If you want
To try and step into another kind of shoe
Well I’ll be right behind
And he might
Be a little bit like me but more of you
Well I hope that as he grew
What if she would
Maybe look like you
So beautiful that I’d have two
Well they’ll grow
Slower than the wind blows
But faster as each day goes by

And when they're old enough to run
They'll walk away one day
And I would have you back
Until then I can share
I’ll wait for when there's time to spare
But it always goes too fast
You should be the first to know
That all I need is you and you alone

Well I guess
That probably if I knew then
I'd finally understand when
Because “I told you so” became a reason
To know is too imposing
And life is what’s been chosen
But not by you and me
And so then
We watch them come and go and
As quietly they grow into someone just like you
And I know
That I can only say so
Many times that I won't
Ever let you down until I show you

And when they're old enough to run
They'll walk away one day
And I would have you back
Until then I can share
I’ll wait for when there's time to spare
But it always goes too fast
And every time
They run past me and straight to you
I understand 'cause I would too
You should be the first to know
That all I need is you and you alone