And A Mommy In A Pear Tree

I’m really excited about this Good Song Sunday post because I get to introduce you to three of my beautiful mommy friends! Amy Dale, Michelle Patterson, and Cathleen Hobson wrote this song together and the video was shot on Friday night, when they debuted as the band “Yer Mom” at an open mic night here in town.

Here’s a note from Michelle (the one in the middle) about the song and how they wrote it in the midst of 11 kids between them:

We were sitting around watching kids together on Sunday afternoon while the husbands watched a football game somewhere else.  We started talking music and I played this half-baked song for Cath and Amy.  We decided to try and finish it right then, amidst kid chaos and husband absentness.  We hammered it out in an hour and it was a blast.  In retrospect, it seems like a mistake because now our husbands will expect that kind of creativity out of us when they leave us alone with all of the kids again.

Trust me. You want absolutely every piece of music these ladies have put out. And you can find them together at  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wwfellowship and you can find more of Michelle at www.barryandmichelle.com.

MAKESHIFT

There’s something makeshift about you baby
I don’t mean shifty, I mean improvised
barely hanging on

There’s some kind of need in your eyes
I don’t mean needy, I mean longing for
a partner for your crime

There’s some kind of danger in your wake
I don’t mean danger for it’s sake
You’re just too glad to be alive

You might not have a plan
Deal me in cuz
Baby I’m your man
Even if you lose another hand
Love is not a game
All the same
I’m all in

There’s some kind of careless in our tracks
I don’t mean aimless, I mean wandering
and never looking back

There’s some kind of desperate in our eyes
I don’t mean grasping, I mean clinging to
each other for dear life

There’s something insane about us baby
I don’t mean crazy, I mean raisin’ hell
and breakin’ all the rules