Can You Get Your Head Around It

© 2017 Mark Cote

blind man driving me to the show
through yesterday and tomorrow we go
valeted chapters of cages
living for meager wages

in the mirror running from myself
becoming clearer not how I felt
feedback buzzing drowns the shouts
uncertain fears and words of doubt

(chorus) Can you get your head around it
                  the twisted misted road
                  sometimes it's just things you never know
                  can you get your head
                  can you get your head
                  can you get your head around it

silkworm spins a tall tall tale
where nobody wins and nobody fails
the confusion illusion is all they know
biting their tails as they go

(bridge) lipstick eyes that hypnotize
                  and promise you the moon
                  the jagger's lager will vitalize
                  and life is a cartoon

(chorus)

Breeze Of Love

© 2012 Mark Cote

Paint by number world
without the colors
sometimes the summers
seem so long

lonely sunrise boy
greets the weary day
her petals woke him up, but
she couldn't stay

(chorus) Breeze of love
                  blowing
                  scents of love
                  lead him on
                  seems so close then
                  then their gone
                  floating...
                  on and on
                  where do I go
                  where it's right not wrong

northern august moon
she is laughing
just like yesterday
he plays the fool

all his heart can do is
is keep on guessing
with no dream alive
in his own prison

(chorus)

Milking The Truth

© 2017 Mark Cote

milking the truth 'til it's sour lies now
that's what it became
chewing the fat 'til your old and grey now
how do you behave

(bridge) and when those rats start to scurry around
                  hurry around
                  the wonders of the world will not be found
                  living underground

chirping birds with nothing to say
except behind your back
turn your eyes they don't know
haven't got the knack

(chorus) when you're gone I think you'll know
                  don't you know
                  what you seek is what you know
                  don't you know
                  don't you know...
(instrumental)

milking the truth 'til it's sour lies now
that's what it became
you can say it in so many ways
it's just the same

(bridge) and when those rats start to scurry around
                  hurry around
                  the wonders of the world will not be found
                  living underground

trying to shake the hand of time
with your calloused skin
the pearly gates may not unlock
won't let you in

(chorus)

It's Just Not The Same

© 2017 Mark Cote

I cried for days
I couldn't stay
it was blowing my mind
I was so sure
I was insecure
felt left behind

it seems to be
this colored dream
and paisley skies
pull away
and start to fade
when they close their eyes

it's just not the same
it's just not the same

help me understand
the artist's hands
and borrowed time
like shifting sand
another land
and undefined

(chorus) 'til then
                  we'll wonder why
                  as angels give them their wings
                  it's just not the same
                  it's just not he same

Learn how to see
reality
through their eyes
words will flow
like seeds we'll sow
and eagles will fly

(chorus)

Dog Eat Dog

© 2013 Mark Cote

Ten years of work thrown it away
younger pup come and take it away
dog eat dog
dog eat dog world
dog eat dog

chasing tails never grows old
reaching for things they never can hold
dog eat dog
dog eat dog world
dog eat dog

don't bark at me I might bite back
everybody's under attack
in this
dog eat dog world
dog eat dog
dog eat dog world
dog eat dog

and...
         if it all gets taken away
         would you see me in the same old way
         when you find out we all live the same
         would you hang your head down in shame
         dog eat dog
         dog eat dog world
         dog eat dog

(instrumental)

I won't ever, ever be found
sniffing at feet that march to the sound
of a
dog eat dog
dog eat dog world
dog eat dog