Erik

Four years of late-night computer screens

Telling our secrets, sharing our dreams

You in New Jersey and me in Ohio

Learning your soul before we'd ever say hello

Then you drove out to ride with me to Chicago

To see my friend Janice, and right from the start

You opened my door like a true gentleman

And those sparkling blue eyes just captured my heart

And I was crazy about you, in case you didn't know

You had my heart a long, long time ago

For twenty sweet years, you treated me like a queen

So strong and so smart, you were my everything

I'd do it all again, every high and every low

I was crazy about you, in case you didn't know

You packed up your life and you made one with me

Stepped right in and became our family

You loved my boy Nicholas just like your own

And drove Mom to the doctor so she wasn't alone

I miss our ice cream rides with Reba in the car

And how you loved driving that semi-truck far

You worked so hard, and you spoiled me so much

My adventurous husband, I'm missing your touch

And I was crazy about you, in case you didn't know

You had my heart a long, long time ago

For twenty sweet years, you treated me like a queen

So strong and so smart, you were my everything

I'd do it all again, every high and every low

I was crazy about you, in case you didn't know

We always said I’d be the first one to leave

Twelve years older, it's so hard to believe

From that Arizona ER to the cancer back home

You fought it so hard, didn't want me alone

With so much to do on your bucket list, babe

God called you home, and I'm trying to be brave

But I was crazy about you, in case you didn't know

You had my heart a long, long time ago

I’d be lying if I said this life was easy to do

When every single day I am just missing you

Thank you for being my protector, you loved me so well

Erik, I will always be your babydoll