It Wont Be Like This for Long

Last night I went to put Layla down to sleep in her crib. She has been going down in the crib recently, she wont stay there all night.. but it is a start. I put her down and I sit in the rocker for a few minutes and she goes out quickly. Baby steps! I put the country radio station on for her and she loves it. So last night, as I am sitting in the rocker, staring at her beautiful face fast asleep, this song comes on.

"It won't be like this for long"

by Darius Rucker

He didn't have to wake up

He'd been up all night

Lay'n there in bed listen'n

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 Okay

It wont be like this for long

One day soon 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 we'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

One day soon she'll be a teenager

And at times you'll think she hates him

Then he'll walk her down the isle

And he'll raise her veil
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

Till 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

He's try'n to hold on

It wont be like this for long

It wont be like this for long

Of course then I quietly close the door and run to Hannah's room where she is waiting patiently to play cards with Mama and I smile and think how perfect my life is. How truly perfect. I sit down on the bed, play a round of cards and lay down beside her and watch her fall fast asleep.