A Child Is Only A Moment - Rosemary Clooney

Spring will return to the meadow

When the long winter’s chill fades away

Tomorrow, the blossoms will open their eyes

To the skies, of a brand new day

No matter how dark be the nightfall

Each day the sun is reborn

To shine on the beauties and wonders

That stir with new life every glorious morn

Most of the treasures we cherish

Can delight us again and again

A rose in a book and the murmuring brook

As it wanders across the glen

The words of a poet that lie on the page

Can recapture the soul of the past

A song in the heart can be sung and re-echoed

As long as our voices may last

But a child is only a moment

Only a snowflake of sweet remember when

Yes, a child is only a moment

A wonderful moment that never comes again

Yes, a child is only a moment

Hold on to that moment, for it never comes again