it won't be like this for long lyrics

He didn?t have to wake up, he'd been up all night
Lyin? there in bed and 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 soon 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 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 will 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 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
?Cause it won?t be like this for long, it won?t be like this for long