It Won’t Be like This for Long

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 okay 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 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 pre-school 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 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 'Cause it won't be like this for long It won't be like this for long