How Long Before You'll Be Tired Again

© 2010 Mark Cote

How long before you'll be tired again
where are those letters you promised to send
I slept for hours, slept for days
stumbled through a never-ending haze
and never see the light
since you took my summer
took my summer away

How long before you'll be tired again
will water colors ever hope to blend
the glass is always stained with my blood
just an emotional flash flood
of my purple tears
'cause when the tide comes in
the tide will take me away

(break) finger painting mind
               never see the sign
               of where to go
               so I paint in hues
               of memories of you
               the love I hold inside
               it colors up my mind girl

How long before you'll be tired again
where are those letters you promised to send
I slept for hours, slept for days
stumbled through a never-ending haze
and never see the light
since you took my summer
took my summer away

How long before you'll be tired again
How long before you'll be tired again
How long before you'll be tired again

God Only Knows The Truth

© 2010 Mark Cote

I give a rose I get back thorns
stay away is now what he warns
her sweet voice
her voice is all that they should know

so much easier to live the lie
than to try a little bit of humble pie
pride you trade in
you trade pride in for your very soul

(chorus) as long as my voice goes unheard
                your voice is the dirty word
                God only knows
                God only knows the truth
                the wall around you of barbed tongues
                blind men shooting their empty guns
                God only knows
                God only knows the truth

(instrumental)

this private prison you put me in
as bambi smiles at me an evil grin
and you alone
you alone is the one who holds the key

you keep your fears I'll keep my sadness
paranoia is it's own madness
a dish that's best
a dish that's best eaten all alone

(chorus)

The Day My Heart Went Blind

© 2010 Mark Cote

I lost my shoe I lost my way
on the path of life we sometimes stray
trusted love but should've run away
crazy boy now you will really know

summery eyes, can fool, a color blind soul

(chorus) And I never even cried
                since the day my heart went blind
                never said a word
                for sorrow goes unheard
               so I'll smile and I sigh
               since the day my heart went blind
                since the day my heart went blind

did I really know her at all
or was I climbing the mountain for the sudden fall
the bottom just can't be found
in the dark you fall you'll never hit the ground

tropical lips, can melt, a candy heart

(chorus)

in the darkness it is only shades of grey
in the silence there is nothing left, no words to say

(instrumental)

You Will Make It Through

© 2010 Mark Cote

whipping winds on your face as it stings
everyone's a stranger
you must walk on this path all alone
and never mind the danger

violin with plastic strings
hear the children's laughter
despite it all you try to stand tall
and see the morning after

(chorus) When the ones you love are pulled away
                when all you have, is the love you knew
                when the light's too bright to run away
                That's the time you know you'll make it through
                you will make it through

behind the mask the blind man asks
how did you like your dinner
you choke it down with a half hearted frown
you will be the winner

(chorus)

who to trust... who to love... it's a mystery
olive branch... little dove... a mystery to me

(instrumental)
(chorus)