He didn't have to wake up, even up all night Lying 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 okay 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, about 4.30, she's crawling in their bed And when he drops her off at preschool, she's clanging to his leg The teacher peels her off for him, he says what can I do She says now don't you worry, this'll only last a week or two It won't be like this for long Someday 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 He'll walk her down the aisle and raise her veil But right now she's up and crying and the truth is that he don't mind As he kisses her goodnight and she sends her praise He lays down there beside her till her eyes are finally closed And just watching 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 trying to hold on Cause it won't be like this for long It won't be like this for long Thanks for watching!