No Escape From The State Of You

© 2010 Mark Cote

Jasmine July on a stormy eve
you taught me to love, I taught you to believe
the love you wore it fit just right
and I fell for you on a summer night..

(chorus) Minnesota to Oklahoma
                I will always see your eyes
                from Nebraska to Alaska
                running through my state of mind
                at each border, I hope to find
                what I'm running from I left behind
                I'm only fooling myself it's true
                there's no escape from the state of you

state of confusion I enter now
the day I lost you I don't know how
some say that we just fell apart
others say she broke my heart
the more miles that I go it drifts away
but the state of you I can't erase

(chorus)

Miles of highway in these wheels
can't hide the way I feel
of all the wonders I've been to
there's nothing quite like the state of you

(chorus)

A Long Night

© 2010 Mark Cote

That night it seemed so right
a love kept out of sight
the passion in our eyes
tell me how do you feel...

where did we go wrong
can the love that felt so strong
really be so wrong
tell me how do we heal

(chorus) it's gonna be a long night, a long night
                howling at the moon
                a long night, a long night
                howling dusk 'til dawn
---(tempo change)---
                and I'll dream of you every moonlit night
                the magic that we made

a love that now seems cold
I have no hand to hold
another page unfolds
I don't know what to feel

a mermaid on the shore
an angel lost in flight
shown a love I've never known
or was it even real

(chorus)

When You Grow Up

© 2010 Mark Cote

Little boy, little boy
little boy pretending to be a man
you've never walked in his footsteps
 what makes you think you can

little girl, laugh and twirl
little girl so full of yourself
take another look around
and put your ego on the shelf

(chorus) When you grow up (grow up)
                you'll see the world is bigger than you
                When you grow up (grow up)
                you should find something better to do
                you never see just where it's at
                until you grow up too

life will teach you
when it meets you
and you'll know just what I mean
you'll never see it with mirrored eyes
being so squeaky clean

(chorus)

It's The Hoodoo Doing It In The Name Of Voodoo

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) It's the hoodoo doing it
                It's the hoodoo doing it
                It's the hoodoo doing it
                in the name of voodoo

walking around a misty grave
the zombies are after you
you'll never know 'til it's too late
the power of the hoodoo

cries in the night
a lovely sound
as the owl sings along
another succumbs into the night
and voodoo is in the song

you better watch it now...

(chorus)
(instrumental)

watch your step on hallowed night
when the dead begin to roam
for if you dare to tread alone
you'll never make it home

they're coming for you...

(chorus)

I Walk This Bridge Alone

© 2010 Mark Cote

advice, from somewhat jaded eyes
is only partly wise
though the words that you mention
are all with good intention
I walk this bridge alone

when they think it's truth that you've found
those feelings they come sneaking around

(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
         where I need to be
         the pages they have turned...
         it's so, much more than what they see
         no one can walk this bridge but me
         though it's badly burned
         badly burned

all alone in your nightmare
who is by your side
the demons you must face
you're who has to decide
and you walk your bridge alone


(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
                where I need to be
                the pages they have turned...
                it's so, much more than what they see
                no one can walk this bridge but me
                with lessons I have learned
                I have learned

(instrumental)

when they think it's truth that you've found
those feelings they come sneaking around

(chorus) there are times, when no one else can see
                where I need to be
                the pages they have turned...
                it's so, much more than what they see
                no one can walk this bridge but me
                though it's badly burned
                and lessons I have learned
                I have learned

Lovesick Heart Attack

© 2010 Mark Cote


From the time I saw you
and the time you saw me
there was something, we both knew
The time, the place, it was meant to be

summer moonlight, hand in hand
hear the ocean kiss the sand
as dolphins dance just off shore
I give my heart to the girl next door

Never thought it'd be like this
never thought I'd melt with a kiss

(Chorus) I want to make you
                bite your lip
                twirl your hair
                see summer dreaming in your stare
                curl your toes
                your eyes roll back
                while your nails rake down my back
                call my name
                with each sigh
                forever more, you and I
                In this moment
                I won't give back
                your my lovesick heart attack

stars watching from up above
arms all tangled up in love
when the sun wakes up to see
the love I dream is here with me

Long as I see me in your eyes
I'll always know you are mine
I'm forever blinded by the love of you
you'll always know my love is true

Never thought it'd be like this
never thought I'd melt with a kiss

(chorus)

Merry Go Round

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) round and round on the merry go round of life we go
                how's your pony
                how's the ride
                it's a merry go round of life
                how's the sounds
                how's the sights
                it's a merry go round of life

slickered smiles and cardboard dreams
living someone else's dream
the view won't change if you follow those
if this is the path that you chose

(chorus)

wear the clothes of someone else
you keep your dreams to yourself
say just the words that you're told
little sheep can you be more bold

(chorus)

Unhook your pony let him run
try something they've never done
you'll see the world you never knew
find the dream wrapped up in you

(chorus)