Just Beyond The Headlights

© 2012 Mark Cote

I was dreaming just the other day
of the things that we might say
on the day we meet
just outside my dreams

perfumed moonlight tasting so sweet
with a beauty I cannot yet see
just around the bend
until I reach the end

(chorus) Out on the shoreline
                  just beyond my reach
                  in my daydreams
                  forever it seems
                  in every sunset I never forget
                  out on this road somewhere in the night
                  just beyond my headlights

Leave your calling card here in my heart
dreams of tomorrow is a kind of art
only love can bring
painted by angel wings

Thought I caught a glimpse of you today
or was it the dawn's morning rays
that give me hope
and keep my heart afloat

(chorus)

A Day Without Your Love

© 2013 Mark Cote

With a sparkle in her eye
even when she does not smile
she shines...

Cupid came along
said this love it won't be wrong
not this time...

no starless sky above
or a day without your love
for me

in a gentle caring touch
never knew love meant so much
to me....

reaching in my soul
she already knows
she feels...

no starless sky above
or a day without your love
for me

(chorus) she just makes me fly
                  like Springtime through the night
                  I'm free...
                  I'm blinded by your love
                  and taking this chance
                  I can't see...
                  a day without your love
                  the stars won't shine above for me

(instrumental)
 (chrorus)

a day without your love
the stars won't shine above for me

Alternate Yesterday

© 2013 Mark Cote

She keeps her eye on her day to day
sweeps the thought to the corner of her mind
he dreams of love in a heart-felt moon
and the warmth he hopes he will find
in another yesterday
an alternate yesterday
another place and time...

she has no time for such idle dreams
to fantasize what could not be
his romantic heart knows that it's true
maybe in some other reality
in another yesterday
an alternate yesterday
another place and time...

(chorus) dreams don't ask you why
                  they just show you how it could be
                  it, could, be...
                  when two worlds collide
                  there is so much for two souls to see...
                  in another yesterday
                  an alternate yesterday
                  another place and time...

(instrumental)
(chorus)

 in another yesterday
 an alternate yesterday
 another place and time...

You Get To Me

© 2013 Mark Cote

Little bird in the Spring
happy with each day
gently dancing flapping wings
like the angels when they play

talking in a soft voice
whisper in my ear
no my heart had no choice
so subtle and sincere

(chorus)  I... could listen to you talk all day
                  I... don't know you have a way
                  to get to me
                  but girl you're like the magic in a song
                  and my heart just plays along
                  I could listen to you talk all day
                  you get to me
     
summer rain feels so warm
when you're by my side
hidden love has been reborn
this I cannot hide

sending out a message
on a dove to you
with my heart expressing
with love from me to you

(chorus)

If Someone Really Cared

© 2013 Mark Cote

The bird that cries in silence
do you ever hear her call
tumbling down is so slowly
no one ever sees her fall

In this inward turning struggle
a smile can hide it all
the comfort of the darkness
or climb above the wall

(bridge) I can hear her tears when she sings
               and to the melody that she clings
               If someone really cared
               she still might be around

(chorus) And I know
                  she still may have stumbled
                  but at least
                  she still would be there
                  down this well
                  of sorrow she's falling
                  grab her heart and keep it sound
                  if someone really cared
                  she still might be around

to hard to face her demons
not strong enough to cry
every time I read the details
I just have to wonder why

lost now in the shadows
the rustle in the wind
the one that fell down here from heaven
has flown back to there again

(bridge) I can hear her tears when she sings
               angel baby got her wings
               if someone really cared
               she still might be around

(chorus)

Better Days Ahead

© 2013 Mark Cote

The clouds cried for me when you went away
the strength I learned I must say
I learned from you
but mine is filled with love

I ride the tide I stay the course
the many storms I've endured
been rocked around
but still I don't capsize

(chorus)   Better days ahead
                  just looking to the north you'll find
                  shadows are all behind
                  as you go
                  your steps will show
                  as you learn you grow
                  and leave it all behind
                  better days ahead

Had the wind knocked from my sail
though some may do I don't inhale
don't cloud my mind
just let me forge ahead

If I have to float out all alone
My heart I know will not grow cold
the love inside
will keep me safe and warm

(chorus)

(bridge) If you
               fall overboard
              your wet and unsure
              to sink or swim
              is all that you can do
              to spite them all
              learn to stand tall
              as they look up at you
              while you swim away

(chorus)

Penelope's Eyes

© 2013 Mark Cote

Blue bunny dreams
are as real as they seem
they come without warning or thought

and under the thunder
she'll sit and she'll wonder
how strawberries taste in the rain

looking around
absorbing the sounds
as night time wakes up to the day

while some see the light
as shining too bright
and the dark is too hard on their eyes

Penelope wanders along

(chorus)    life is so simple
                  Penelope's eyes
                  each waking day
                  another surprise
                  look at the wonder
                  Penelope's eyes
                  just like a child
                  you realize
                  there's more to life
                  in Penelope's eyes

the shapes of the clouds
form animal mounds
she casually lays in the grass

flower-filled air
surrounds everywhere
the hour hand rolls on too fast

(chorus)

what can it be
what is it that she sees?

(chorus)