[Verse 1]

He didn't have to wake up

He'd been up all night

Lying there in bed listening

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 is going to be OK

[Chorus]

It won't be like this for long

One day we'll look back laughing

At the week we brought her home

This phase is going to fly by

So baby just hold on

It won't be like this for long

[Verse 2]

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 do not you worry

This will only last a week or two

[Chorus]

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 going to fly by

If you could just hold on

It won't be like this for long

[Verse 3]

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 he'll raise her veil

But right now she up and crying

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 watching her it breaks his heart

Cause he already knows

[Chorus]

It won't be like this for long

One day soon that little girl is going to be

All grown up and gone

Yeah this phase is going to fly by

He is trying to hold on

It won't be like this for long

It won't be like this for long