Dereks Song

When Derek was born as you know he spent two weeks in the NICU. A small radio played in the Nurses station that was near by. This song by Jewel played often.
I would sit and rock him, stroke his hair around his ears and hum this song to him. As he got older this song would stop me dead in my tracks. I would rush back to that rocking chair, that room my baby boy in my arms.
Sometimes when he's sick or very tired he asks for his Momma Song. This is what I sing.
To me at the time he was this mysterious creature I loved that I hadnt figured out yet. It sort of fit in a strange sort of way.

Foolish Games
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.

Well in case you failed to notice,In case you failed to see,This is my heart bleeding before you,This is me down on my knees, and...

(Chorus)These foolish games are tearing me apart,And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.You're breaking my heart.

You're always brilliant in the morning,Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you.You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.
You'd teach me of honest things,Things that were daring, things that were clean.Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean.I hid my soiled hands behind my back.Somewhere along the line, I must've gone Off track with you.

Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else,Somebody who gave a damn,Somebody more like myself.

You took your coat off,Stood in the rain,You're always crazy like that.