Lyrics:

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night,
Laying there in bed listening to his newborn baby cry.
He makes a pot of coffee
And splashes water on his face.
His wife gives him a kiss and says it's gonna 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 gonna fly by, so baby just hold on.
It won't be like this for long.

Four years later 'bout 4:30 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.

(Chorus) It won't be like this for long.
One day soon you'll drop her off and she won't even know your 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 there crying and the truth is that he don't mind.
As he kisses her goodnight 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 gonna be all grown up and gone.
And this phase is gonna fly by so he's trying to hold on. Cause it won't be like this for long.

It won't be like this for long.