18 Summers

One, we didn't sleep at all

Two was footsteps down the hall

Three, you're jumping to me in the pool

Four was princess dressing up

Five was tea in plastic cups

Six, you got your backpack off to school

Can't believe how fast it flies

They always say don't blink, and now I know why

Eighteen summers gone like that

Eighteen years you don't get back

Eighteen trips around the sun, don't it make you wonder

Why holding time's like holding sand

Always slipping through my hands

What I'd give to hold you for another

Eighteen summers

Oh, eighteen summers

Seven was the Disney trip

Eight was singing Taylor Swift

Nine was bedtime prayers and saying "Jesus I believe"

Ten, eleven, like a weed you grew

Twelve, thirteen, well, middle school

Fourteen, high school's coming and you're way too cool for me

Can't believe how fast it flies

Eighteen summers gone like that

Eighteen years you don't get back

Eighteen trips around the sun, don't it make you wonder

Why holding time's like holding sand

Always slipping through my hands

What I'd give to hold you for another

Eighteen summers

Fifteen, first boy broke your heart

Sixteen, driving daddy's car

Seventeen, you're wild and free, and I'm waiting up for you

Then there you stood, cap and gown

And I'm smiling as I think about

How every one before's what led us to

Dorm room number 205

A grown man trying not to cry

Can't wait to see all you're gonna do

Your mom and me and two aching hearts

Driving home in an empty car

Thanking God for the gift of raising you

For eighteen summers

Eighteen summers