"It Won't Be Like This for Long" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead vocalist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish.

According to Country Weekly magazine, Rucker met with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley to write the song.

Brady Vercher stated that "the lyric itself is too straightforward to carry much emotional resonance despite Rucker's best efforts."

He also considered it derivative of Trace Adkins' early 2008 hit "You're Gonna Miss This", which was also co-written by Ashley Gorley and contains a theme of a parent observing a daughter's growing up.

[2] Allen Jacobs of Roughstock gave the song a more favorable review, saying that "Rucker's butter-smooth vocals catch a country cadence, as his balladeers a promise of improvement in a loved one - and his own life.