The boy leaps from his bed
Comes bounding down the stairs
The sun's not even up
He doesn't even care
And I
Yes, I was like that once
He says, "Daddy, it's today"
There is this promise that we made
And I open my eyes slowly
And I see his smiling face
And I
Yes, I was like that once
So I put on my shirt
And my jeans and my boots
And I say, "Boy, I love you"
And he knows that I do
He says, "Pops, can we stop?"
For breakfast on the way
I say, "Son, I'll brew the coffee
And I'll make you some eggs"
And I thank God
That he is mine
♪
The girl calls from the yard
"Daddy, daddy, come and see"
She's perfecting her front handspring
And she is showing off for me
And I
Yes, I was like that once
So I pull off both my boots
And I raise up both my hands
Then I show her I can do one, too
And she laughs hard 'cause I can't
And I
I was like that once
♪
She says, "Dad you're, like, ridiculous"
I say, "That's kinda my job"
And she kisses me on my cheek
Then she's back out in the yard
And she is wild
And free and mine
♪
Oh, I thank God
That she is mine
♪
The woman's on the porch
She says, "Husband come and sit"
And we look up at the stars
And we talk about our kids
And I
"I was like that once," she says

And she says, "Do you remember
Just how terrified you were
Before our babies came
How you were shaken to the core?"
And I
I was like that once
♪
And she says, "Oh love look how blessed
You and I've become"
And I take her hand and say to her
"You'll always be the one"
And I'm still mystified
That you want to be mine
♪
Oh, I thank God
That you are mine
♪
And I thank God
That he is mine
♪
And I thank God
That she is mine
♪
And I thank God
For me and mine