My Little Man Lyrics

Hello and welcome to the world, my little man

I can't believe I'm holding new life right here in my hands

Can this moment last forever? The answer's no

Though I know that time will have to pass

I just can't let you go

Before I have the time to blink, you're now turning three

As I stumble in the door from work, you're there greeting me

Screaming Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, with your unbridled joy

Tell me when did my darling baby become a little boy

Then suddenly you're eight years old

There you are in the school play

Forgot your lines, you start to cry, but I tell you it's okay

You still have so much innocence, I hate to see your pain

You fall asleep right in my arms and all is right again

Time is such a fickle mistress, moves without a sound

It steals the youth right from our lives, it's nowhere to be found

And we're just left with blurry photos and faded memories

While our cries fall onto deafened ears

I'd like that time back please

My little man is not so little, things have really changed

He is now in high school and he's acting rather strange

He says he really hates my guts and I'm an embarrassment

He used to love our time together, but those days came and went

And now he tells his therapist I'm the source for all his woes

Though I argue that I did my best, in one ear and out it goes

He says I've scarred him for his life, and he wishes I was dead

And the pain in my heart hurts worse than what is in my head

I can't believe the time has gone

Now I'm an old man

My son is in his thirties and he visits when he can

I wonder if he loves me, and I feel like I have failed

I try to rebuild the old bonds, but it's to no avail

Oh, time is such a fickle mistress, moves without a sound

It steals the youth right from our lives, it's nowhere to be found

And we're just left with blurry photos and faded memories

While our cries fall onto deafened ears

I'd like that time back please

But that's all in the future, I snap back to present day

I hope that with my baby boy, this love won't go away

Though he'll want his mama soon, for now he's content to sleep

Overcome with emotions, silently I start to weep

Oh, please, stay young forever

My little man