If you think summers go by fast
and some people drive too slow
Tattoos ain't no big deal
week-expire milk ain't old
If "there goes my life's" just another song on the radio
And if your mom and dad were crazy
waiting up 'til you got home

Wait 'til you have kids and they look in your eyes
Wait 'til you're their Superman
wait 'til they're your whole life
Right now, you think you're grown up
Think you know what tough
and tired and real love is, mm
Wait 'til you have kids, yeah

You think you'll always be on time
and minivans ain't kinda cool
If you don't care if there's a fence around
a backyard swimming pool
And if you never thought of hanging
something up there on your fridge
And if 8 a.m. is early and divorce is what it is

Wait 'til you have kids and they look in your eyes
You start thinking 'bout them dating one day
asking for advice
Right now, you think you're grown up
Think you know what tough
and tired and real love is, mm
Wait 'til you have kids, yeah

Man, just wait

Aw, wait until they call you from a thousand miles away
And they give you hell for telling them to visit home
And you just laugh and say

Wait 'til you have kids and a half-empty room upstairs
Full of rec league trophies, too-small clothes
Old video games and eighteen years
Right now, you think you're grown up
Think you know what tough
and tired and real love is, mm
Wait 'til you have kids, yeah

'Til you have kids