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)