[00:-2.00]Darius Rucker - It Won't Be Like This For Long
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[00:14.55]He didn't have to wake up
[00:18.49]He'd been up all nite
[00:20.78]Lay'n there in bed listen'n
[00:24.10]To his new born baby cry
[00:27.89]He makes a pot of coffee
[00:30.82]He splashes water on his face
[00:34.60]His wife gives him a kiss and says
[00:37.12]It's gonna be OK
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[00:40.68]It won't be like this for long
[00:47.54]One day soon we'll look back laugh'n
[00:50.98]At the week we brought her home
[00:54.20]This phase is gonna fly by
[00:58.24]So baby just hold on
[01:02.19]It won't be like this for long
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[01:10.94]Four years later bout four thirty
[01:14.26]She's crawling in there bed
[01:17.63]And when he drops her off at preschool
[01:20.85]She's clinging to his leg
[01:24.71]The teacher peels her off of him
[01:27.92]He says what can I do
[01:31.41]She says now don't you worry
[01:34.12]This will only last a week or two
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[01:37.17]It won't be like this for long
[01:43.99]One day soon you'll drop her off
[01:47.54]And she won't even know your gone
[01:50.88]This phase is gonna fly by
[01:55.03]If you can just hold on
[01:58.65]It won't be like this for long
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[02:04.27]Some day soon she'll be a teenager
[02:07.64]And at times you'll think she hates him
[02:10.91]Then he'll walk her down the isle
[02:13.74]And he'll raise her vale
[02:17.76]But right now she up and cry'n
[02:20.91]And the truth is that he don't mind
[02:24.29]As he kisses her good night
[02:26.73]And she says her prayers
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[02:31.43]He lays down there beside her
[02:34.46]Till her eyes are finally closed
[02:37.68]And just watch'n her it breaks his heart
[02:41.33]Cause he already knows
[02:44.02]It won't be like this for long
[02:50.75]One day soon that little girl is gonna be
[02:54.71]All grown up and gone
[02:57.80]Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
[03:01.68]He's try'n to hold on
[03:05.47]It won't be like this for long
[03:12.32]It won't be like this for long
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