Intro
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Our son is four months old his name is Anthony or Ash for short
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And he's too small to do things by himself
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We were in LA over Christmas in a rental and we jury-rigged a place
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To change his diapers on a shelf
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I was peeing in the bathroom and had left him for a second
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'Cause I thought he couldn't move and he was safe
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As I came out I saw him falling in slow motion to the floor
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It was probably the worst moment of my life
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And then I accidentally stole a thing of chapstick from the safeway
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I didn't see it 'til I got out to the car
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I would have usually returned it but I was overwhelmed
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And late to take the baby to my cousins which was far away
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In my defense, I'd bought like 87 dollars worth of groceries
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And the chapstick was a dollar 99
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I know it wasn't the right thing to use
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My newborn child as an excuse
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But it felt like a good reason at the time
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And as I pulled out of the parking lot I cried
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And as I pulled onto the highway I said right
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At least the baby didn't die
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At least the baby didn't die
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And then we went to Sarasota
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To see Neil's cousin Helen
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For her birthday she just turned ninety-nine
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We were also there for Sidney
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Who was ninety-four two days before
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But he was sick, so mostly it was Ash and Helen time
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She survived the War saw ghetto
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And she always says I love you"
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When she sees you 'cause she knows you never know
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She'd worked for months while I was pregnant
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On a gorgeous handmade blanket
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Her almost-hundred-year-old hands crocheting every row
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I'd been emailing her pictures of the baby and the blanket
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Every day since she had sent it in the mail
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But they were of one that someone else had knitted
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She was really nice about it
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Then I went and shoplifted a pair of ugly sunglasses
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From Goodwill (they were on my head
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I'd tried them on and left them there)
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But that's not really bad compared to
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When we left the baby in the car
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At least he wasn't in there very long
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And not directly in the sun
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And thank god no-one walking by happened to notice what we'd done
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I'm even scared to put these lyrics in a song
But
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Everything is relative and everyone's related
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I can't do that much right now
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But take care of this baby
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I figure everything's technically all right
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If at least this baby doesn't die
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And then I took a plane to Washington alone
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So we could visit Jason Webley who's his godfather
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And plays a mean accordion
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I couldn't wait to see him and share tales of our disasters
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Over dinner in his houseboat when I saw I'd lost my passport
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So I got a rush appointment at the place where you replace them
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And I drove the baby in and on the way I got a speeding ticket
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When the cop came to the window I was shaking and I said "I'm sorry"
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But you couldn't hear me that's how loud the sound of screaming was
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Cause he was hungry and I think that I was speeding
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Cause I panic when I hear him cry
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My god what kind of a mother am i
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And as I pulled out of the breakdown lane I cried
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And as I pulled out on the highway I said right
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At least the baby didn't die
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At least the baby didn't die"
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While I was waiting for my passport I was hungry so
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I twittered for a coffee in the neighborhood
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And there I saw a woman who was sitting at the bar
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And it was noon and she was drinking
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And she called across the diner to me How old is your baby?"
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And she smiled at us nursing
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And she said she had a daughter who was grown
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And then she paused
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And said she also had a son
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And when I'd paid and was about to leave
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I picked him up and crossed the room and touched her sleeve
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I said, Hey, this baby wanted to say hi"
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And she held him tight and she started to cry
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And I'm sorry that this story's gotten long
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And that everybody's crying in this song
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And then I got back in the car I turned the radio and heater on
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And sat there with the baby in the back
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And they were talking about Syria and climate change and ISIS
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And the candidates' positions on Iraq
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I feel so useless in this universe
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I know I could be doing worse
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I'm trying hard to stay at peace inside
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I know it's hard to be a parent
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But this mess is so gigantic
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i wonder if I should have had a child
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And as I pulled out of the parking lot I cried
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And as I pulled out on the highway I said
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right
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At least the baby didn't die
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At least the baby didn't die
EVERYBODY:
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At least the baby didn't die!!
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At least the baby didn't die!!
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(i may not make it to the passport place on time!)
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(and they might revoke my license for a while!!)
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(and I might get caught for retroactive theft!!)
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(and I might get turned into the DSS!)
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But at least the baby didn't die"
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