Maybe Just Maybe

© 2014 Mark Cote

painted horse
on pale hot white sand
stealing the souls
of hearts and of man
wintered heart
 in a summer soul
in un-bridled dreams
there's never snow

the rings on a tree
the lines on a face
stories etched
we cannot erase
what we learned
what we can teach
we are just fish
in an endless sea

(chorus) and maybe
                I'll go for a walk on a beach
                and maybe
                I have something to teach
                maybe
                I'll find something in myself
                maybe
                it's so much more than I felt
                maybe
                just maybe

shadows in silence
can crowd a mind
with memories
I don't want to find
my calendar
has turned the page
footprints of the past
they still remain

(chorus)

Boom Boom Boom

© 2014 Mark Cote

every time I see her going by
my heart goes boom boom boom
play it faster
play it boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

dancing with her
hear the music go boom boom boom
rhythm in the bass
going boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

(chorus) and when the music makes us lose control
                  soul to soul oh baby on the floor
                  makes me want you even more and more
                  boom boom boom
                  boom boom boom

she's bathing in the spotlight
like a star glowing boom boom boom
cameras flashing on her
going boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

fireworks at our wedding
blasting boom boom boom
sparkles in her eyes go boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

The Man Upstairs

© 2014 Mark Cote

Where we live we may call it home
but for me I feel so all alone
like a ghost in one's own home town
searching for the dream I have not found

If I erase your struggle erase your strife
pave a path for a better life
put you on the road with no more debts
an open road with no past regrets

(chorus) The man upstairs he saw it all
                    he saw the rise and he saw the fall
                    I now have the strength for standing tall
                    the man upstairs he saw it all
                    the man upstairs he saw it all

Dart in a map where will I begin
so many faces where will I fit in
like a bird I now am free
I cast my ship out upon the sea

in another town another state
maybe overseas will be my fate
packing up now I'm on the mend
like a willow I learned to bend

(chorus)

now I feel the sun it warms my face
gentle laughter a soft embrace
in her love I find a home
found something I had never known

(chorus)

Moonlight and Moonshine

© 2013 Mark Cote

Hey girl take a walk with me
underneath the tall oak tree
in this place no one knows
down where the willow blows

frogs singing a serenade
in the grass where we laid
we'll count the stars above
in your eyes I call it love

(chorus) moonlight and moonshine
                  southern dream summertime
                  this feeling's not make believe
                  this feeling's what we need
                  southern dream summertime
                  moonlight and moonshine

see the way you look at me
it's not a mystery
we can see where this will go
we've got all night to take it slow

(chorus)
(instrumental)

and by the dawning light
with you girl by my side
we'll taste the morning dew
found the love we never knew

(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)

U.K. Girls

© 2014 Mark Cote

Took a trip across the pond
though I yearned it wasn't long
the sights
the sounds
the sweetest girls around
oh those U.K. girls

(chorus) U.K. girls
                  with eyes that really melt my world
                  and voices I have never heard
                  U.K. girls
                  like something out of a dream
                  something I have never seen
                  U.K., U.K.
                  U.K., U.K.
                  oh those U.K. girls

talking classy and oh so sweet
I take a breath I'm off my feet
when they talk
when they walk
makes my heart skip a beat
oh those U.K. girls

like a butterfly I cannot get
still I'm sure to cast out my net
flutter by
butterfly
colors I don't forget
oh those U.K. girls

(chorus)

turning dreams to reality
are you really so far from me
when I think
with every blink
you're not such a mystery
oh those U.K. girls

(chorus)

Shake Shake Your Body

© 2013 Mark Cote

(chorus) I... wanna lay down a beat
                 so you can shake shake your body
                 shake shake your body tonight
                 I... wanna turn up the heat
                 and you can shake shake your body
                 shake shake your body all night
                 oo... while we're diggin' the sounds
                 oo... let it come back around
                 we can shake shake our bodies all night

I... gotta follow the music
'cause it takes me where I wanna go
colors, like a yellow brick road
where it'll take me I never know
follow the vibe now
it ain't no jive now
just dance on the floor here with me
Let it fill ya
let it thrill ya
ya we're gonna have a time you'll see

(chorus)

 and... if the harmony's right babe
 we'll move in tight babe
 we'll dance in a melody
 don't hold back now
 you've got the knack now
 just let your body flow

(chorus 2) hey... when the lights are low
                   and you can sway sway your body
                   sway sway your body with me
                   oo.. you're the rhythm in me
                   oo.. take it nice and easy
                   as we sway sway our bodies all night