In the early rush of morning

Trying to get the kids to school

One's hanging on my shirt-tail

Another's locked up in her room.

And I'm yelling up the stairs

Stop worrying 'bout your hair you look fine.

Then they're fightin' in the backseat

And I'm playing referee.

Now someone's gotta go

The moment that we leave.

And everybody's late

I swear that I can't wait till they grow up.

Then they do and that's how it is.

It's just quiet in the mornin'

Can't believe how much you miss

All they do and all they did.

You want all the dreams

They dreamed of to come true

Then they do.

Now the youngest is starting college

She'll be leavin' in the Fall.

And Brianna's latest boyfriend

Called to ask if we could talk.

And I got the impression

That he's about to pop the question any day.

I look over at their pictures

Sittin' in their frames.

I see them as babies

I guess that'll never change.

You pray all their lives

That someday they will find happiness.

Then they do and that's how it is.

It's just quiet in the mornin'

Can't believe how much you miss

All they do and all they did.

You want all the dreams

They dreamed of to come true

Then they do.

No more Monday PTA's

No carpools or soccer games.

Your work is done.

Now you've got time that's all your own.

You've been waitin' for so long

For those days to come.

Then they do and that's how it is.

It's just quiet in the mornin'

Can't believe how much you miss

All they do and all they did.

You want all the dreams

They dreamed of to come true

Then they do.

Ah then they do.