Calico Summer

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) rainbow splashing
                and Frisbee dashing
                daydream shades of beach ball blue
                there's nothing better
                than sun tan weather
                and a calico summer with you

lookin' out that window on summertime
while the days roll along one at a time
smell the sea air hear the sea gulls call
catch a wave and play some volley ball

(chorus)

Yeah, there's nothing better
than sun tan weather
and a calico summer with you

(instrumental)

toss that suit and tie down on the floor
and set your sights on the sunny shore
fire up the rod and wax that board
by the break of dawn they'll find us gone

(chorus)

Yeah, there's nothing better
than sun tan weather
and a calico summer with you

Through Thick Or Thin

© 2010 Mark Cote

Baby, love to make you grin
no matter what shape your heart is in
girl, I'll say it over and over again
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

when nobody is there
and you're thinking nobody really cares
just look in your heart and I will be there
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

(chorus) When your skies are sunny
                when your skies are rainy
                when you're feeling funny
                I'll be by your side
                you know
                you know
                you know it

doing the things that you do
the brightest of you keep shining through
I believe your dreams will always come true
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

Baby, love to make you grin
no matter what shape your heart is in
girl, I'll say it over and over again
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

when nobody is there
and you're thinking nobody really cares
just look in your heart and I will be there
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

 (chorus)

doing the things that you do
the brightest of you keep shining through
I believe your dreams will always come true
I'm gonna be by you through thick or thin

Melody Of Love

© 2010 Mark Cote

I feel the tension in the weight of the air
I see the fear in your uncertain stare
trembling lips don't know what to say
as another sunset fades away...

(chorus) Melody of love... The song in your eyes
                melody of love, a tune never played
                words unspoken
                and hearts don't lie
                melody of love
                the blue of an empty sky

I've touched something locked up inside
run away, hold on to your pride
don't let them know just how you feel
don't let it show, the soft side of steel

(chorus)

(instrumental)

Scented crystals, that glow with a word
but will that word ever be heard
so many choices, in the voice of a smile
so many steps to take, to walk one more mile

(chorus)

My Mother The Ewe

© 2010 Mark Cote

Freddy the farmer and Eunice ewe
one lonely night and a harvest moon
it was cold outside and he got this brainstorm
he'd go out and keep Eunice warm
and now it's

(chorus) My mother the ewe
                what did they do
                am I part of the herd or am I a man
                dad had it tough
                now it's plain to see
                the birds and the bees and me agree

now wooly bully in school, has to be cool
tough as a ram, he's nobody's fool
tries not to remember just how it began
when mom winked at dad
and dad had a plan
and it was

(chorus)

strong as an ox now, and just as brave
he fleeces them all, as long as he shaves
when his kids ask him 'bout his mom and dad
he smiles and says not that baaaaad
 'cause it was

(chorus)

One Click Away

© 2010 Mark Cote

Lived for years in the dark
behind the lines
while back at home past
the hands of time
just one click away you're here with me
just one click away amazes me

In an instant I'm taken away
to where I was born
to where I played
from the house I live
to where my parents lay
all of this just...one click away

(chorus) One click away...
                you can see it all
                one click away...
                this crystal ball
                one click away I am never alone
                one click away you are finally home

you can go to Rome
and never leave home
you can go to the poles
and still stay warm
watch the sun rise on Hyams Beach
and see it set it just within reach
see the world in less than a day
see it all just... one click away
(chorus)

Me, Myself, and I

© 2010 Mark Cote

Me... myself... and I
we are my best friend
don't ask, me why
I think, I started a trend
don't question reality
me my self and I

me, myself, and I
swollen head
I'm never alone at night
self love
self pride
I burn my candle at either end
I really like it
me, myself and I

when I go walking
I'm always beside myself
no, I'm not crazy
when I look in the mirror
I see my very best friend

I'm not a snob, or vain, just it
I walk on a cloud
they all love me, I know
I'm not conceited 'cause I know I'm right
are you ready
for me, myself and I

(instr)

I'm not a snob, or vain, just it
I walk on a cloud
they all love me, I know
The sun shines brighter in my own eyes
are you ready
for me, myself and I

Me... myself... and I
we are my best friend
don't ask, me why
I think, I started a trend
don't question reality
me my self and I
me my self and I
me my self and I
me my self and I
me my self and I

Never Be Another

© 2010 Mark Cote

Raven haired beauty
home town girl
sassy little smile
that rocked our world
dressed to thrill
hearts stand still
a pin-up girl is all the rage
eyes awaken to Betty Page

bound in leather
all in fun
no one did it better
you're the one
playful grin
do a spin
a young man's dream take the stage
take a bow for Betty Page

(chorus) We wanted to know you
                we wanted to hold you
                but you can't hold a dream
                just the stardust it beams
                never be another, never be another
                Betty Page

where did you go
at the top of it all
remember me now
not after the fall
shy away
hide away
this dream should never age
hearts remember Betty Page
(chorus)

From You To Blue

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) From you, to blue now you left me
                from a dream, to a tear
                now I can't hear the love, when a bird sings his song
                from you... to blue

Honey how, did I hurt you
how did love slip away
was it something I did, or something I say
that made you leave me this way
(chorus)

I wait for this nightmare to blow over
and this river of tears I have cried
oh why, oh why, did we ever say goodbye
and when will these tears ever dry
(chorus)

Would You Love Me Too

© 2010 Mark Cote

Daydream, as you paint the days
so many colors, so many ways
I wonder who you're thinking of
when your palette turns to shades of love

your gentle breeze lifts me high
like a flower seed I just want to fly
may I ask something of you
if I said I love you would you love me too

(chorus) I think of you when I look above
                white cloud smiles
                or songs of love
                Do I lift your heart when you feel blue
                if I said I love you would you love me too

reds are greens and nights are white
the bittersweet now tastes just right
as thoughts of you wash in my eyes
and in my ear I hear your sighs

Venus girl with eyes on mars
do you really think we can get that far
I'd gladly drown in those eyes of blue
if I said I love you would you love me too
(chorus)

Hey, have you ever tried
to really reach on out to the other side
if you believe in me, like I believe in you
if I said I love you would you love me too
(chorus)

Sweet Clarity

© 2010 Mark Cote

Take my hand my artistic friend
a musical muse within my pen
paint my words a picture
while it rains outside

Walk in my dream grab all that is there
from shadow blue to sweet  summer white
paint my heart in velvet
while it rains inside

when the words are hard to find
when the rhyme just falls out of time...

(Chorus) smile - sweet clarity
                shine - your light on me
                flow like a wave kisses the shore
                smile, shine, smile
                sweet clarity

when you flow my eyes can now see
the colors in a world now before me
a grey day now shines bright
with you by my side

when the words are hard to find
when the rhyme just falls out of time...

(chorus)

When And Where I Want To Be

© 2010 Mark Cote

The ones, who stare, at lines in the road
don't know where it goes
in their eyes it shows

as I, look up, in a world that looks down
on you and me
afraid to still dream

I remember tomorrow, just yesterday
I plan for today
how long I will stay

(chorus) And it's when.. and where, I want to be
                where the arms still love
                as soft as a dove
                and it's why, I want to be
                more than I am
                do you think that I can
                holding your hand

some push, love, out of the way
from something they fear
it's really not clear

how you, take blue, in so many ways
take day from night
a dreamer in flight

the love in my future, inspired my past
you see into me
just out of reach
(chorus)

this blind man will follow, the light in your eyes
you see through my tears
just like you were here
and

there's something about, the love in your eyes
I can't tell you why
it makes my heart cry
(chorus)

From Blue To You

© 2010 Mark Cote

How did I turn, from blue to you
how you do to me
the things that you do - how do you do
you took me from, my misery
How can you see
what, no one else could see - I don't know

I coulda shoulda woulda
bounces me back to ya

(chorus) I just wanna have something
                I just wanna have something
                to hold on to
                baby  how 'bout you?
                I just feel like jumping
                I just feel like jumping
                from blue to you
                baby  how 'bout you?

you've been my inspiration
tap imagination
girl how 'bout you?
you took from me, this heart of mine
showed it how it could shine
from blue to you
(chorus)
(instrumental)

I coulda shoulda woulda
bounces me back to ya
(chorus)

Pink Lady

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) Pink lady
                dream baby
                you know it's understood
                Pink lady
                dream baby
                you know, you know you would

Cotton candy world
with a flower eyed girl
her morning perfume fills the air
coming from the night
and only bringing light
with sparkle pink streaks in her hair

she greets each day
in a multi-colored way
bringing all my dreams into light
loved her from the start
she opened my heart
and made my love take flight

(chorus)

people goin' round
living underground
may never see her light
I'm so glad I found
her love is all around
if I ask her, she just might

strawberry days
in my mind she plays
a song on her guitar
magical strings
with the love it brings
no matter where you are

(bridge) and maybe some day
                she might say
                she's in love with me...

(chorus x 2, and repeat to fade)

Night Vision Eyes

© 2010 Mark Cote

Like the moon pierces the night
into daydream day
you flow through a dream... to me
oh baby can't you see
it's a mystery
to me

an archer shoot for the moon
just out of reach
you bring out the best... in me
your as far as the stars
but live in the heart
of me

(chorus) oh oh night vision eyes, how do you do
                you bring out the best in me
                oh oh night vision eyes
                you see in me what... I see, in you

if I could just catch your eye
and live in you
am I singing way... off key
If I could just touch your hand
just a moment and then
we'll see
(chorus)

Peppermint On A Rainy Day

© 2010 Mark Cote

she hitched a ride on a bird of paradise
as her July starts to settle
collecting colors in the dreams
and painting a rainbow petal

(bridge) With a love that's made of peppermint
                and wintergree...een
                and velvet snow...ow
                and wintergreen

echoed dreams of day into night
and I never saw the sunshine
she sings a song like a bell in my night
but then she is the starlight

(chorus) Tasting like peppermint on a rainy day
                you take the clouds away
                your the sparkle within my tears
                crystal clear
                you take the clouds away
                like peppermint on a rainy day

(instrumental)
(bridge)

we dance like keys in a song
with an unfamiliar tempo
pushed away all the lonely days
no subtle innuendo
(chorus)

Do You Still Believe

© 2010 Mark Cote

the touch of a hand
when I reach in the dark
the sun to my day, when I wake in your eyes
is what you could be

the arms that hold
as you grow old
the rock by your side, when you wanna run and hide
is what I could be

(chorus) Do you still believe in love
                do you believe in God above
                do you think heaven and earth would move between us
                if we just give it a try
                maybe a dream come true
                a dream between me and you
                the feelings that you, awaken in me
                do I awaken in you
                do you still believe...

a ring on your hand
and a ring on mine
learning love together, through any weather
is what we could be

I'll hold you girl
after we've left this world
knowing our love, wasn't selfish love
is what we will be
(chorus)

Mint In Honey

© 2010 Mark Cote

Look look what you've done to me
the birds and bees and me agree
California in your eyes
a summer dream in your sighs

(chorus) mint mint mint in honey
                ain't she sweet, ain't she funny
                ain't she sunny
                just like... mint in honey

Dream with me in a clover field
let me know just how you feel
kiss me girl I'm in the clouds
shout I love you right out loud
(chorus)

dance with me we keep in time
sing with me let's make it rhyme
our song of love for all to hear
sparkled mint when you are near
(chorus)

Dance Dance On A Wishing Well

© 2010 Mark Cote

Distant love as the flowing ocean
so deep and wide
gentle waves keep brushing my heart
I wonder why...

distant dreams are a changing cloud
so free and light
as I watch them dance I'm swept away
I touch the sky...

(chorus) Dance dance on a wishing well
                sometimes in love you can never tell
                dance dance to a silent rain
                her touch alone can heal my pain
                I hope she'll come back again

songbird sings in the vacuum night
his plaintiff cry
a memory of what could be
just you and I...
(chorus)

One Angel Short Of A Prayer

© 2010 Mark Cote

is it just how she makes me feel
or is there something more
that I don't see
beneath this clouded weary mind

my face aglow I think of you
no matter where you are
you're here in dreams
I dance with you in crystal blue

(chorus) How do you tell an angel that you love her
                not just in spirit but in your heart
                how do you tell her that you want to fly away
                How do you tell an angel that you love her
                am I one angel short of a prayer

feather kisses just in my mind
if I saw through your eyes
and touched your heart
what magical world would I find
(chorus)

Walking In My Own Shadow

© 2010 Mark Cote

sometimes I'm confused
and sometimes I can't see...
where I need to go
from the world I used to know
to what lies just beyond...

sometimes it's not there
the words I want to say...
I look in your eyes
I remember goodbyes
of where we've been before...

(chorus) am I walking in my own shadow
                walking in the night
                burnt by my own dark
                afraid to see the light
                from fears in my past
                and the spell that they have cast
                upon an open heart..


they say love is blind
to a heart that doesn't know...
if we touched in the night
would your heart give up the fight
and then I'd really know...

I dream of you each day
would you go or would you stay
if what we felt was real
your love could not conceal
I'd know I'm in your eyes...
(chorus)

While I Watch You Sleep

© 2010 Mark Cote

As I sit here
and watch you sleep
I think of everything you mean to me
the morning rays
flow through your hair
while you dream of me I say a prayer
while I watch you sleep

Those gentle lips
I don't forsake
if I kissed your heart would you awake
You breathed life
right into me
I return the favor carefully
while I watch you sleep

(chorus) Your the sun to my rain
                the rain to my sun
                but I don't know what I'd do
                if you were gone
                Those beautiful eyes
                that can see to my soul
                saw a world that nobody could have known
                while I watch you sleep

then quietly
you looked at me
I thank the heavens you came back to me
The spark in your eyes
of a little girl
the love for me because you fill my world
while I watch you sleep

(chorus)

Ocean Eyes

© 2010 Mark Cote

you're the one who makes me smile
you're the one who can make me dream
You hold my heart if you only knew
the magical thing that you do

I see something in your eyes
something you just can't disguise
like a window to my soul
in summer from my snow
oh ho..

(chorus) I want to swim in the sea of your ocean eyes
                I want to hear you call my name
                on silken dreams in velvet nights
                until the stars take me away
                I want to bloom in the warmth of your loving touch
                and let your love wash all over me
(Instr)

(bridge) such a big window to a newborn dawn
                such big dreams for a small town boy
                lived life by minutes not hours
                until the day you smiled my way

And that day when we touched
I knew I loved you oh so much
rainbows burst through the night
colors never looked so bright
oh yeah...
(chorus)

Now you're the dream that I found
now love in stereo sound
For you were in love with I
but you were just too shy
I sigh..
(chorus)

Little Blue Book Of Dreams

© 2010 Mark Cote

she found the book sitting on a shelf
titled "To Me About Myself"
she asked me why. I'm glad you asked
 it's about my present, it's about my past
this little blue book of dreams

there are pages written so light
lit only by dark lonely nights
about that page I tore out
a shattered dream I don't talk about

poetic words in colored pen
the one who taught me to dream again
and then I can't forget her name
thanks to her life's never the same
this little blue book of dreams


(chorus) curled pages on striped dream white
                of when it went wrong of when it went right
                read a little further and you'll know what I mean
                this little blue book of dreams


A girl who holds my heart in her hand
touches me from a far off land
she's the one I never knew
written all in ocean ink blue

when my chapters come to the end
since you're my closest friend
the last pages I'll let you write
make it simple make it right
for this little blue book of dreams
(chorus)

No One Sees You Fall

© 2010 Mark Cote

lost in time, seems life spins round
who you are, is a blur of the moment
darkness like smoke chokes a soul
and no one sees you fall

touching you, feels like hollow ground
warming hands, are they just my own
when silence is the loudest sound
and no one sees you fall
no one sees you fall

(chorus) but oh ho
                we pave the road we leave on
                no matter if we walk or run
                the cracks you make today
                will follow you on and on
                and on and on

Dial your heart, get a busy tone
left some love, hoping you might phone
then silence is the loudest sound
and no one sees you fall
no one sees you fall
(chorus)

(bridge) and what I reflect in you
                is only what I see
                I don't know you
                you don't know me
(chorus)

hands of time, are they supersize
but sometimes, you know you don't know why
but if you try real hard you'll see
the answer's not what you see
(chorus)

You're The Question

© 2010 Mark Cote

she touched my heart
and without a word
lit up something in me

I reach for her hand
the one that held me
her love made me strong
what is wrong

(chorus) you're the question my life's been asking
                while I live underground
                while I look up at you with loving eyes
                why do you look down on me
                I can't see

                is it love
                or are you going through the motions
                a gentle sea
                or lost in commotion
                I don't know
                is it real the way that you feel
                is it real

Can't sing to a bird
'cause it can't hear me
I don't sing her song

Can't swim like a fish
'cause I just float there
while she swims along
what is wrong
(chorus)

I look in her eyes
but she looks through me
to a ghost on her wall

love of friendship
comes and goes
like the sun or snow
I don't know
(chorus)