What A Way To Go

© 2010 Mark Cote

You take me down, oh so slowly
with kisses so deep, baby you know me
the heat of passion could be so much more
but what a way to go

I swim in those eyes, that flow so deeply
whispered I love you, soft and sweetly
might be sinking too deep, maybe I don't know
but what a way to go

(chorus) what a way to go... (what a way, way to go)
                what a way to go... (what what, a way to go)
                I could vanish tomorrow
                but I cherish today
                but what a way to go

(Instrumental)

as I turn each page, it tastes so tempting
chapter to chapter, a happy ending
this story may have been told before
but what a way to go

(chorus)

I'm Better Than That

© 2010 Mark Cote

Some only see the dark in those
who try their best
with a heart of gold
but when you look for fault in all you see
you'll never be
the best in you or the best in me
I choose not to wear that hat... I'm better than that

(chorus) I'm better, better
                I'm better, better
                I'm better than that
                I'm better, better
                I'm better, better
                I'm better than that

There is always light in the darkest night
when things go wrong
and life is tight
those looking down never look above
they never see
the dove flies above you and me
the best in you or the best in me
I choose not to wear that hat... I'm better than that

(chorus)

Why Why Why

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) Tell me why .... why... why
                 did you ever leave me
                 why .... why... why
                 did you just let it go
                 why .... why... why
                 did you change go and your mind
                 Oh tell me why

I've given you all the answers
but you still riddle me
I never quite
see the light
am I too blind to see

love is still elusive
it's just a mystery
when you catch it
it wants to be free

(chorus)
(instrumental)

little bird just fly away
I'll never clip your wings
what's left of me
for all to see
with the song she sings

gonna wind back the hands of time
to a place and time
when you were all mine

(chorus)

You're Into Me, I'm Into You

© 2010 Mark Cote

I'd travel half the world to be with you
but my heart is already there
it's worth the moments in your arms
down by the creek on your daddy's farm

I don't mind the dusty days and grey cloud nights
'cause I know you always care
I could tell you that I love you
but I'm sure that you already knew

(chorus) there's no distance too far
                no night to dark
                to keep us away
                too keep us apart
                we bridge time and space with this love so true
                you're into me I'm into you

With a gentle breeze flowing in your hair
and my kiss upon your lips
our worlds start to melt away
and 2 hearts become one today

If ever we should try to pull away
it's a love we cannot resist
For when you've found a love like ours
within your heart written in the stars

(chorus)

No Escape From The State Of You

© 2010 Mark Cote

Jasmine July on a stormy eve
you taught me to love, I taught you to believe
the love you wore it fit just right
and I fell for you on a summer night..

(chorus) Minnesota to Oklahoma
                I will always see your eyes
                from Nebraska to Alaska
                running through my state of mind
                at each border, I hope to find
                what I'm running from I left behind
                I'm only fooling myself it's true
                there's no escape from the state of you

state of confusion I enter now
the day I lost you I don't know how
some say that we just fell apart
others say she broke my heart
the more miles that I go it drifts away
but the state of you I can't erase

(chorus)

Miles of highway in these wheels
can't hide the way I feel
of all the wonders I've been to
there's nothing quite like the state of you

(chorus)

A Long Night

© 2010 Mark Cote

That night it seemed so right
a love kept out of sight
the passion in our eyes
tell me how do you feel...

where did we go wrong
can the love that felt so strong
really be so wrong
tell me how do we heal

(chorus) it's gonna be a long night, a long night
                howling at the moon
                a long night, a long night
                howling dusk 'til dawn
---(tempo change)---
                and I'll dream of you every moonlit night
                the magic that we made

a love that now seems cold
I have no hand to hold
another page unfolds
I don't know what to feel

a mermaid on the shore
an angel lost in flight
shown a love I've never known
or was it even real

(chorus)

When You Grow Up

© 2010 Mark Cote

Little boy, little boy
little boy pretending to be a man
you've never walked in his footsteps
 what makes you think you can

little girl, laugh and twirl
little girl so full of yourself
take another look around
and put your ego on the shelf

(chorus) When you grow up (grow up)
                you'll see the world is bigger than you
                When you grow up (grow up)
                you should find something better to do
                you never see just where it's at
                until you grow up too

life will teach you
when it meets you
and you'll know just what I mean
you'll never see it with mirrored eyes
being so squeaky clean

(chorus)

It's The Hoodoo Doing It In The Name Of Voodoo

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) It's the hoodoo doing it
                It's the hoodoo doing it
                It's the hoodoo doing it
                in the name of voodoo

walking around a misty grave
the zombies are after you
you'll never know 'til it's too late
the power of the hoodoo

cries in the night
a lovely sound
as the owl sings along
another succumbs into the night
and voodoo is in the song

you better watch it now...

(chorus)
(instrumental)

watch your step on hallowed night
when the dead begin to roam
for if you dare to tread alone
you'll never make it home

they're coming for you...

(chorus)

I Walk This Bridge Alone

© 2010 Mark Cote

advice, from somewhat jaded eyes
is only partly wise
though the words that you mention
are all with good intention
I walk this bridge alone

when they think it's truth that you've found
those feelings they come sneaking around

(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
         where I need to be
         the pages they have turned...
         it's so, much more than what they see
         no one can walk this bridge but me
         though it's badly burned
         badly burned

all alone in your nightmare
who is by your side
the demons you must face
you're who has to decide
and you walk your bridge alone


(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
                where I need to be
                the pages they have turned...
                it's so, much more than what they see
                no one can walk this bridge but me
                with lessons I have learned
                I have learned

(instrumental)

when they think it's truth that you've found
those feelings they come sneaking around

(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
                where I need to be
                the pages they have turned...
                it's so, much more than what they see
                no one can walk this bridge but me
                though it's badly burned
                and lessons I have learned
                I have learned

Lovesick Heart Attack

© 2010 Mark Cote


From the time I saw you
and the time you saw me
there was something, we both knew
The time, the place, it was meant to be

summer moonlight, hand in hand
hear the ocean kiss the sand
as dolphins dance just off shore
I give my heart to the girl next door

Never thought it'd be like this
never thought I'd melt with a kiss

(Chorus) I want to make you
                bite your lip
                twirl your hair
                see summer dreaming in your stare
                curl your toes
                your eyes roll back
                while your nails rake down my back
                call my name
                with each sigh
                forever more, you and I
                In this moment
                I won't give back
                your my lovesick heart attack

stars watching from up above
arms all tangled up in love
when the sun wakes up to see
the love I dream is here with me

Long as I see me in your eyes
I'll always know you are mine
I'm forever blinded by the love of you
you'll always know my love is true

Never thought it'd be like this
never thought I'd melt with a kiss

(chorus)

Merry Go Round

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) round and round on the merry go round of life we go
                how's your pony
                how's the ride
                it's a merry go round of life
                how's the sounds
                how's the sights
                it's a merry go round of life

slickered smiles and cardboard dreams
living someone else's dream
the view won't change if you follow those
if this is the path that you chose

(chorus)

wear the clothes of someone else
you keep your dreams to yourself
say just the words that you're told
little sheep can you be more bold

(chorus)

Unhook your pony let him run
try something they've never done
you'll see the world you never knew
find the dream wrapped up in you

(chorus)

Vacation In Your Eyes

© 2010 Mark Cote

Haven't seen a weekend in a long long time
only saw the night, the sun never shined
the smiles were cold and the laughs they were few
'til I met you

surfing through the week of waves of days
lost and confused in a cloudy haze
as I get closer the sun breaks through
that sunny you

(chorus) Take me away to a palm tree nights
                take me away to sandy sights
                take me to the turquoise skies
                take my vacation in your eyes
                smell the air hear the sea
                all that matters is you're here with me
                a chorus of love in your sighs
                I'll take my vacation in your eyes

(instrumental)

(bridge) that something I feel when I look in your eyes
                is hard to explain, it's so hard to define
                never knew the depth of ocean eye blue
               'til I met you

(chorus)

Watercolor Mind

© 2010 Mark Cote

from pigmented eyes, Bermuda green
a palette of all that is you
raspberry lips with a cellophane sheen
now kiss somebody new

you brushed my heart in bristling hues
two hearts tangled in rhyme
did I stir passion in you
or will pages just fall out of time

(chorus) and when your Monet is on display
                will my memory wash away
                like paint down the drain..
                will my colors just fade behind
                in your watercolors
                in your watercolor mind

pastel skies run deep sea blue
our memory is evergreen
the love that I found in the you that I knew
from my night to my day in between

wanderlust dream leading you on
I will not stand in your way
little bird can't fly like a swan
and I'll fly with you some day

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

Pretty Poison

© 2010 Mark Cote

I taste the sugar
I taste the salt
I trip and stumble and you're standing tall
you picked me up when I was down
then laugh at me as I kiss the ground... again...

Pretty poison
you taste so sweet
what is this that's happened to me..
can't think straight, 'cause I'm spinnin' 'round
smile down at me the sarcastic clown...


(chorus) pretty poison, pretty colorful sounds
                pretty poison, you'll never be found


misty moonlight
are you havin' fun
inflate a dream watch it come undone
even freud wouldn't know what to do
as strange at it sounds, you'd charm him too

(chorus)

Optimistic Arrogance

© 2010 Mark Cote

I know you'll make it, see your name in lights
when you get there remember to write
a dog wags his tail 'cause he don't know
optimistic arrogance

You're gonna meet the love of your life
have lots of children a beautiful wife
where are you hiding your crystal ball
optimistic arrogance

(chorus) They say fly colorful when skies are grey
                sing your song when you've lost your way
                show love and it will come your way
                it will come to you today

optimistic arrogance I know you mean well
no disrespect I think it is swell
it's just hard to see the light when you live in the dark
can't start a fire without a spark

(chorus)

Brightest Wave In The Sea

© 2010 Mark Cote

If the sea mist, kissed you lips
If the surfers ride, they can't resist
the dolphins know..
the dolphins know..

You sparkle by the lighted moon
you sing softly, a night in June
soft and slow...
gently flow...

(chorus) you're the brightest wave in the sea
                that is what you meant and mean to me
                you mean to me...
                bright and free...

I could sleep in the sand just in your reach
hear the roar of an ocean's speech
until the dawn...
until you're gone...

(chorus)

(instrumental)

If the sea mist, kissed you lips
If the surfers ride, they can't resist
the dolphins know..
the dolphins know..

TMI Kind Of Guy

© 2010 Mark Cote

I zipped it up and it hurt like Hell
is that rotten eggs or what's that smell
or did something just crawl up
you and die

Your sweet wife looks like my dad
she looks like something that's just gone bad
I hope your offspring
take after you

(chorus) I say what I think, you may ask why
                I can't resist, I'm not that shy
                I just tell the truth it ain't no lie
                'cause I'm just
                a TMI
                Kind of guy

my friends came over for a barbecue
if they only knew what I knew
as my dog came in and licked
his you know what

my boss thinks she knows it all
I saw her name on the bathroom stall
for a good time just call
the one in charge

(chorus)
(instrumental)

(chorus)

A Tear In Your Eyes

© 2010 Mark Cote

If I could cry
a tear in your eyes
I would find a place safe and warm
and Know you care

watch the fireworks
smoke in the sky
try to hold a dream
after that dream has gone by
one tear

(chorus) one tear
                cried in your eyes
                I'd feel the love you have deep inside
                I'd smile as I roll down on your face
                knowing I touched the heart of grace
                one tear

Try to find
a dove in the snow
is a battle much too hard for me to know
too far for me to go
one tear

all the love
I've ever known
Like a flock of birds
they have flown
they've just flown
one more tear

(chorus)
 I'd smile as I roll down on your face
 knowing I touched the heart of grace
 one tear