Renee Lyrics

It's Friday afternoon

And you've finally arrived

Just past 4PM on 10/16

And now it's skin to skin time

Gaze up at mom and dad

And the fluorescent lights

In time they wheel us to

Room 7209

You were looking perfectly alright

Basking in the artificial heat lamp glowing bright

At first you were breathing fine

But all too soon we heard your breath rate start to climb

We called the nurse in

To come and take a look

So far everything has all been pretty textbook

I was thinking you'd come home with us today

But then they took you away

All strapped up with wires and trapped inside a pod

Like some kind of futuristic visage

I picked you up and you were so very strong

Leaving you in this place is pushing mama's limits

She'll drive the 60 miles to feed you every day

Until you're home with us and we know that you're okay

And I'll come and see you in your newborn spaceship

By the weekend I'll be driving you away

To come home to the foothills

To your family

The animals are all eagerly awaiting

Hear the street and gaze at all your new surroundings

Listen for the screech of wild parrot flocks resounding

Here we will teach you

All we know

Mother's kindness

And how to move slow

Her sense of patience

To help you grow

You'll know her boundless love

Like no one knows

Father's critique

And searing tongue

A solid sense of when to fight

And when to run

Play the game of life

Like a battle to be won

Aggression taken out

By beating on the drums

From the both of us

You'll receive a few more

Love of animals

And never to be bored

When to work and when to play

And when to do the chores

Balance head and heart

And to be grateful for what's more

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake

Renee

The dreamer

Eliza awake