He kissed his wife at gate number 5 Headed on another red-eye flight Said he'd be back on the 9th and they'd find the time To take the kids out on the coast Do the things that really matter most But he won't be coming home This time Guess you never know You never know In this here today and gone tomorrow Don't be fightin' with your brother Tell your mama that you love her Hold your woman tight And don't let go 'Cause you never know So I took my own advice And I held my woman tight I cry about my brother's life almost every night I think about our year-long grudge Mama begged me to call him up What I wouldn't give now To go back 'Cause you never know You never know In this here today and gone tomorrow Don't be fightin' with your brother Tell your mama that you love her Hold your woman tight And don't let go 'Cause you never know If you've been puttin' off forgiveness Man, tomorrow ain't a promise Call 'em up tonight and let it go 'Cause you never know