He didn't have to wake up   He'd been up all nite   Layin' there in bed listenin'   To his newborn baby cry   He makes a pot of coffee   He splashes water on his face   His wife gives him a kiss and says   It's gonna be OK      It wont be like this for long   One day 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 preschool   She's clingin' 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      Some day soon she'll be a teenager   And at times he'll think she hates him   Then he'll walk her down the isle   And he'll raise her Vail   But right now she's up and cryin'   And the truth is that he don't mind   As he kisses her goodnight   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   He's tryin to hold on   It wont be like this for long   It wont be like this for long