Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

x2

 He didnt have to wake up

He'd been up all nite

 Lying there in bed listening

 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 OK

 It wont be like this for long

 One day we'll look back laugh'n

 At the week we brought her home

 This phase is gonna fly by

So baby just hold on

It wont be like this for long

 Four years later 'bout four thirty

She's crawling in there 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 dont you worry

 This will only last a week or two

 It wont be like this for long

 One day soon you'll drop her off

 And she wont even know your gone

 This phase is gonna fly by

If you can just hold on

It wont 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 raise her vale

 But right now she up and cry'n

 And the truth is that he dont mind

 As he kisses her good night

 And she says her prayers

 He lays down there beside her

 'Til her eyes are finally closed

 And just watch'n her it breaks his heart

 Cause he already knows

 It wont 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 try'n to hold on

 'Cause it wont be like this for looooooong

It wont be like this for long

 Outro is same as intro: x2