He didn't have to wake up He'd been up all night Layin’ there in bed listenin’ To his new born baby cry He makes a pot of coffee He splashes water on his face His wife gives him a kiss and says It gonna be OK
It won’t be like this for long One day we'll look back laughin’ At the week we brought her home This phase is gonna fly by So baby just hold on ‘Cause it won't be like this for long
Four years later ‘bout 4:30 She's crawling in their bed And when he drops her off at preschool She's clinging to his leg The teacher peels her off of him He says what can I do She says now don't you worry This’ll only last a week or two
It won’t be like this for long One day soon you'll drop her off And she won’t even know you're gone This phase is gonna fly by If you can just hold on It won’t be like this for long
Some day soon she'll be a teenager And at times he'll think she hates him Then he'll walk her down the aisle And he'll raise her veil But right now she's up and cryin’ And the truth is that he don't mind As he kisses her good night And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her ‘Til her eyes are finally closed And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart Cause he already knows
It won’t be like this for long One day soon that little girl is gonna be All grown up and gone Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by So, he's tryin’ to hold on