From the recording Cast Off the Lines
Stay With Me (Howie’s Song) – Words & Music by Becky Shaw
Becky Shaw – Vocal, Guitar
Dawn Shaw Patrick – Violin
Paul Shaw – Drums
Lauren Spence – Upright Bass
Lyrics
Howie is my friend
Yeah, we like to watch the game together
Howie is my friend
We go out in any kind of weather
We like to watch the leaves fall down
(He really loves it when the leaves fall down)
Howie is my friend … Howie is my friend …
Howie makes me smile
Chasin’ the rain down the road
Howie makes me smile
Like he might chase it all to the Gulf of Mexico
But when the clouds start to drown the sun
(You know those clouds’ll try to drown the sun)
Howie makes me smile … Howie makes me smile
Howie makes me smile … Howie makes me smile
They say all good things one day must end, but
Why we ever have to part,
you know I never will understand
So stay with me, my friend
When the show is over and the lights go down
Stay with me, my friend
Just you and me in the stillness now
And when the night starts to drag me down
(You know the night’ll try to drag me down)
Stay with me, my friend … Stay with me, my friend
Stay with me, my friend … Stay with me, my friend
Stay with me
Stay with me, my friend