I Won't Be

© 2011 Mark Cote

no more living in the shadows
no more living in doubt
gonna see what life has in store
gonna see what it's all about

break theses ties that bind
break these chains that choke
and when the morning comes
you will never know

(chorus) I won't be your monkey wrench
                  I won't be your paper clip
                  waiting at your beckon call
                  or hung upon your hip
                  you're no more a mystery
                  and I won't be...
                  no baby I wont be

are you so clever
are you so smart
you thought you had charmed me
and fooled my heart

whose playing who
whose under the spell
I thought I knew you
you thought you knew me well

(chorus)
(instr)

Magic In The Moonlight

© 2012 Mark Cote

I spent my time in the arms of summer
her breath gently on my skin
with a love like no other
I wondered where in my life she had been

In her eyes I felt her passion
like the longing in the night
although I know it may be wrong
what I felt I knew was right

(chorus) She was my magic in the moonlight
                  I was the fire in her heart
                  she gave me something to remember
                  a love I know I can't forget
                  In my heart is says it all
                  of the rise and of the fall
                  of a moment in the night

then one night like the seasons
summer changing into fall
she left without a warning
and the coldness of it all

each year I pray a reason
she'll come back to me once again
though I know a love this special
is like a million out of ten

(chorus)

A Little Bit More Than That

© 2012 Mark Cote

felt the sun as it kissed your face
or a snowy scene of winter lace
nature's love makes rainbow hues
I feel a little bit, more for you

Romeo and Juliet
had a love we can't forget
all these words I say are true
I feel a little bit more for you

(chorus) I love you just a little
                  love you just a little
                  love you just a little bit
                  a little bit more than that

                  I love you just a little
                  love you just a little
                  love you just a little bit
                  a little bit more than that


When I see you by my side
I feel so proud I cannot hide
though I'd give the world to you
I feel a little bit, more for you

In cartoon worlds and circus clowns
thinking love can't be found
from poets dreams of hearts renew
I feel a little bit, more for you

(chorus)

Whatcha Gonna Do With Me

© 2011 Mark Cote

Baby's life was so organized
even that gleam in her eye
no dotted "I" or crossing a "T"
whatcha gonna do with me

baby's life was always on time
never took the time out to smile
never did you plan about me
whatcha gonna do with me

(bridge) what beautiful wonders
                  rings sweet on the ears
                  just beyond the lines
                  just beyond the fears

(instrumental)

hiding in one of your files
happy never goes out of style
it was something you had told me
whatcha gonna do with me

(bridge)

whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do with me
whatcha gonna do we'll see
do I show something in you you are wanting to be
whatcha gonna do with me

This Girl's In Love

© 2012 Mark Cote

She sees his smile
she likes his style
but she's so shy

but does he know
he never shows
what's on his mind

and this girl's in love

she dreams of him
and where he's been
during the days

an office chair
she wonders where
she's in a haze

and this girl's in love

(chorus) This girl's in love love love
                  this girl's in love love love
                  what he does to her heart will he ever know
                  and this girl's in love

( instrumental)

one summer night
by moonbeam light
could she believe

he smiled at her
he walked to her
is this a dream

and this girls' in love

(chorus)

Eyes Of Saturn

© 2012 Mark Cote

Pieces of color from out of my past
your love warms the moon to a honey glow
come together forever at last
I feel it with me wherever I go

you know how to reach me wherever you are
the softness that I only dreamed I could hold
as far as the stars but as near as my heart
the warmth of the sun without you's so cold

(chorus) If I bought you a rose
                  kissed you on the nose
                 now lost in time
                 my heart is in space
                 when I see you face
                 and your gentle grin
               and oo..oo..oo.. those eyes
               those eyes of Saturn
               and oo..oo..oo.. those eyes
               those eyes of Saturn

Hold my hand and we'll walk forever
so devoted to you in so many ways
being with you through all kinds of weather
How you turned my nights into sunny days

(chorus)

It's A Hippie Day

© 2012 Mark Cote

summer dreams and paisley mornings
watch the clouds and the shapes they're forming
the dew, glistens all around
and the incense fills the air

waterfalls of colors melting
flowers smile and so it's helping
to wake, to the dawn
and live without a care

(chorus) ba da da da da it's a hippie day
                  ba da da da da it's a hippie day
                  feeling so groovy it's a sunny day
                  yeah baby, it's a hippie day

hear the music songbirds singing
walk with you you're arms I'm clinging
look, into your eyes
and it all just fades away...

(chorus)

I Don't Know Why I Like You Like I Do

© 2012 Mark Cote

You... know how to pull my strings
you... know how to do those things
can really touch my heart
or get under my skin

why... are we fire and ice?
why... can't we be nice?
is, it when we fight
we entice?

(chorus) I..... don't know why I like you like I do
                  it's always something that we say
                  or what we do
                  that pushes me away and back again
                  that's true
                  and I don't know why I like you like I do

in... this tug of war
one... things for sure
we, see more of us
so much more and more

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

Dreamers In The Night

© 2012 Mark Cote

I grab a book of poetry
I have to wonder why
how words that touch so many hearts
come from the the ones outside

Lennon's future paisley dream
Lizard king's solemn gaze
Dylan's twisted meaning rhymes
Hendrix purple haze

(chorus) Dreamers in the night
                  can always see the day
                  dreamers in the night
                  when the world sees only grey
                  dreamers in the night
                  why do they go away
                  dreamers in the night
                  one day they all will stay

Allegory skyline
alabaster sky
fire burning in her heart
turquoise in her eyes

tear-stained wing butterfly
now you fly at night
you'll find the strength to sail again
by the morning light

(chorus)
(instrumental)

the raven dances in his cage
for only he will know
why the ones that always look ahead
and where they all will go

(chorus)

The Girl With The Velcro Heart

© 2012 Mark Cote

petal soft smile sure get's our attention
daydream eyes look my direction
with all the light of who you are
everyone is drawn to her velcro heart

seeing suntan scenes in my thoughts of you
it's a mystery do you see it too
make a wish among the stars
or a loop in her velcro heart

(chorus) Oh love...
                  how does she do it
                  oh love...
                  I think you knew it
                  she could stick to you
                  she could stick to me
                  searching for
                  her meant to be
                  pretty flower in the park
                  The girl with the velcro heart

dancing around with such perfection
sweet and pure no deception
she is loved by near or by far
we all long for her velcro heart

(chorus)

Too Shy To Say

© 2012 Mark Cote

Girl
summer's like honey
dreams are like money
spend them on you

words
tasting like candy
so touching so handy
I say them to you

(chorus) If I said I love you
                  would you run run away
                  or your heart keeps me warm
                  would you turn to me and say
                  you feel it too
                  how about you
                  are you too shy to say

girl
breeze in the air
waves of your hair
flowing so free

time
an uncharted road
wherever we go
maybe we'll see

(chorus)
(instrumental)

smile
that reversible smile
this heart of mine
lights up the sky

why
a mystery
come along with me
let's give it a try

(chorus)

By An Angel Like You

© 2012 Mark Cote

clouds melt to sunshine
tear turn to dew
butterflies in my heart
when I think of you

no matter the miles
there's something so true
I always smile when I think of you

(chorus) blessed to be loved
                  when I never knew it
                  blessed to be loved
                  when I really need it
                  blessed to be loved
                  by such an angel
                  by an angel
                  by an angel
                  by an angel like you

pink and blue side by side
as it stretches the dawn
sleepy sun wakes
with a strarbust yawn

it's summer again
and I feel so young
laughing with you
now my life's begun

(chorus)

Brink Of Paradise

© 2012 Mark Cote

my heart smiled when I first saw you
but it seemed so far away
from the worlds that we went through
to where we are here today

there's a sparkle in your eyes
I find hard to explain
it's the signal I looked for
as we step from yesterday

(chorus) to the brink of paradise
                  to the brink of paradise
                  where will we take this love from here
                  to the brink of paradise
                  to the brink of paradise
                  hey baby we're almost there

Let me hear your laughter
like music to my ears
let my heart touch you
with a love so sincere

walk with me forever
together we'll find a way
you brighten up my sorrow
your sunshine never fades

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

All I Need Is Your Love

© 2012 Mark Cote

I may never be famous
I may never be known
more important than that
my heart has grown

I won't find the warmth
in a neon glow
not like the warmth
that you show

(chorus) all I want
                  all I need
                  all I want is the love I feel
                  in the rain
                  in the sun
                  all I know is you're the one
                  if I'm rich
                  if I'm poor
                  one thing I know for sure
                  all I need is your love

I can see summer music
in your eyes
I can feel your breezy touch
in mid July

(chorus)

you brighten my heart
with your sunny eyes
you brighten my day
with a funny smile

(chorus)

Sleeping To The Rhythm Of His Heart

© 2012 Mark Cote

Just like a freight train rolling along
keeping time to the beat of his song
cradled in those big arms of steel
there's no other way that I wanna feel

(chorus) sleepin' to the rhythm
                  sleepin' to the rhythm
                  sleepin' to the rhythm of his heart
                  sleepin' to the rhythm
                  sleepin' to the rhythm
                  sleepin' to the rhythm of his heart
                  I knew it was you right from the start
                  sleepin' to the rhythm
                  sleepin' to the rhythm of his heart

in this dream I'm riding through
we fly together just me and you
to a spot where the night meets the day
may the rest of the world just melt away

(chorus)
(instrumental)

when I wake up and see your face
through lines of life we cannot erase
this deeper love we've learned to hold
in this love we'll never grow old

(chorus)

In A Dream

© 2012 Mark Cote

On an old deserted highway
an old man walks and cries
the anguish melted in his eyes
is what he can't disguise

Like some old lost memory
in this sleepy little town
her melody comes back to him
and doesn't make a sound

as he sits there outside himself
in a cold disdain
blind bluebird sings her song
some things he can't explain

(chorus) In a dream in a dream
                  she knew what she meant to him
                  in a dream in a dream
                  she never went away
                  in a dream in a dream
                  he wished that she would hear
                  in a dream in a dream
                  why did she disappear

he used up so much energy
now all he feels is numb
this is not the kind of a man
he thought he would become

though he knows he can't deny
what they had was real
and until the day that he dies
that's just the way he'll feel

(chorus)

just so many hours
before we're old and grey
just so many hours
until we go away

While he strolls on a sunny beach
he cries now just the same
while painted smiles on her face
in October rain

(chorus)

Without A Parachute

© 2012 Mark Cote

you've got me feeling like a daredevil in love
I want to take the dare
I could hit a wall and crash and burn
baby I don't care

now I'm spinning on the high wire
people stop and stare
But girl I can't help myself
you're just so debonair
whoa..

(chorus) Without a parachute
                  I falling into you
                  without a parachute
                  from high up above
                  without a parachute
                  deep into your love
                  without a parachute
          parachute
            parachute

floating out there in a sea of sharks
maybe I'll sink or swim
they can't get me when I think of you
I think I'll grow some fins

(chorus)
(guitar solo)

and I can take what they throw at me
'cause you make me strong as steel

(chorus)

A Butterfly On A Summer's Day

© 2012 Mark Cote

With the gentle raindrops
listen to them all
when their song is over
the wonder of it all
I can hear a happy flutter
from near and far away
like a butterfly on a summer's day

painting a rainbow
with everything she sings
you can feel all the warmth
of the love that it brings
I can hear a happy flutter
from near and far away
like a butterfly on a summer's day

In my lifelong journey
you're always by my side
when I lose direction
you'll be my guide, be my guide

with the kiss of a sunrise
she greets a brand new day
never mind tomorrow
don't cry for yesterday
with a happy flutter
from near and far away
like a butterfly on a summer's day

(instrumental)

with a happy flutter
from near and far away
like a butterfly on a summer's day

One Smile Away From a Tear

© 2011 Mark Cote

When in this circus
play the clown
but this clown is frowning
frowning underground

I close my eyes
eyes to my soul
for the only one they know
is the one that shows
the one that's painted on

(chorus) one smile
                  one smile away from a tear
                  one Van gogh minus one ear
                  one smile away from a tear
                  you can find me
                  you can find me here

performing in circles
they don't care
the hyena is laughing
laughing at you
trying to break you
trying to break you down

(chorus)

Smoke Screen

© 2011 Mark Cote

The owl is smiling
at midnight blue
running in circles
is what we do
is it just a smoke screen

Capricorn rising
as the sun dies down
I sit and I wonder
'bout me and you
is it just a smoke screen

(chorus) smoke screen waters lead to
                  smoke screen skies
                  don't ask me I won't tell you why
                  smoke screen waters lead to
                  smoke screen skies
                  you can't see with
                  smoke in your eyes
                 smoke screen waters lead to
                  smoke screen skies

a piece of the puzzle
that needs to fit
but the puzzle keeps moving
I must admit
is it just a smoke screen

where are we going
where have we been
beyond our troubles
 beyond our sins
 is it just a smoke screen

(chorus)

The owl is smiling
at midnight blue

Montreal Bound

© 2011 Mark Cote

Just one hour after midnight
you called me up to take a drive
Just one hour after midnight
I can barely come alive

we hit the road just like a hammer
singing to the radio
got our minds across the border
2 hundred miles or so to go

(chorus) come along come along
                  Montreal we are bound
                  come along come along
                  Montreal we are bound

crossing over from new england
lost the map along the miles
got directions at a night club
she whispered come back in a while

We grew up quickly on the streets there
we wouldn't miss it for the world
seems the town never sleeps here
oh those Montreal girls

(chorus)

as we leave that fun behind
it was like a holiday
let's put this day back on rewind
we've got to try this again some day

(instr)

(bridge) what happened on a dare
                  will always stay right there
                  when we sober up nobody's even gonna care
                  on the front page
                  we can't read the news
                  we can't speak in French so we've got nothing to lose

(chorus)

Beerdrops In Her Wine

© 2011 Mark Cote

perfume and pearls stepped out of the night
something felt wrong something felt right
the touch of her hand that look in her eye
sparkles of love dancing in the wine

she touched a part of me I never knew
and I know she was feeling it too
music played our hearts moved in time
until the day when we spilled the wine

(chorus) line 'em up and send 'em down
                  another day another town
                  though she is teardrops in my eyes
                  I am just beerdrops in her wine

with each tear I drink her memory
tried and I tried but she could never see
what about those feelings she tries to hide
or was I just beerdrops in her wine

(chorus)

Just Below The Line

© 2011 Mark Cote

I was thinking about us yesterday
or rather what we've become
how through whispered eyes it was never there
oo who who... only one

felt the silk petal of your rose
how it smoothed my callused hands
my blood was worth the thorns
oo who who... only one

you wanted me to go I stayed away
you wanted silence I had nothing to say

(chorus) But just below the line
                  there is love
                  and just below the line
                  we're thinking of
                  you.. and I
                  but just below the line

(instrumental)

you have touched me in a dream
I woke up in a daze
how far off lands are oh so near
oo who who...only one

(chorus)

Don't Take It Away

© 2011 Mark Cote

sun on my face wakes me up
hearing the robin's sing
dew on my tongue tastes so sweet
with the love mother nature brings

stream of life wanders through a quiet country knoll
lie before me the colors I see as leisurely I stroll
what flows to the sea
eventually
will be our reality

(chorus) Don't take
                  don't take
                  take it away
                  Don't take
                  don't take
                  take it away
                  let's live for tomorrow and not for today
                  and don't take
                  take it away

slimy seas are not for me
echoes from the deep
all we do is wonder why
as the octopus he sleeps

swim with the fishes you know them all
it makes you feel big
it makes me feel small

(chorus)

(instrumental)

manmade air
manmade food
manmade me
manmade you

(chorus)

I'll Try Anyway

© 2011 Mark Cote

I work the nights and sleep the days
work the weekends no holidays
but it won't get me down
I'll try anyway

the ones I knew now are gone
the love I find is in a song
carried away on a melody
I'll try anyway

(chorus) Try, when hearts are grey
                   Try, when words are hard to say
                   Try, when they put you down
                   I'll try anyway

small talk loves smaller minds
if you dare to care you're left behind
save it for a rainy day
I'll try anyway

to eat the fear and be alone
a path of life some have chose
while no arms reach to me
I'll try anyway

(bridge) The road is longer if you don't try
                    a tear weighs more if you don't cry

(chorus)

paint a Picasso in the dark
is it seen without a spark
but I will never know
I'll try anyway

Pillow Wonderland

© 2011 Mark Cote

baby when you're all alone
also when nobody's home
it's so sweet you think of me

girl don't be shy about it
I know we don't talk about it
but you know I feel it too

I know I can't be there in your arms
But I'm in your pillow wonderland

a world nobody knows
a place where we can go
babe we are just locked in time

I know I can't be there in your arms
But I'm in your pillow wonderland

(chorus) right there in your arms
                  we can be just who we are
                  dancing in the clouds
                  or beneath the summer stars
                  I know it is just a dream
                  and you know the man I am
                  my heart has found the treasure of
                  your pillow wonderland

when you close your eyes tonight
I'll be there holding you so tight
for right now I'm in your dreams

I know I'm not in your arms
But I'm in your pillow wonderland

(chorus)

A Clothes Optional Weekend

© 2011 Mark Cote

Been tied up all week in this monkey suit
and all this chaos feels like a zoo
sure would be nice if we could get away
let's call in sick, call it a holiday

(chorus) go with me to someplace warm
                  where we can kick off our heels
                  and we can feel reborn
                  the neighbors, well they might stare
                  but baby we don't care
                  it's a clothes optional weekend

I hope it don't rain when I clock out tonight
'cause the thought I have is holding you so tight
with all these feelings drifting in the wind
we're looking forward for this to begin

(chorus)

(bridge) with some sand in our toes
                 a tan on our nose
                 and a drink in our hand
                let's step into this dream
                red blue and green
                and a steel drum band

(chorus)

Champagne Raindrop

© 2011 Mark Cote

she's the smile on the moon
that midnight surprise
the pink sunrise
that colors every day
her bubbles never stop
she's a champagne raindrop

upside down
the world that we're in
she spins me round
when she's give me that grin
just another day with my
champagne raindrop

(chorus) she's a champagne raindrop
                  a diamond in a teardrop
                  champagne raindrop
                  her bubbles never stop
                  champagne raindrop
                  washing over me
                  sparkly, cuddly, bubbly
                  champagne raindrop

and when the days go North
we'll go south
dancing in a dream
is what it's all about
I never had a doubt about
my champagne raindrop

(chorus)

Images Within My Mind

© 2012 Mark Cote

second hand dancing fast
like it might be her last
vestige in this place and time
youthful fountain she won't find

lines are drawn upon my face
charcoal and crayon cannot erase
the good the bad my soul entwined
the images within my mind

(chorus) Images
                one of a kind
                images that I find
                images
                sweet or unkind
                these images within my mind

we see the world a different way
some see tomorrow some see today
when we face mortality
what really is reality

with each year a pictograph
the old man cries a baby laughs
on this road we can't rewind
the images within our mind

(chorus)

liquid diamonds in the sand
as they pass from hand to hand
won't be with you when you're gone
just a whisper in a song

pools of fools swimming down
the whirlpool doesn't make a sound
until the stone they're enshrined
now images within my mind

(chorus)

I Fall Into Your Love

© 2011 Mark Cote

the summer clones your inner glow
the sky mirrors your gemstone eyes
you're the laughter inside me when I smile
you're the only girl for me

The gentle brush of an angel's wings
kiss the face of the ones who feel the breeze
I feel that I should know
I fall into your love

(chorus) deeper and deeper
                  and deeper and deeper
                  a freefall in this waterfall
                  maybe I'll drown
                  when you and I is all I see
                  you are the girl for me

I didn't say but you still know
the tears I cry are your summer rain
you know more of me each and every day
it scares me to show the pain

you think I live in a sheltered world
when a world of your love is what I deserve
I thought that you should know
I fall into your love

(chorus)
(instrumental)

The gentle brush of an angel's wings
kiss the face of the ones who feel the breeze
I feel that I should know

(chorus)

Where Do We Go

© 2012 Mark Cote

Now
after tears and laughs have past
your kiss won't wash away
it's tattooed on my heart
and I don't know what to say

soft
I feel the velvet moon
soft can still feel cold
footprints in the dark
a heart that beats alone

(chorus) where do we go
                 where do we go to when we part
                 where do we go
                 where do we go to in our heart
                 did I mean as much to you as you did to me
                 where do we go

thoughts
are sometimes all we have
that echo in my brain
should I cry when I see the sun
or laugh when I feel the rain

(chorus)

hands
callused in the sand
feel the warming rays
every time I think of you
try to grasp at yesterday

(chorus)

You're Second To None

© 2011 Mark Cote

(chorus)You're the one
               you're the one
               yeah baby
               you're second to none
               come along
               come along
               like a feather we'll run
               yeah baby
               you're second to none

soulful eyes
see the world
through the eyes of a little girl
come with me
in this dream
and together we will see

ray of light
the skies are clear
perfume in the atmosphere
wash over me
and carry me
with such sweet simplicity

(chorus)

the lines of life
I can't erase
the nightmares and dreams upon my face
you see inside
behind the lines
the dreamer I want to be

(chorus)

Conversational Love

© 2011 Mark Cote

Two steps under the finish line
what I find there is just, a bit, hard to define
didn't want to see
looked too much like me

feel the world through hands invisible
but I dream of a girl so kissable
we could talk for days
in so many ways

(chorus) tired of feeling a lone emotion
                tired of floating out on the ocean
                don't want to gaze up at the stars
                wonder where on earth you are
                don't want a love observational
                just want a conversational
                conversational love

my heart knows the beat of a melody
keep the tempo
share a rhyme with me girl
wherever you are
whenever you are
for me girl

(chorus)

Boogie Woogie Girl

© 2012 Mark Cote

(boogie woogie piano intro)

She's the boogie in boogaloo
she's the hully in hully gully
rockin' those keys like nobody knows
she's a boogie woogie girl with her fingers on the beat

I'm not tryin' to yank your chain
the way she plays, man, is so insane
rockin' those keys like nobody knows
she's a boogie woogie girl with her fingers on the beat

Shakes the walls like wooly bully
fills the halls and in a hurry
when she's rockin' those keys like nobody knows
she's a boogie woogie girl with her fingers on the beat

(boogie woogie piano instrumental)

She's the boogie in boogie woogie
she's the hully in hully gully
rockin' those keys like nobody knows
she's a boogie woogie girl with her fingers on the beat

Shakes the walls like wooly bully
fills the halls and in a hurry
when she's rockin' those keys like nobody knows
she's a boogie woogie girl with her fingers on the beat

(boogie woogie piano instrumental to fade)

Little Dreamer

© 2011 Mark Cote

It's early morning
you're up before me
filled with such wonder
you're dying to see
hey, little dreamer where you gonna go

off to the zoo
off to the park
still keeps on burning
right after dark
hey, little dreamer where you gonna go

(chorus) run, run, run, little dreamer in you
                run, run, run, little dreamer in me
                In your eyes
                I see
                the child inside me
                with you
                I feel
                the child is now free
                run, run, run, little dreamer in you
                run, run, run, little dreamer in me

cherish each moment
it's new every day
a bubble a giggle
the words that we say
hey, little dreamer where you gonna go

sweet M and M
while you're counting your sheep
dancing on rainbows
and skipping a beat
hey, little dreamer where you gonna go

(chorus)

On The Top Of Forever

© 2011 Mark Cote

my tears into your glass they are wine
does it sweeten your chardonnay
swirls of futures past now define
in a peculiar way

my thorns to your rose on the ground
but would it smell quite as sweet
had they not been seen not been found
or wilted at your feet

but where
do you go when you reach the top
and will it
will it ever
will it ever stop

(chorus) on the top
                 top of forever
                 on the top you said never
                 never's a long way down
                 on the top is it better
                 to see a rainbow alone
                 on the top
                 top of forever

(instrumental)

stars into the light they don't shine
just something to remember
that smile that you decline
on an oh so cold September

but where
do you go when you reach the top
and will it
will it ever
will it ever stop

(chorus)

In This Orchestra

© 2012 Mark Cote

I love you
I hate you
I can never replace you
we're 2 strings on a guitar
a guitar of love
playing out our part
in a symphony
a symphony of life

listen to the choir
sing in harmony
doesn't sound the same to me
if we don't resonate the tones
we both play all alone

(chorus) in this orchestra
                where we all play a part
                in this orchestra
                if we play from heart to heart
                and though the words we know may never come
                you're a part of me
                in this orchestra

distant drums
never sound the same
to ears that hear the pain
a whisper on the wind
or a cynic's grin

and though
we've played the notes all wrong
the feeling comes along

(chorus)
(instrumental)

when
the song we play is sad
we draw from what we had
yeah...

(chorus)

Sister Of Yesterday

© 2012 Mark Cote

this isolated sadness
olive branches die
have to do it all again
don't have the strength to try

reaching through the darkness are
temporary words
try to hold me to the dawn
if in my arms they were

(chorus) turn the leaf turn the page
                   and watch it blow away
                   turn the day turn the night
                   know it will never change
                   sister of yesterday
                   when I'm all alone
                   sister of yesterday
                   come and take me home

Sunny in the night I see
midnight every day
reverse the world that you know
you'll know best what to say

In the silence of the moon
I have to walk alone
the ones who I gave my heart
were cold as a stone

(chorus)

Three white horses come for me
three blind mice they cry
melancholy destiny
like a bird I fly

as I'm rising up I hear
as I'm looking down
a lonely whip-poor-will sing
silent in the town

(chorus)

I Missed The Boat

© 2012 Mark Cote

On the page I see your face
little girl dancing out in the sun
but the choices that we made
and the lives that we've become

at the crossroads we were scared
but time kept marching on and on
in the wind there are my words
in my heart there is your song

(chorus) I missed the boat
                now it's gone
                but the memory lingers on
                like a wave in my mind
                comes back to me all the time

as rainy tears wash on by
see the rainbow just out of reach
regrets of yesterday
as I sit out on the beach

when I dream I think of you
do you dream and think of me

(chorus)

I'll Take It On The Chin

© 2011 Mark Cote

This roller coaster ride is a merry go round
sometimes we're up sometimes we're down
my weary tears fall from your sky
but when the magic is there it's the 4th of July

the tide it comes, the tide it goes

the lonely moon can't escape the day
just like us it can't run away
there's something between us we don't know
we sometimes leave but we don't go

the tide it comes the tide it goes

(chorus) it may be a sin from where we've been
                 maybe bizarre from where we are
                what do I do about me and you
                what do I do with a girl like you
                considering where we've been
                I'll take it on the chin

did you dream up me did I dream up you
taken from the best in what we do
see it in your eyes see it in mine
as far and near as the sunshine

the tide it comes the tide it goes

(chorus)

Wherever You Go

© 2011 Mark Cote

(intro)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you

(instrumental)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you
Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

when the day has got you down
feel the world is upside down
when you wanna wear a frown
just look around
the world without a sound
leaves your head spinning round
sometimes this life will
make you feel that way

don't look down
just look up
look inside
don't look down
just look up
look inside

I am there
by your side

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

smiles you thought that you knew
when they walk away from you
and the ones that you loved
leave you astray
memories are rustic blue
thoughts of me thoughts of you
whatever you go through
just tell yourself

don't look down
just look up
look inside

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

(instrumental)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you
Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

(repeat to fade)

Carry Me Away

© 2011 Mark Cote

without a dawn, a colorless sky
just a freeze in June
without a flower, just a cold blue sea
under a lonely moon

treading water in a hurricane
I think of you

without a song in our heart
only empty sounds
Love's a forgotten word

when I think I can't pull it through
I think of you

(chorus) I know I'll never see you
                know I'll never reach you
                but you carry me away...
                carry me away

daydreaming boy, with wheels on the road
tomorrow is born
mirrors are gone, the road doesn't end
and this path has been worn

treading water in a hurricane
I think of you

(chorus)

missing a sign on the road
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to hide

when I think I can't pull it through
I think of you

(chorus)

Don't Go All Hollywood On Me

© 2011 Mark Cote

You wanna sip champagne
while you're tossing big names
in the back of your limousine

a brown bag lunch
may not mean that much
to your French cuisine

Not so long ago
I think you know
where this is gonna go

(chorus) Don't go Hollywood
                Don't go Hollywood
                Don't go all Hollywood on me
                though it feels real good
                like you thought it would
                Don't go all Hollywood on me

we would sit in the sand
laughing hand in hand
while we looked at the stars

the stars in the sky
were the stars in your eyes
and the joke was on me

(chorus)

the lure of the lights
and the big city nights
the honey that drew you in

does it taste so sweet
do they fall at your feet
did you think you'd win

Not so long ago
I think you know
where this is gonna go

(chorus)

Where You Gonna Flow

© 2011 Mark Cote

shiny purple hot wheel
what makes your motor run
shiny purple hot wheel
what really turns you on
I'm hitchin' a ride on your street girl
where you gonna go

tiny little daydream
what makes your colors flow
tiny little daydream
baby you got to know
you're buzzing around me so sweetly
honeybee you get to me

(chorus) Where you gonna go
                where you gonna flow
                when my world hangs in the palm of your hand
                where you gonna flow

my heart is doing cartwheels
everywhere I go
my mind is like a pinwheel
in your breeze is where I blow
colored clouds come around
where you gonna flow

(chorus)

Don't Go All Hollywood On Me

© 2011 Mark Cote

All I need is a radio
to show me
which way to go

all I need is a happy vibe
to tell me
how I feel

(chorus) beautiful girl with the stained glass eyes
                 why don't you see me
                 see me
                 beautiful dream only in my mind
                 how do I reach to you
                 to you
                 ohhh.......

all I need is the tender words
and the silence
inside of me

to bring a tear to reality
and show me
how to heal

(chorus)

all I see a world from within
a world without
it's not a sin

climbed a mountain
got nothing to hold
what does it mean
what does it mean

(chorus)

I Don't Think That Way

© 2011 Mark Cote

I won't
say what you want me to say
follow when they walk that way
I don't think that way

I'm just
trying to keep it real
saying the way I feel
I don't think that way

(chorus) and I know
                I may travel the path alone
                but my heart's not cold as stone
                and by the time you think you know
                I'll be gone
                I don't think that way

I don't
color between the lines
the lines I draw are mine
and I'm not colorblind

and if
I don't dress the way you do
I see a different hue
I walk in different shoes


(bridge) 2 tone blurs of empty words
                try to feed complacency
                not the taste that I need
                just redundancy

(chorus)

Melancholy You

© 2011 Mark Cote

What is it that holds your light heart down
tell me when it comes around
and makes you blue
melancholy you

what is it that hushes your honey words
a butterfly cry is never heard
what makes you blue
melancholy you

(chorus) If I could take
                   take you away
                   take away those solemn shades of grey
                   bring out the summer shades of blue
                   bring out the summer that's left in you
                   let me see the glow in your eyes
                   melancholy you

think of me when times are tough
think of me when you've had enough
think of that love you feel inside
melancholy you

though we will never touch hand in hand
this feeling can cross both sea and land
you make me happy when I am blue
melancholy you

(chorus)

If I Hadn't Met You I would've Dreamed You Up Anyway

© 2011 Mark Cote

The noisy clock that breaks my sleep
it doesn't smile it's not that sweet
instead a kiss upon my face
the honeydew I know the taste
what can I say
if I hadn't met you, I would’ve dreamed you up anyway

robin dancing in the tree
he sings his song and looks at me
I know the love within a song
without a word can be so strong
hey hey hey
if I hadn't met you, I would’ve dreamed you up anyway

(chorus) off the ground
                (when the world gets heavy)
                without a sound
                (you come and live inside me)
                How glad am I
                if I hadn't met you, I would’ve dreamed you up anyway

mystery that pulled me through
I never saw I never knew
you were always on my mind
when skies were grey it always shined
sunrise in May
if I hadn't met you, I would’ve dreamed you up anyway

Inside Myself

© 2011 Mark Cote

inside myself
when the laughter and the clatter are missing just one more
does it matter anymore
as I walk along the shore
I feel so small
as it wraps around me

inside myself
where faces never change and never run away
or never die away
have a bad word to say
you look my way
you see right through me

(chorus) when you look around
                for that smile I used to smile
                and all you see are fences
                it's not because of you
                it's the world I knew
                that clouded up my mind
               and blinded all my senses

inside myself
just a short road down but such a long climb out
from a world without
footsteps of doubt
who do you trust
and who will love me

(chorus)

The Day You Dropped The Ball

© 2011 Mark Cote

(chorus) So baby I won't hear you if you call
                won't see you if you crawl
                it all comes back to you
                now the sun comes shining through
                my life began after you
                on the day you dropped the ball

Times just a turning page
never know until the pain
and the many shades of blue

seen how the pages can be turned
once a trust has burned
the light comes shining through

(chorus)

now I can hear the grass grow
now I see the wind blow
and feel the strength inside of me

there's no mirrors on my car
no place that's not too far
I'm not afraid to see

(instrumental)

(chorus)