Lyrics A Hundred Million Miracles / When the Children Are Asleep / I Know It Can Happen Again / My Little Girl (From Soliloquy) - Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II

My father says that children keep growing
Rivers keep flowing too
My father says he doesn't know why
But somehow or other they do

When the children are asleep we'll sit and dream (Dream all alone)
The things that every other dad and mother dream (Dreams that won't be interrupted)
When the children are asleep and lights are low (Lo and behold)
If I still love you the way I love you today
You'll pardon my saying I told you so

When the children are asleep, I'll dream with you (You'll dream with me)
We'll think what fun we have had and be glad
That it all came true
When today is a long time ago
You'll still hear me say
That the best dream I know is you
When the children are asleep I'll dream with you!

Starting out, so foolishly small
It's hard to believe you will grow at all
It's hard to believe that things like you
Can ever turn out to be men
But I've seen it happen before
So I know it can happen again

Food and sleep and plenty of soap
Molasses and sulphur, and love, and hope
The winters go by, the summers fly
And all of a sudden you're men!
I have seen it happen before
And I know it can happen again
And I know it can happen again

My little girl
Pink and white as peaches and cream is she
My little girl is half again as bright
As girls are meant to be
Dozens of boys pursue her
Many a likely lad
Does what he can to woo her
From her faithful dad

She has a few pink and white young fellas of two and three
But my little girl gets hungry every night
And she comes home to me
Seen it happen before
My little girl, pink and white
I've seen it happen before (My little girl gets hungry every night)
And I know it can happen again (And she comes home to me)