# Another "Identify this song" thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674 "2005-02-18T06:03:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/1 "2005-02-18T06:03:21Z")

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Just heard this song a few days ago on my local adult-contemporary station (WKJY 98.3, Long Island, in case you’re curious) and haven’t heard it since, but I’ve GOT to hear it again, even if that means forking over some cash.

I mention the genre of the station because it sounded like a very, very country song. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear that the singer is a country star and this is his big cross-over hit.

The refrain goes: “I went skyyyyydivin’, I went Rocky-Mountain Climbin’, I did 2.7 seconds on (something).” Next line of the refrain changes from instance to instance, but I recall it mentioning giving forgiveness and being the father he never was before. Final line of refrain was “I wish you could live a day like you were dying.”

Anyone familiar with this?

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**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/2 "2005-02-18T06:09:56Z")

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I hate country music, but I think it is Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying”

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/3 "2005-02-18T13:34:21Z")

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**Jplacer’s** right. Excellent song by the way.

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**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/4 "2005-02-18T13:38:04Z")

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> I did 2.7 seconds on (something)

_…a bull named Fu Man Choo._

I love that line.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/5 "2005-02-18T14:55:31Z")

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Is there a significance to that name vis a vis bulls? I’m familiar with Fu Manchu, the Sax Rohmer Chinese criminal mastermind, but if you “love that line” I have to wonder if there’s more to it I don’t understand.

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**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-song-thread/290674/6 "2005-02-18T15:51:52Z")

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I guess I got the spelling wrong. A “Fu Manchu” is also a type of moustache, more than likely named after said “Sax Rohmer Chinese criminal mastermind.” No particular reason I like it other than the fact that I think it’s a funny name for a bull. I’m easily amused.