"Stay Awhile" is an intimate acoustic performance of some of Erick's most popular songs and the stories behind them, along with two previously unreleased songs. 

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)

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)

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 and Brian Brubaker
Published by Two Left Feet Music (ASCAP)

Day and night, night and day
Day and night, night and day
I try to find the words to say
That I will love you, I will love you night and day

No promises no guarantees
No one knows where this may lead
But now I can not see my life 
Without you as my wife

Day and night, night and day
Day and night, night and day
I try to find the words to say
That I will love you, I will love you night and day

Baby let’s go run and hide
When the door closes we can lock the world outside
And you can take your lipstick off
Your kiss will still be just as soft
It’s not your makeup that makes you beautiful to me

Please believe these words are true
Practiced a hundred times in my empty room
Will you take this ring and my foolishness
Take my last name and wear it like your favorite dress

Day and night, night and day
Day and night, night and day
I have dreamed of our wedding day
The taste of tear drops as you say
That you will love me, you will love me night and day

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
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 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

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

I’ve got the demons
They followed me home last night
Because I know what I did
Just wasn't right

Now my morning shower
Couldn’t wash them away
Been sitting heavy on my shoulders
Whispering all day

I need an exorcism
Some holy water or a prayer
This is my confession
So my soul will be repaired

The body is a battleground
Between evil and good
I often do what I shouldn't
Not what I should

I need an exorcism
Some holy water or a prayer
This is my confession
So my soul will be repaired

Lord make me full when I’m feeling empty
Lord make me whole when I am falling apart
Lord make strong when I’m feeling tempted
A desperate invocation to save my soul
Save my soul

Forgiveness may be possible
But forgetfulness is a fight
I’ve got the demons
Help me find the strength in me so they won't follow me home again tonight

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

You look so good when you’re dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when you’re dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life

All your crooked teeth
Make a perfect smile
I’d buy a wall full of clocks 
If it would stop time for awhile
I love to watch your mouth
Move with the words of the songs
And I don’t care 
If they’re right or wrong

You look so good when you’re dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when you’re dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life

Love is like water
Shaped from the shores that it meets
Your delicate fingers
And my two left feet
Me in my stiff Sunday clothes
Pressed starched pants
We’ll keep the light at our backs
And watch our shadows hold hands
Please hold my hand

Because you look so good when your dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when your dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life
Can I have this dance with you
Can I have this dance with you
For the rest of my life

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

Hell on earth ain’t hard to find
But you can save me from mine
Stop the time’s bayonet
From stabbing all that’s delicate

I won’t be afraid of growing old
If I have you hand to hold
I’m looking for eternity
Will you find it with me

Please stay awhile
Show me how to smile
Please stay awhile

I am not a great man
But I’ll give you all I can
I’ll be the lashes on your eyes
Catch every tear that you cry

Please stay awhile
Show me how to smile
Please stay awhile

Let’s fill this room with empty coffee cups so we don’t ever have to go to sleep
Because if I close my eyes I fear tomorrow won’t let this day repeat

My life’s been filled with turned out lights and haunted by the hurt of closing doors
Let’s turn the locks and lose the keys because I don’t want them open anymore

I see you in an antique wedding gown and me slowly walking down the aisle
Won’t you be the mother of my child so I can see you every time she smiles

So please stay awhile
Please stay awhile