What A Way To Go

© 2010 Mark Cote

You take me down, oh so slowly
with kisses so deep, baby you know me
the heat of passion could be so much more
but what a way to go

I swim in those eyes, that flow so deeply
whispered I love you, soft and sweetly
might be sinking too deep, maybe I don't know
but what a way to go

(chorus) what a way to go... (what a way, way to go)
                what a way to go... (what what, a way to go)
                I could vanish tomorrow
                but I cherish today
                but what a way to go

(Instrumental)

as I turn each page, it tastes so tempting
chapter to chapter, a happy ending
this story may have been told before
but what a way to go

(chorus)

I'm Better Than That

© 2010 Mark Cote

Some only see the dark in those
who try their best
with a heart of gold
but when you look for fault in all you see
you'll never be
the best in you or the best in me
I choose not to wear that hat... I'm better than that

(chorus) I'm better, better
                I'm better, better
                I'm better than that
                I'm better, better
                I'm better, better
                I'm better than that

There is always light in the darkest night
when things go wrong
and life is tight
those looking down never look above
they never see
the dove flies above you and me
the best in you or the best in me
I choose not to wear that hat... I'm better than that

(chorus)

Why Why Why

© 2010 Mark Cote

(chorus) Tell me why .... why... why
                 did you ever leave me
                 why .... why... why
                 did you just let it go
                 why .... why... why
                 did you change go and your mind
                 Oh tell me why

I've given you all the answers
but you still riddle me
I never quite
see the light
am I too blind to see

love is still elusive
it's just a mystery
when you catch it
it wants to be free

(chorus)
(instrumental)

little bird just fly away
I'll never clip your wings
what's left of me
for all to see
with the song she sings

gonna wind back the hands of time
to a place and time
when you were all mine

(chorus)

You're Into Me, I'm Into You

© 2010 Mark Cote

I'd travel half the world to be with you
but my heart is already there
it's worth the moments in your arms
down by the creek on your daddy's farm

I don't mind the dusty days and grey cloud nights
'cause I know you always care
I could tell you that I love you
but I'm sure that you already knew

(chorus) there's no distance too far
                no night to dark
                to keep us away
                too keep us apart
                we bridge time and space with this love so true
                you're into me I'm into you

With a gentle breeze flowing in your hair
and my kiss upon your lips
our worlds start to melt away
and 2 hearts become one today

If ever we should try to pull away
it's a love we cannot resist
For when you've found a love like ours
within your heart written in the stars

(chorus)

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)