If I Were There With You

© 2015 Mark Cote

being with you makes me feel I could fly away
fly as far as the milky way
with the love of the words we say
yeah as far as the milky way
if I were there with you

the warmth of your heart like a blanket on a winter night
how it feels to hold you tight
if you just asked me you know I might
live forever with you tonight
if I were there with you

(chorus) if I were
                  there with you
                  if it were really true
                  if I were
                  there with you
                  then it would be
                  then I could see
                  if I were there with you

on the line where the waves kiss the sandy shore
in the future or the day before
in a starlight dress and the dream you wore
my mind sees behind the door
if I were there with you

(chorus)

California Christmas

© 2015 Mark Cote

Far from the snow
I used to know
to ocean sprays
and sunny days
man, I wouldn't trade
a California Christmas

that icy cold
and frozen roads
to open drives
and sunset tides
man, I wouldn't trade
a California Christmas

(chorus) so light the tree
                  does it matter where
                  long as you and I
                  we both are there
                  location is something we dismiss
                  Oh how I love
                  California Christmas

it's much better fun
in the sun
not shoveling snow
in 20 below
man, I wouldn't trade
a California Christmas

(chorus)
(instrumental)

sand castle snowman
on the beach
once a dream
I could not reach
man, I wouldn't trade
a California Christmas

(chorus)

Pretend I Wasn't Here

© 2015 Mark Cote

vivid colors
don't mix pastel
my fluid thoughts
I cannot tell

small town talk
doesn't want to know
a wounded heart
depth of a soul

when the bubble burst
masks came off
what I saw
was not enough

(chorus) Into the night
                  on Poe's raven
                  I take flight
                  misunderstood
                  and out of sight
                  no one looks
                  it's really quite clear
                  so pretend I
                  just wasn't here


among yourselves
life's the same
players may change
but the game's the same

means to an end
it's run it's course
I turn the page
with no remorse

memories fade
and so will I
melting clouds
blend into sky

(chorus)

May it end
on a happy note
may I leave a lump
in your throat

The other side
is not as bad
as shadows I was
the life I had

(chorus)

Do You Still Dance Diana

© 2015 Mark Cote

yesterdays got you down
working weeks spin you round
work and play go hand in hand
just cut loose hear the band

(chorus) do you still dance
                  do you still dance
                  do you still dance Diana
                  don't you still feel that beat
                  does it make you move your feet
                  don't you just wanna go
                  do you still dance....
                  do you still dance
                  Diana

like a top you would go
dancing queen a dynamo
no dance you couldn't do
dazzled eyes gazed at you

(chorus)

stack the past put it away
save it for another day
the night is young and so are we
in this moment you and me

(chorus)