Lyrics:

[Verse 1]**lf**He didn''t have to wake up**lf**He''d been up all night**lf**Lying there in bed listening**lf**To his new born baby cry**lf**He makes a pot of coffee**lf**He splashes water on his face**lf**His wife gives him a kiss and says**lf**It is going to be OK**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf**One day we''ll look back laughing**lf**At the week we brought her home**lf**This phase is going to fly by**lf**So baby just hold on**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf****lf**[Verse 2]**lf**Four years later bout four thirty**lf**She''s crawling in their bed**lf**And when he drops her off at preschool**lf**She''s clinging to his leg**lf**The teacher peels her off of him**lf**He says what can I do**lf**She says now do not you worry**lf**This will only last a week or two**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf**One day soon you''ll drop her off**lf**And she won''t even know you''re gone**lf**This phase is going to fly by**lf**If you could just hold on**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf****lf**[Verse 3]**lf**Someday soon she''ll be a teenager**lf**And at times he''ll think she hates him**lf**Then he''ll walk her down the aisle**lf**And he''ll raise her veil**lf**But right now she up and crying**lf**And the truth is that he don''t mind**lf**As he kisses her good night**lf**And she says her prayers**lf**He lays down there beside her**lf**Till her eyes are finally closed**lf**And just watching her it breaks his heart**lf**Cause he already knows**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf**One day soon that little girl is going to be**lf**All grown up and gone**lf**Yeah this phase is going to fly by**lf**He is trying to hold on**lf**It won''t be like this for long**lf**It won''t be like this for long