When You Bet On Love

© 2013 Mark Cote

When I roll the dice on love all I get is deuces
when they say true love I have to wonder why
tasted deception
and I ain't forgettin'
the sour words

want the cards I always deal to come up aces
while the joker smiles at me with that look in his eye
high expectations
and I am just sayin'
this to you

(chorus) when you bet on love you never win
                  when you bet on love you never lose
                  all that you lose every time
                  all that you lose is your mind

I know that this game I play is just a gamble
and I know that I may be sometimes hard to handle
I'm not perfection
I know of rejection
oh so well

(chorus)
(instrumental)

When I roll the dice on love all I get is deuces
when they say true love I have to wonder why
tasted deception
and I ain't forgettin'
the sour words

(chorus)

Big Blue Eyes

© 2013 Mark Cote

From Oklahoma to Florida
New Mexico to Canada
You're the one I want around
from day to day and town to town

outlaw cities and cold ghost towns
the sun will shine when you're around
to spite the night you light the day
you love my heart when we're away

(bridge) beautiful
                  comical
                  girl with a smile
                  here I go
                  let you know
                  I feel like a child

(chorus) blue eyes...
                  I swear I see forever
                  and this dream is getting better
                  when I look into those big blue eyes
                  blue eyes...
                  you look at me so clever
                  I can handle any weather
                  when I look into those big blue eyes

From Mozambique to old Siam
I see the world when I hold your hand
We're underground we're into space
no craziness we cannot face

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(bridge)
(chorus)

Heart In The Shadows

© 2012 Mark Cote

writing songs that nobody will hear
maybe just to remember
feeling emotions that nobody feels
still he can't surrender

(bridge) and he asks
                  where do I fit in
                  to be part of something
                  just part of something
                  somewhere I feel I belong

(chorus) heart in the shadows
                  heart in the night
                  sinking in the shallows
                  but don't give up the fight
                  heart it's a riddle
                  you're stuck in the middle
                  you're hope is your light

talking to himself in a crowd
no one is listening
one way mirror sounds so loud
shadows a glistening

(bridge)
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(bridge)
(chorus)

The Choice

© 2013 Mark Cote

When you're in your dreams
whose eyes do you see
do you think about him
do you think about me

was the love we shared
was it how it seemed
a moment in time
on a passing sea

all I'm left with now is a memory
when in the cold and dark your touch is what I need

(chorus) the choice
                  no matter how it bleeds
                  the choice
                  the wants and the needs
                  the choice
                  can we ever turn back
                  can we ever be free

when he makes you cry
where does your heart run to
to a better time
was it me and you

in your heart of hearts
are you true to yourself
are you pleasing him
or pleasing yourself

all I'm left with now is a memory
when in the cold and dark your touch is what I need

(chorus)
(instrumental)

all I'm left with now is a memory
when in the cold and dark your touch is what I need

(chorus)