Dum Dum Diddle

© 2011 Mark Cote

upper class
sassafras
the one with the gift of the word

what a lady
drives me crazy
singing like a little bird

(chorus)  dum dum diddle diddle dum diddle doe
                  dum dum diddle diddle dum
                  dum dum diddle diddle dum diddle doe
                  dum dum diddle diddle dum

who will know
where words will go
how she puts them into place

multi-rhymed
out of time
with such style
with such grace

(chorus)

I sit in awe
the blind man saw
such a silly goose

she speaks in riddles
in the middle
in the colors of chartreuse

(chorus)

Heart's Desire

© 2011 Mark Cote

why do I
get this feeling all the time
every time you speak those words to me

hearts in time
on this trail that we ride
we laugh together side by side

(bridge)  every time
                  I'm with you
                  I think that I'm on fire
                  but I know
                  I am not
                  it's just my heart
                  heart's desire

(chorus)  heart's desire
                  from the North's cold and grey
                  heart's desire
                  to the Spring of a summer day
                  ride this wave that takes us higher
                  on the wave of
                  our heart's desire

Some day
when we should be hand in hand
but until that day I understand

in a dream
I am in yours you're in mine
maybe tomorrow we will find

(chorus)

If You Just Believe In You

© 2011 Mark Cote

Billboard buses on mockingbird lane
carry people with stars in their eyes
to neon dreams and back alley schemes
from worlds they left behind

puppeted people speak plastic words
will try to keep you underground
for invisible strings is all they bring
steal dreams without a sound

It doesn't matter to you at all
it doesn't matter
it doesn't matter...

(chorus)  sequins are diamonds if you believe
                  reality is the dream that you conceive
                  if you just believe in you
                  you can make those dreams come true

                  the road is not as long as you see
                  the goal is closer under moving feet
                  if you just believe in you
                 you can make those dreams come true

the turtle can't see from inside his shell
but his world is safe and warm
will the rain burn or will it clean
the rumble of a storm

It doesn't matter to you at all
it doesn't matter
it doesn't matter...

(instrumental)
(chorus)

Your Heart Is Miles Away

© 2013 Mark Cote

laying in the dark looking for the touch that reaches out

in anticipation where are you

dreaming of you feeling for me what I feel for you

in anticipation where are you

(chorus)   I see the the sun but can I feel her warmth

                   as this love goes back and forth

                   near as your side of the bed 

                   but your heart is miles away

                   I see the honey but don't taste the sweet

                   where words and emotions meet

                   as near as your side of the bed

                   but your heart is miles away

seeing in your eyes the world that's hidden within

I only want to be there with you

is my love the one that you will cherish in your world

I only want to be there with you

am I reaching more for you than you are for me

am I making it more than it was meant to be

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(instrumental)

Will I ever break the fortress that's around your heart

will you open your heart to me

does another one keep you hanging on

will you open your heart to me

You Saw The Best In Me From The Start

© 2011 Mark Cote

Some have called me a loser
since they took it all from me
some have called me a loner
but I see more than what they see
and you always knew I did
from the start

cannot touch tomorrows
'til we give up our yesterdays
looking in the mirror
thought my past was too much to take
but you always lifted me
from the start

(chorus)  you believed in me
                  when no one else could see
                  and sometimes I doubted myself
                  but you saw the best in me
                  from the start

though you have never held me
I hold you inside my heart
wanted to tell you I love you
did you feel the same way for me
and I think you always did
from the start

(chorus)

She Sure Knows How To Make It Rain

© 2011 Mark Cote

It was a sunny day
never dreamed the words she'd say
how clouds came here to stay
she sure knows how to make it rain

finds a temptation
in a lover's hesitation
what is her fascination
she sure knows how to make it rain

(chorus)  let it rain down
                  down my weary face
                  the scars will not erase
                  let it rain
                  let it rain down
                  wash away the memories
                  each drop a piece of me
                  let it rain

love's no guarantee
her heart will stay with me
if she still wants to be free
she sure knows how to make it rain

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(chorus)

Is This Where I Belong

© 2013 Mark Cote

in this town of empty dreams
thought that I had it made
have a house
have a car
but the love I knew is gone

now faces that show no warmth
try to pull me in or push me down
don't want to fall
but where to run
when I don't know where to go

(chorus)   running in circles
                  circles in my mind
                  stay here in my past
                  or leave it all behind
                  well I may never
                  I may never know
                  is this where I
                  is this where I belong

traveled far away to other towns
looked at things I'd never seen
all the people seem so nice
felt like it welcomed me

the price that it takes to start again
and the cost to just sustain
will I be losing ground
and who is it that I blame

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