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)