap and gown Full of wonderlust and glory bound We set out to chase our dreams on wings of passion But somewhere along the way we got distracted Life happened Our clothes went out of fashion with our songs We started families and bought SUV's Became step dads and soccer moms I finally realized we turned alright And we spent the night just catching up and dancing And life happened