Harper is Walking!

Holy cow! Can you stand it? This time last year, I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of sweet Baby Dudas and now, Harper Jade is taking the world (or at least The Baxter House) by storm! Those little feet just won't stop!
Her life is now caged (boo mommy!) but she's still as cute as ever. Go over to my Facebook and look at the video Erica put up of her walking. Of course, Tom Petty's Here Comes My Girl is playing.
Enjoy! I'm sure you'll squeal!

Such Great Heights

I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when we kiss
They're perfectly aligned

And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us
Into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay

And true it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death

When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

I've tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon listening

And that frankly will not fly
You'll hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

Each Coming Night

Will you say when I'm gone away
"My lover came to me and we'd lay
In rooms unfamiliar but until now"

Will you say to them when I'm gone
"I loved your son for his sturdy arms
We both learned to cradle then live without"

Will you say when I'm gone away
'Your father's body was judgement day
We both dove and rose to the riverside"

Will you say to me when I'm gone
"Your face has faded but lingers on
Because light strikes a deal with each coming night"

please pardon yourself

As I turn my head to your side of the bed
While you weight what's on your mind
To this awful news try not to hold on
The day will come, the sun will rise, and we'll be fine

As long as I feel as strong as I feel
I will carry you as long as I can
As hard on yourself, please pardon yourself
Do the best you can and that won't go unseen

How do I know when it's time to stop?
Runnin' from the things I do, being things I'm not
Oh I have tried, but I just changed my mind
Every night befalls every morning light

How do I know that you will never stop?
Knowin' me, and trustin' me, and lovin' me a lot
Oh I have tried, but I just changed my mind
Every night befalls every morning light

Well there's only so many ways
You can give your loving to me
I'd give my soul for just for one of them now
I'd give up the drinking, just tell me how

And there's only so many years
I'm going to give my love to you
And I spent the last one hidden away
Screaming my lungs out with nothing to say

As I turn my head to your side of the bed
While you weight what's on your mind
To this awful news try not to hold on
The day will come, the sun will rise, and we'll be fine

aeroplane

time will forget your name

and float away in a poker game

the best you can hope for

is to go in your sleep

can you take me to the stairs

give me just a little one

I will be quiet all the way

falling like an aeroplane

life has the sweetest refrain

and if it calls for you, go



I had a dream where I went to your room

and I cut off my hand

and I let go of the blood

what were you thinking

and were are you just tired

I was holding your hand while

you pushed the wheel forward all the way

falling like an aeroplane

life has the sweetest refrain

and if it calls for you, go



you do what you want to do

I will be right here waiting

what holds me up

is going to burn me in the turnaround

downtown I’ll see you downtown

you do what you want to do

I will be right here waiting

what holds me up

is going to burn me in the turnaround

downtown I’ll see you downtown