It Won’t Be like This for Long

He didn't have to wake up

He been up all night

Lying there in bed and listening

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's gonna be okay

It won't be like this for long

One day, we'll look back laughing at the week we brought her home

This phase is going fly by

So, baby, just hold on

It won't be like this for long

Four years later, 'bout four thirty

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 will 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

Someday soon, she'll be a teenager

And at times, he'll think she hates him

And he'll walk her down the aisle and raise her veil

But right now, she's up and cryin'

And the truth is that he don't mind

As he kisses her goodnight, and she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her

Till her eyes are finally closed

And just watching 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

And this phase is gonna fly by

So he's trying to hold on

'Cause it won't be like this for long

It won't be like this for long