There's A Last Time For Everything

Verse

Sun ain’t even up, but the baby’s cryin’ again,

Diaper blew out like a shotgun at 4 a.m.

Mama’s in scrubs, Daddy’s grabbin’ his tool belt tight,

Two little girls with sticky hands wavin’ bye-bye to the porch light.

Overtime pay, no daycare way, stackin’ every dime,

Dreamin’ of a date night that don’t start at bedtime.

Lord, it’s beautiful chaos, spilled Cheerios on the floor,

Love louder than the silence they’re prayin’ for.

Pre-chorus

But hold on, darlin’, hold on…

These storms don’t last too long.

Chorus

There’s a last time for everything,

Last midnight rockin’ in that creaky swing,

Last bottle, last “hold me,” last tiny hand in yours,

One day you’ll walk past that empty room and miss the toys on the floor.

Yeah the nights are long, but the years run fast,

Best thing you’ll ever build ain’t wood or cash—

It’s them two little hearts callin’ you Mama and Dad,

Family’s the treasure when the hard times pass.

Verse

Yo, check—

Carpenter man, hammer swingin’, overtime kingin’,

Nurse wife savin’ lives while the babies teething.

Double shifts, no sleep, still make it look easy,

Turn ramen into dinner, turn tears into “please, Jesus.”

They said marriage gets harder when the kids come along,

But watch ‘em fight for five minutes alone and prove ‘em all wrong.

Snapchat memories pop up—man, look how they grew,

Yesterday in diapers, tomorrow askin’ for the car keys, it’s true.

Ain’t no perfect playbook, just grace on repeat,

Love ain’t cancelin’ plans, it’s dancin’ in the mess with tired feet.

Bridge

I told my daughter, “Baby girl, bend like the willow tree,

Storms gonna come, but roots grow deep when you let ‘em be.

One day you’ll blink, they’ll be taller than you,

Packin’ for college, askin’ if you’re proud and girl, you know you are, through and through.”

So kiss them sticky cheeks, breathe ‘em in while they small,

‘Cause the quiet that you’re wishin’ for gon’ break your heart when it falls.

Chorus

There’s a last time for everything,

Last piggy-back ride, last fairy wings,

Last “I love you” scribbled in crayon on the wall,

You’ll pay a million dollars just to hear ‘em down the hall.

Yeah the nights are long, but the years run fast,

Best thing you’ll ever build ain’t wood or cash

It’s watchin’ them girls become women who know they were loved like crazy,

Family’s the jackpot, baby.

Outro

So rock ‘em while you got ‘em, cry a little, laugh a lot,

Every spilled cup, every tantrum, every feverish night you fougt

It’s all temporary…

But the love you give

That’s the part that never stops.

Yeah, that’s the part that never stops.