In the early rush of morning Trying to get the kids to school One's hanging on my shirttail Another's locked up in her room And I'm yelling up the stairs Stop worrying about your hair You look fine Then they're fighting 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 morning 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 leaving 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 Sitting in their frames I see them as babies I guess that'll never change You pray all their lives That some day they will find happiness Then they do And that's how it is It's just quiet in the morning 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 PTAs No carpools or soccer games Your work is done Now you've got time that's all your own You've been waiting for so long For those days to come Then they do And that's how it is It's just quiet in the morning 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 Oh, then they do

He was never gonna make it Every pill he found, he'd take it Always on the edge of breakdowns But keeping it together somehow Just another cold November You called me, but I didn't answer I was so oblivious Now I'm asking for forgiveness For every single time I failed you I'm feeling like it's me that killed you Remembering the time they jumped you And I was too scared to help you Looking back, I can't erase it I guess it's time to face it You never seem to know how to let it all go Don't listen to a single word they say about you They don't know you like I do Don't listen to a single word they say about you They don't know you like I do Everybody saw you smiling Yeah, you were always good at hiding You were always asking questions So you wouldn't draw attention Everyone who used you They never really knew you You're always showing up for everybody but yourself See, I wish I could take it back Change the future and erase the past Grab the bullet out and put you back I promise that I'd save your life like you saved mine But now it's far too late for that And all I have is your story left to tell So let me tell it Let me tell Don't listen to a single word they say about you They don't know you like I do Don't listen to a single word they say about you They don't know you like I do Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da Da, da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da

There ain't a pair of boots in my closet That ain't scuffed up and walked right through the soles And there ain't a pair of jeans That ain't hanging on by the seams and full of holes I ain't never been inside a three piece suit And my collar's just a worn out shade of blue I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man She has flowers in her hair on Sunday mornin' And she has a bud light in her hand on Friday night She's corn bread in the oven She's wild and crazy loving me just right Oh you know that's right She ain't afraid to put me in my place And she ain't afraid to love me every night, so every day I try to beat the morning sun out of bed Then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man And she can rock a dress and cowboy boots Make a rolling stone wanna plant some roots And she's the one thing that I can't afford lose So I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me The reason I keep this ring on my left hand She's proud to be my woman That's why I'm proud to be her man She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man