Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

Broken whisper I can hear you crying tonight
Empty words and arms can’t make it alright
You’ve run out of questions without answers to hold
For the cold caress of helplessness inside you

But let me comfort you
Comfort you

You’re losing hope in little memories everyday
The red hairs on the floor are being swept away
Well I can’t fix what’s broken but I’ll hold the pieces in place
Just let me put my loving arms around you

And let me comfort you
Comfort you

We’ll load your gun with silver bullets
To kill the monsters in your room
A kiss to wash the ashes from your mouth
Your bleeding knees of prayer
Pressed lips against your heart
Dance with your shadow in the open doorway lights

I’ll protect you as you lay there helpless in sleep
From the heartbreaking flowers in the Magnolia trees
Don’t let your life forget to forgive what it has done
Don’t let it take the love left inside you

And let me comfort you
Comfort you

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

You can’t outrun your shadow
Believe me because I’ve tried
And a change in your reflection
Don’t change a thing that’s inside

I know its painful to remember
But the past is there to help us learn
Like the child who hurts his finger
Before believing that fire burns

I would not have gotten up
If you had not let me fall
No I would not have gotten up
If you had not given me room to fall

Sometimes the destination
Don’t mean as much as what brought you there
All the wrong turns I’ve made
Were the only way to get me here

I would not have gotten up
If you had not let me fall
No I would not have gotten up
If you had not given me room to fall

You picked me up by letting me fall

I would not have gotten up
If you had not let me fall
No I would not have gotten up
If you had not given me room to fall

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

Baby take off your coat
And I’ll loosen my tie
You are far too beautiful
For us to turn off the lights

Your December skin
And a trail of our clothes
You can keep your socks on
If your feet are cold

But I don’t want to have to ask permission
Give me a chance
It won’t be perfect, just an unbroken promise from
An imperfect man

Your red wind tongue
My sudden loss of breath
You like the sound of my heartbeat
 When you lay your head on my chest

But I don’t want to have to ask permission
Give me a chance
It won’t be perfect, just an unbroken promise from
An imperfect man
So draw all the curtains, all the goodbyes are gone
Love found through love gone wrong
An unbroken promise from a broken man
To love you the best that I can
Baby, please

Take off your coat
And I’ll turn up the lights
Cause baby I’ve made plans
To stay the rest of my life

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

My sheets still smell like your perfume
On the side of the bed where you used to lay
Left your key and a torn paper note
In blue ink "I’m sorry" is all you could say

But I will be alright
I will be alright
And I hope that he’s with you
Holding you tight
But I hope you’re lonely tonight

I try not to think about you
But I’m scared that I might forget
The clothes you left piled on the floor
Wait like memories I can’t throw away

But I will be alright
I will be alright
And I hope that he’s with you
Holding you tight
But I hope you’re lonely tonight

So tonight when I lay my head down
Without the true love I thought I had found
I’ll pretend that I don’t love you anymore
If I can

But I will be alright
Yes I will be alright
And I hope that he's with you
Holding you tight
But I hope you're lonely tonight

But I still wish I was the one with you
That you’re holding tight
So I wouldn’t be lonely tonight

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

A loaded pistol
She’s shooting at the walls
That always close in at night
In her faded cotton gown
She burns a candle down
Wasting her breath with asking why

She don’t want to go home
Cause she don’t want to sleep alone

Painted sad eyes
He don’t deserve your tears
Turn that light out and come outside
As the caged bird dreams of trees
It sings for company
About the fear of gravity

She don’t want to go home
Cause she don’t want to sleep alone

A burnt child in love with the flame
Every fire ended the same
With the taste of ashes in her mouth
Memories are the food of fools
Drowning in their dreams
A fish bowl filled with fools like me

She don’t want to go home
But she won’t always sleep alone

A loaded pistol
Blow the door open wide
Walk through and start again

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

The florist has no garden of roses
No springtime smiles from newborn daffodils
No orchids in the window reaching for the sun
The florist couldn’t save a single one

The florist comes from work each evening
To her empty house holding an empty vase
She fills it full of water and then she starts to cry out
Why do flowers have to die

So I gave a flower to the florist today
Cause she always has to give her flowers away

She dreams of dandelion jewelry
Why’s it so hard for something that she wants to grow
Tulip is the name of her tired tabby cat
Pawing at the goldfish bowl

So I gave a flower to the florist today
Cause all she always has to give her flowers away
Forgotten garden
Run dry of water
There is still a chance to save this one

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

I need direction because I don’t know where I am
Can’t find the doorway and this straight line just won’t bend
There’s no top to this ladder I’ve climbed
My life is ending with every wasted hour of time

Pull me out
Hang me to dry
Built these walls with all the stones I’ve thrown
Tear them down
So I can see
Who I wanted to be

This self-seeking world has made me hard to find
Every house on my street looks just like mine

Pull me out
Hang me to dry
Built these walls with all the stones I’ve thrown
Tear them down
So I can see
Who I wanted to be

As a child told to follow my dreams
It’s hard because as we grow older we’re questioned when we try

Pull me out
Hang me to dry
Built these walls with all the stones I’ve thrown
Tear them down
So I can see
Who I wanted to be

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

The sink is empty and still leaks water
I count the time by every drop that falls
The grass is high how you like it
I can see it tickle your ankles now
The screen door is screaming at me
It’s the only thing I’ve talked to in days

Sorry I’m late but I bought these for you
Plastic flowers for your bed
Someday soon I’ll be by your side
And your flowers will never die

Our house smells like burnt coffee
I always save a cup for you
I can’t turn the light off to your closet
Or the room where you taught me to love

Sorry I’m late but I bought these for you
Plastic flowers for your bed
Someday soon I’ll be by your side
And your flowers will never die

Sorry I'm late but I bought these for you

Written by Erick Baker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

Got a mouth full of cotton and prescription pills
But there ain’t a medication for the way I feel
White coats, a straight jacket, and padded walls
But a nurse and a needle can’t keep me calm

Cause I’m not going crazy
I wish that were true
No I’m not going crazy
I’m just crazy over you

It’s hard to want a woman and still stay wise
A fine line between love and a man’s lost mind
The doctor says I’m tired and need to rest
But he’s never seen you dancing in your Sunday dress

I’m not going crazy
I wish that were true
No I’m not going crazy
I’m just crazy over you

Still see you sitting here even though you’re gone
But I'll take hallucinations over being alone

So I might be a little crazy
But we all are it’s true
Yes I might be a little crazy
But I’m just crazy over you

Written by Erick Baker and Andy Wood
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP) and Gary Snidgewood Music (ASCAP)

This is the last time I’ll let you say goodbye
Don’t come crawling back saying you want to try
Because I’ve fallen for your tears before
Just to watch you walk back out my door

And I can’t take anymore
I can't take anymore

I won’t break again
And I won’t care, care about where you’ve been
I see there names in your eyes
But one day you’ll realize
And regret the memory
That you only loved me
When you were lonely

This is the last time I’ll let you say goodbye
Don’t call when there’s no one to lie beside
Don’t waste your breath in letters I won’t read
Cause there is nothing in your promises that I need

I can’t take anymore
I can't take anymore

I won’t break again
And I won’t care, care about where you’ve been
I see there names in your eyes
But one day you’ll realize
And regret the memory
That you only loved me
When you were lonely

I can't take anymore
No I won't take anymore

I won’t break again
And I won’t care, care about where you’ve been
I see there names in your eyes
But one day you’ll realize

Written by Erick Baker and Cruz Contreras
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP) and Black Lilly Music (BMI)

Backwater rising
Flooding the fields
The levee is broken
Soon the crops will drown
Who is this stranger
Wearing my face
I need an anchor
To hold my place

Feel the water pulling at my feet
Trying to take away myself from me
But I won’t be the one to shed my skin
To find the end you have to begin somewhere

Lost my dice in the river
Betting quarters at a time
The sickness of wanting
What’s not mine
Empty bottles and road signs
One traffic light
Just waiting on the right shade of green

Feel the water pulling at my feet
Trying to take away myself from me
But I won’t be the one to shed my skin
To find the end you have to begin somewhere

Feel the water
Feel the water now
Feel the water I won't shed my skin
Feel the water now
Because I finally love myself

The house is still standing
Rotting slow in tall weeds
But you can still find shelter
In the limbs of dead trees

Written by Erick Baker and Chris Robbins
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP) and Cartunez (BMI)

February wind
Won't you keep on blowing
Promise me, promise me
Summer’s not coming
Help me shake off
All this cold
With you I want to grow old
Put your arms around me
And carry me tonight

February wind
You cut right through me
You make me someone
I never could be
Won’t let the springtime
Take you away
My eternal Valentine’s Day
Put your arms around me
And hold on tight

February wind
Keep on blowing in
Carry me away tonight
February wind
I hear you calling
I have fallen
And I need you to stay
And carry me away

You blew my shadows away
My only wish is that you’ll stay
Won’t you carry me away

February wind
Keep on blowing in
Carry me away tonight
February wind
I hear you calling
I have fallen
And I need you to stay
And carry me away
Carry me away
Why won't you carry me away