HE DIDN'T
HAVE TO WAKE UP
HE'D BEEN UP
ALL NIGHT
LYIN' THERE
IN BED LISTENING
TO HIS 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
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
'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'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
SOMEDAY 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
TILL 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
YEAH THEY WON'T
BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG
IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS
FOR LONG
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