Better Days Ahead

© 2013 Mark Cote

The clouds cried for me when you went away
the strength I learned I must say
I learned from you
but mine is filled with love

I ride the tide I stay the course
the many storms I've endured
been rocked around
but still I don't capsize

(chorus)   Better days ahead
                  just looking to the north you'll find
                  shadows are all behind
                  as you go
                  your steps will show
                  as you learn you grow
                  and leave it all behind
                  better days ahead

Had the wind knocked from my sail
though some may do I don't inhale
don't cloud my mind
just let me forge ahead

If I have to float out all alone
My heart I know will not grow cold
the love inside
will keep me safe and warm

(chorus)

(bridge) If you
               fall overboard
              your wet and unsure
              to sink or swim
              is all that you can do
              to spite them all
              learn to stand tall
              as they look up at you
              while you swim away

(chorus)

Penelope's Eyes

© 2013 Mark Cote

Blue bunny dreams
are as real as they seem
they come without warning or thought

and under the thunder
she'll sit and she'll wonder
how strawberries taste in the rain

looking around
absorbing the sounds
as night time wakes up to the day

while some see the light
as shining too bright
and the dark is too hard on their eyes

Penelope wanders along

(chorus)    life is so simple
                  Penelope's eyes
                  each waking day
                  another surprise
                  look at the wonder
                  Penelope's eyes
                  just like a child
                  you realize
                  there's more to life
                  in Penelope's eyes

the shapes of the clouds
form animal mounds
she casually lays in the grass

flower-filled air
surrounds everywhere
the hour hand rolls on too fast

(chorus)

what can it be
what is it that she sees?

(chorus)

Waiting For The Storm To Pass

© 2013 Mark Cote

Clouds surround a sunny mind
seems so dark seems so unkind
the words that curse a photograph
a faded love now in half
like slipping through an hourglass
waiting for the storm to pass

paisley dreams that once defined
they coalesced they intertwined
now down a dusty gravel road
the cross I bear a heavy load
when futures seem so hard to grasp
waiting for the storm to pass

let it all drift away....

(chorus)     waiting for the storm to pass
                  hoping this will be the last
                  waiting for the storm to pass
                  waiting for the storm to pass

the egg that hatched a silver rose
where it came from nobody knows
was it left for me to find
inspiration left behind
the dusk and dawn now they clash
waiting for the storm to pass

let it all drift away...

(chorus)

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)