Are You OK

© 2018 Mark Cote

(chorus) Are you OK
                     are you alright
                     what is it that stirs you in the night
                     are OK
                     are you alright

painted smiles and happy words
cries from a heart go unheard
are you trapped from baited love
hope for guidance from up above
Are you OK
are you alright

you have always found a way
to find the sun on a rainy day
known the right words to say
to a heart weathered and grey

(chorus)

life heals as scars remain
as days roll on seem the same
the sky cried when you are blue
the moon listens for somber clues
Are you OK
are you alright

doesn't have to be like this
a truer heart is what they miss
were they really worthy of you
if so they wouldn't put you through

you have always found a way
to find the sun on a rainy day
known the right words to say
to a heart weathered and grey

(chorus)

Where Do We Go From Here

© 2013 Mark Cote

where do we go from here
when familiar colors are no longer near
when we think we've gone as far as we can go
where do we go

where will this path now lead
you've given all of you
I've given all of me
when the clouds cry for they do not know
where do we go

(chorus) if I could rewind time
                  to before we ever met
                  if I had never seen
                  maybe I could forget
                  but we've taken this so far
                  where do we go

I only seem to find the wrong side of you
when I try for the right
I'm only finding the wrong side of me
can't continue the fight
where do we go

(chorus)

I Look Better On The Phone

© 2013 Mark Cote

messages unclear
to hearts insincere
maybe in their eyes I play the fool

mysteries are growing
don't know where I am going
only in your eyes I see it through

(bridge) what, is real now
                  but, the way I feel it now
                  and the dream that is here in my heart

(chorus) I probably look better on the phone
                  in words of love when you're all alone
                  in the stars that shine up above
                  am I the one you are thinking of
                  I'm just a dream within the day
                  just a dream
                  just a dream just a dream

colorful in word
if it goes unheard
the story ripples on when the ship has gone

mystical vacation
of thoughts or inspiration
down future's road I travel on

(bridge)
(chorus)

That Girl From Queens

© 2018 Mark Cote

(chorus) Never met a girl
                     beat all you've ever seen
                     like that girl
                     that girl
                     that girl from Queens

uptown
downtown
knows what to say
never lets the thunder
get in her way

hailing a cab
or healing my heart
wherever we go
we're never apart

oh, my, my
she's the best girl I found
why, oh, why
she lifts my heart off the ground

(chorus)
(instrumental)

oh, my, my
she clears a cloudy day
why, oh, why
in my heart she will stay

(chorus)

Feeling The Richness

© 2018 Mark Cote

sell myself short of what I could be
lonely at the top
doesn't matter long as you're with me
hope it will never stop
may not fit in with ones at work
but I come home to you
now I know really what it's worth
so I will make it through

(chorus) feeling the richness
                  I feel rich when I'm with you
                  feeling the richness
                  it pulls me through
                  feeling the richness
                  I feel rich when I'm with you
                  feeling the richness
                  it pulls me through

talking to ones who don't really care
like water on a wing
maybe it's so I'll have time to spare
with the love you bring

(chorus)
(instrumental)

maybe I wasn't meant to fit in at all
another point of view
so I'd appreciate what it means
only to be with you

(chorus)

Where You Are

© 2018 Mark Cote

do the leaves still change
in the fall
can you hear
the mourning dove call
in that place
I've never been
I'll visit someday
I don't know when

can you read a rainbow
the colors we can't see
do I miss you more
than you are missing me
tell me

(chorus) what is it like where you are
                  do you follow your dreams
                  do you capture the stars
                  do you wonder awake when you try to sleep
                  or is the feeling of love all you need
                  tell me
                  what is it like where you are

do you touch the stars
from up in the clouds
my heart cries each day
since you're not around

you're in waterfalls
and whispering winds
when I can't seem to start
you help me begin
tell me

(chorus)

you're the part of me
I won't let go
a part of my nights
that will always glow

It's Who I Am

© 2018 Mark Cote

you know there's a sunset
people always chase
it's just a merry-go-round
not a win or lose race

in the midnights
she is holding you
she'll carry your heart and soul
to help you just make it through

(chorus) it's not the dark
                     it's not the light
                     it's who I am
                     not yesterday
                     maybe today
                     it's who I am
                     who I am

my heart bleeds in ink
on an empty page
while some shouted for more
on a bright crowded stage

when the music
is your only friend
sometimes you have to hang on
'til the tunnel's come to an end

(chorus)

hey there sisters
are you looking down
seems the world's lost it's heart
since you were around

it's a covered bridge
that keeps me holding on
and I walk it with you
as we gaze at the dawn

(chorus)