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)