It Goes Fast

Seems like only yesterday you climbed up in that bus Picture with a big ol' "K", and you smiling back at us Birthdays and recitals, driving you all over town We were both so busy trying not to let you down Because love's a one way street, and you will always have my heart I know you're in a rush, you were from the very start So if I hold your hand too long, or embarrass you in class Know I'm only hanging on, cause it goes fast Cat was in the cradle, and I work most every day Fumbling for the words, trying to know what I should say When was I to push you? When was I to let you be? If we had each others eyes can you imagine what we'd see? But love's a one way street, and I know that much is true I sometimes got frustrated, saw so much of me in you But all of your best moments and the worst ones too won't last It's like smoke right through your hands, it goes fast The day your car rolls out that drive and doesn't park here anymore That is the day that we were getting you ready for ... Cause love's a one way street and you were made to drive away I hope I'm there to see it when you have your own some day The distance between then and now, it was shorter than we knew If you don't believe me dear, one day you'll know it too We're not the first to feel this way, and we will not be the last There's something about that old cliché, it goes fast ... Seems like only yesterday, I could hear my parents say "Do not wish your life away my son, my son Make the rules up as you go, some days, they will feel real slow Next thing that you know, you're looking back" It goes fast, it goes fast...