Music

So part of the birth plan that E.M. and I have had together for countless months (really, it's a sad thing, the amount of planning and thinking we have done for this child that has yet to be conceived!) we have stated that we want minimal interruptions during labor, lowered lights, quiet room, etc. and that we want to play our own music during labor and delivery. Now, if you know either of us in the slightest (offline) you know our every waking moment is filled of the sound of music -- hip hop, rap, pop, oldies, country, rock, alternative....anything but metal. So we have found some (specifically 66) songs that are calm, that embrace family and love, as well as embrace diversity but that are also soothing to me and compiled them on itunes as the "Labor and Delivery" playlist.

Anyway the point of this blog update is because I found the absolute most magnificent song ever... and E.M. likes it! :) So... I wanted to post the lyrics as it is a truly beautiful song.

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It Takes A Man :: Aaron Lines

She locked her fingers and bowed her head
She said I'm late, and I'm really scared
You can go, but I hope you stay
I'm gonna keep it, either way
In my daddy's el camino
In her driveway in the rain
Staring through the windshield
I could see my future change
And my heart hit like a hammer
And my thoughts were running wild
Any fool can make a baby
It takes a man, to raise a child
I laid my head, down on the wheel
She said I know, I know, it don't seem real
She closed her eyes, tears flowed through
She said don't hate me, for loving you
In my daddy's el camino
In her driveway in the rain
Staring through the windshield I could see my future change
And my heart hit like a hammer
And my thoughts were running wild
Any fool can make a baby
It takes a man, to raise a child
Well I could not reassure her
I couldn't say what I had planned
Couldn't put three words together
So I just, took her hand
In my daddy's el camino
In her driveway in the rain
Staring through the windshield
I could see my future change
And my heart hit like a hammer
And my thoughts were running wild
Any fool can make a baby
It takes a man, to raise a child
It takes a man


-Jess