There's a dog in the yard, picket fences around A covered front porch on a white-framed house The Ford in the drive is a few payments short Of paid off Baby boy down the hall turns one next week I know everybody on Sesame Street The boys I raised hell with back then would have Never thought But now the sun sets a little bit sweeter The grass grows a little bit greener I am who I am but you make me who I wanna be A little less wide open, a little more sober Life moves fast so I try to take it slower Growing older with you is slowly changing me From a chip on my shoulder into A heart on my sleeve I'm an expert now on high chairs and car seats The mom you've become knocks me off my feet I'm finding myself on my knees a lot more These days When he takes his first steps it'll bring a tear to my eye His first day of school, I'll hold your hand when you cry There was a time that I never saw myself This way But now the sun sets a little bit sweeter The grass grows a little bit greener I am who I am but you make me who I wanna be A little less wide open, a little more sober Life moves fast so I try to take it slower Growing older with you is slowly changing me From a chip on my shoulder into A heart on my sleeve Growing older with you is slowly changing me From a chip on my shoulder into A heart on my sleeve