Until It's Washed Away

© 2019 Mark Cote

is it just a dream
never knowing what I mean
that seemed to be so real
made me question how I feel

talking to a wall
you don't know me at all
dusting on a grave
something I could not save

(chorus) thought it was you when I turned my head
                  but it's the grim reaper now I'm dead
                  I couldn't walk away
                  from what I heard you say

                  now it seems that it's all through
                  what was old now is new
                  until it's washed away
                  by tomorrow or yesterday
                  until it's washed away


Sundays are left undone
a race cannot be won
I'll keep it to myself
how the clown really felt

(chorus)

Don't Let The Well Run Dry

© 2019 Mark Cote

(chorus) don't let
                  don't let
                  the well run dry
                  don't let
                  don't let
                  the well run dry
                  inspiration lies all around
                  though I can't see
                  inspiration plays all around
                  but I'm off-key

in a clouded mind
looking all about
wanting Spring again
wanna scream and shout

(chorus)

in the colored eyes
every shade and hue
nothing looks old
everything is new

(chorus)

flying up so high
can describe it one and all
will it ever last
worried about the fall

(chorus)

Busy Bee

© 2019 Mark Cote

minds all a jumble
tossing and tumbled
trying to take it all in

sort in my mind
and leave it behind
and take the best part with me

(bridge) collecting words you say
         and storing them away
         sharp ones they scar
         are hurting a heart
         But I don't say a thing

(chorus) from flower to flower
         I'm a
         busy bee
         don't feel so sour
         just wait and see
         when....
         I feel the heat
         I don't
         bend and cower
         or let it in

taste sweet or sour
either gives you power
which one do you choose?

the heat can consume
and marry your doom
your lost now in time and space

but see it ahead
and avoid all the dread
it's not who you want to be

(chorus)

Little Blue Ford

© 2019 Mark Cote

thought I knew what I want
but something didn't feel right
the color
the fit was tight

had a car inside my head
but I knew I'd have to wait
if it's meant to be it's fate

(chorus) focus focus
                  on my little blue Ford
                  with 10 speakers she won't keep you bored
                  give her some gas
                  put it to the floor
                  yeah that little blue streak
                  is my little blue Ford

Made the best of what I had
new speakers had the sound
but what was missing I hadn't found

on that day I had no regrets
when I looked at both cars
this one felt more like me
and I knew it's meant to be

(chorus)

she's not the fastest
she's not the loudest
but sitting in her
I'm feeling my proudest

(chorus)

I Can't Do This Anymore

© 2013 Mark Cote

empty hollow hallway
treading there without a sound
I remember the fight
we had last night
don't have the strength for a go-around

in the faded pictures
I see what I used to be
I lived for the fun
my heart was so young
how I miss what was left of me

(chorus) I
                  can't fight within this bubble
                  the more I do the more I crumble
                  in this endless struggle
                  I can only reach the floor
                  why
                  spiraling in deeper
                  all I get is weaker
                  one thing that looks clearer is
                  I can't do this anymore
                  no I can't do this anymore

(instrumental)

colors all come clearer
every facet shows within the light
where is the you I knew
do you see it too
did we blind our hearts to see

(chorus)

On The other Side Of A Loved One's Eyes

© 2019 Mark Cote

it was good
it was bad
but the love remained the same
on the other side
of a loved ones eyes
nobody is left to blame

words were said
hearts were broke
but if you weather it through
together you'll grow

(chorus) On the other side...
                  of a loved ones eyes...
                  while you may walk alone
                  they take a part of you
                  while you take a apart of them

                  on the other side
                  of a loved ones eyes
                  you never know
                  what you might find

years have flown
did we grow?
now that you are gone
my tears they show

do I start again
do I just let go
I guess sometimes with love
we never know

(chorus)

Why I Love You Like I Do

© 2019 Mark Cote

(chorus) why do I love you like I do
                  like I do
                  maybe it's because of what you do
                  what you do
                  you have a way with what you say
                  you just have a certain way
                  that's why I love you like I do

summer
could it be any funner
is it the spell I am under
I can't even hear the thunder
it can make some people wonder
but you make it all summer

rain
can keep on falling down
I'm so glad that you're around
thunder doesn't make a sound
In your eyes I think I've found
our love on higher ground

(chorus)
(instrumental)

days
are now just shades of blue
when I'm here with you
what seems old now is new
our love comes shining through
what I thought once now is true

(chorus)