Stop, Time

[Verse 1]
Two months old, he looks up at you
How his smile melts your heart
You wanna say, "Stop, time
Don't move on"
Even as you watch, that look is gone

[Verse 2]
Then he's two, such a little man
So alive and so smart
Again you say, "Stop, time
Stay just this way"
But the future calls and he can't stay

[Bridge]
Nobody warns you of this parent's paradox
You want your kid to change and grow
But when he does, another child you've just begun to know
Leaves forever

[Verse 3]
Birthdays fly: seven, eight, nine, ten
Every kid he becomes
You clutch and say, "Stop, time
Hold this one fast"
But it's not supposed to last
And that time has come and passed
For he's growing
And he has to go

[Verse 4]
It can't be that he's reached thirteen
Now the real changes start
You wanna say, "Stop, time"
Don't rush life so"
But he's growing and he has to go