When I'm with my baby
I know I'll always have a job
She keeps my life so busy
I'm never nodding off

Occupational hazard
Is what my baby breeds
I feel like Merle...always Haggard
If you know what I mean

Some days she is a walk in space
Guess that makes me an Astronaut
Other days a Florist
As I arrange her Forget Me Nots

I've even been a Farmer
When she leaves me standing out in left field
Also working in the Dairy
As she cries over spilt milk

This girls is definitely a workout
So add Body Builder to my resume
And some of the things I've found out
I'd put the NSA to shame

Don't forget Taxi Driver
As she runs me all over town
Also Professional Mover
With my heart continually moving South

I've become a top notch Surgeon
The times that my hearts removed
And a teacher of higher education
When each lesson learned is new

Yes, when I'm with my baby
I know I'll always have a job
As she keeps my life so busy
No way am I nodding off

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I reach out for the silent stillness
In slow motion it turns around
As it gently takes my hand
Without making a sound

I live deep within this void
No song touching my heart
Paralyzed by the fear of pain
Unmoving as a broken clock

A fear that hangs from the broken banister
On the stairwell of time
With nothing more to hold onto
In this climb of life

Looking up from the abyss
Those steps appear so high
Little strength left within my soul
Is it in your touch that my hope lies*

But it's a touch that leaves a numbness
There must be something that I missed
As I find myself falling further
Into the silent stillness

Rambling boy, ramble on
Your so far away from home
Where it is you'll end up next
Is as good as anybody's guess

Randomly you choose a star
The furthest one from where you are
Though you've not made it that far yet
Still to soon to place your bets

As you go from near to far
Trying to out run your life scars
That for years you've held onto
Or is it they wont let go of you

As you reach the far left coast
California raise a toast
This is now where you find you are
The Pacific holds your distant star

Rambling boy set your suitcase down
On the edge of surf and sand
This is where your meant to be
Contemplating life by the golden sea

Houston,
We seem to have a problem
Love never took off
The way we were expecting

After all the flowers
And all the money spent
We never had a go
We never made a dent

Houston,
All systems have shut down
We never could get this love affair
Up off the ground

10, 9, 8
7 and then 6
That's only as far
As this countdown went

Houston,
Could we give it another try
Isn't there a back up
Could we launch this thing at night

Although a love like this
Has been in the plan for years
All it is that we have left
Is a control room full of tears

Houston,
We seem to have a problem
Love never took off
The way we were expecting

I'm going to take myself to dinner
Guess you could say a date
I'll make sure to bring myself home early
I know how I hate to stay out late

I'll order off a fancy French menu
Just to try and impress myself
Cause when it is that I go out
I treat myself like no one else

I'll carry on  a great conversation
But of course underneath my breath
I don't want those at the next table
To think I'm talking to myself

I might even order off the desert menu
Though I know I'm trying to watch my weight
I'll ask for one spoon instead of two
Don't want to get too weird on this date

When the bill does come around
I won't hesitate to pick it up
And I won't rudely gasp and comment
That I think I ordered the expensive grub

I'll drive straight back to the house
Then tell myself goodnight
Saying I had the best of times
Then go inside and shut the lights