Stop, Time

[MRS. BASKIN]
Two months old, he looks up at me
How his smile melts my heart
I wanna say, "Stop, time
Don't move on"
Even as I watch, that look is gone

Then he's two, such a little man
So alive and so smart
Again I say, "Stop, time
Stay just that way"
But the future calls and he can't stay

Nobody warns you of this parent's paradox
You want your kid to change and grow
But when he does, another child you've just begun to know
Leaves forever

Birthdays fly: seven, eight, nine, ten
Every kid he becomes
I clutch and say, "Stop, time
Hold this one fast"
But it's not supposed to last
And that time has come and passed
For he's growing
And he has to go