To be honest, I never really went skydiving. The thing is that I had already done all of those things long before I knew I was sick, not because I’m that cool but mostly because I was young and stupid at the time. I can assure I have never been that cool, certainly not after my got my diagnosis. He answers that he went skydiving, Rocky Mountain climbing then in the coolest line in the song he say he, “went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu.” I don’t care who you are or what kind of music you like, a bull named Fumanchu is cool - full-on Steve McQueen cool. In the song the guy is asked how he plans to live, knowing that he is dying. I wish I could tell you that but I don’t want to lie to you. I wish I could tell you that I waxed poetic, got busy on a bucket list and became a better man like the guy in the song. I suppose it struck me more because I was in a similar situation a while back when I got that diagnosis that we all dread. It’s a decent song and is really well written … even I can like a country song that’s well written. If you’ve been living under a rock or, like me, just listen to rock you should take a few minutes and listen to this song. The song, which it turns out was a huge hit during the first “W” administration, is about a man’s reaction after learning he had some sort of serious if not terminal disease. It’s not a big secret that I’m not a huge country music fan so it probably won’t come as a big surprise that I just recently discovered a song performed by a fellow named Tim McGraw called, “Live like you were dying.”
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