18 Years

I know You're holding her for the first time And her eyes are sparkling so bright That you can't imagine her growing up And I know One day she'll take her first steps And the camera won't quite catch it But you'll never have been more proud So read her every bedtime story Teach her what she needs to know Let her get her heart a little broken Say "I love you" and hold her close Let her dance around in PJs Relish it and hold it dear One day you'll be holding back tears Cause you only get 18 years I know She's gonna want to go out with her friends Instead of watching cartoons on the weekends And you're gonna have to let her go And I know She's gonna want to stay out past curfew She's gonna say that you've got no clue What it's like to be 15 So read her every bedtime story Teach her what she needs to know Let her get her heart a little broken Say "I love you" and hold her close Let her dance around in her PJs Relish it and hold it dear One day you'll be holding back tears Cause you only get 18 years In the rearview, they're getting smaller and smaller And suddenly I don't know who's got it harder Cause I only got 18 years I remember every bedtime story All the things I need to know Yeah, I got my heart a little broken But I never once felt alone I love dancing around in my PJs But now I've got to move on from here It still doesn't feel real There's nothing like those 18 years