Chance Alan

Lyrics

The one shot
Jesus' littles
There's no rewind button
No second take
This is it just

You don't get to raise them again once you've figured it all out
You don't get to go back and be more present
Once you're less tired less busy less overwhelmed
No doubt

You don't get to rewind the afternoon
You told them to just wait a second only to realize later you missed it

This is it
This is the childhood they'll remember
This is the version of you they'll carry
This is with them in stories in habits and the way they love you

But the truth is motherhood doesn't wait
But the truth is fatherhood doesn't wait
It moves moment by moment inch by inch

One day you're rocking them to sleep
The next they're reaching for independence
This is it

It's a sacred stretch of years where their tiny hands reach for yours 
While their eyes still look to up as the hero of every story
Be a part of every page turned be apart of every story made

Yes the world will tell you to chase more to do more to be more
But what could be more than this
This is it

Deeply be present while they're still yours to raise
Deeply be present while they’re still yours to praise 
Because you only get to do it once
This is it

Because once should be enough
And that once, is everything, that once won't come back
There's no rewind button, no second take
This is it
Just the one shot, make it count
The littles don't turn this is it into that was it

It's not just for Jesus’ littles
It’s for you too
Amen
God wants his children to be you and me