It Won't be Like This for Long

He didn't have to wake up, He'd been up all night. Lying in his bed listening to the newborn 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 day we brought her home. This phase is gonna fly by, So baby just hold on. It won't be like this for long.

Four years later, about 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 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 that isle and raise her veil. But right now she's up here crying and the truth is that he don't mind. As he kisses her good night and she says her prayers. He lies down beside her until 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 this little girl will 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

Cause it wont be like this for long.