He didnt have to wake up
|
He'd been up all nite
|
Lay'n there in bed listen'n
|
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 OK
|
|
It wont be like this for long
|
One day soon we'll look back laugh'n
|
At the week we brought her home
|
This phase is gonna fly by
|
So baby just hold on
|
It wont be like this for long
|
|
Four years later bout four thirty
|
She's crawling in there 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 dont you worry
|
This will only last a week or two
|
|
It wont be like this for long
|
One day soon we'll drop her off
|
And she wont even know your gone
|
This phase is gonna fly by
|
If you can just hold on
|
It wont be like this for long
|
|
One day soon she'll be a teenager
|
And at times you'll think she hates him
|
Then he'll walk her down the isle
|
And he'll raise her vale
|
But right now she up and cry'n
|
And the truth is that he dont 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 watch'n her it breaks his heart
|
Cause he already knows
|
It wont 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
|
He's try'n to hold on
|
It wont be like this for long
|
It wont be like this for long
|
|
-----------------
|
It Won't Be Like This For Long
|
Darius Rucker |