"First Day" lyrics

In a few days you'll walk through those doors without me
You'll look back at me not knowing I was holding back tears
'Cause these are the first steps towards your tomorrow
While my world as I know it slowly disappears

It feels like it was just yesterday
We brought you home for the first time

Dear kindergarten
Please be kind to my little girl
To you she's one of twenty
But to me she's my whole world

The last five years
Went by in the blink of an eye
So please go easy on my baby
Bittersweet to walk my heart in
Into kindergarten

So far preschool has only been a few hours
This is the first time you'll go in for full days
And I know eventually you'll grow to love it
And it'll hurt me more than you the time you'll spend away

It's gonna feel like it was just yesterday
The first time we brought you into—

Kindergarten
Please be kind to my little girl
To you she's one of twenty
But to me she's my whole world

The last five years
Went by in the blink of an eye
So please go easy on my baby
Bittersweet to walk my heart in
Into kindergarten
Kindergarten

And I hope you always know
How proud I am of you
And I'll always be right here supporting
Anything you choose to do

You'll walk into those doors so brave
I'll find my strength in you
As you make your way towards growing up
Make your way into—

Kindergarten
Please be kind to my little girl
To you she's one of twenty
But to me she's my whole world

And the last five years
Went by in the blink of an eye
So please go easy on my baby
Bittersweet to walk my heart in
Into kindergarten

Ooh...
Into kindergarten