Stepping Into Sunlight

© 2013 Mark Cote

goodnight dark days
may you rest in peace
you never really were
that good for me

between the tears I cried
and the long lonely nights
all you took from me
was my will to try

(chorus) stepping into sunlight
                  yesterday was a bad ride
                  stepping into sunlight
                  take me away

too bad for you
when I hit the ground
you'll come crawling back
she said with a frown

you came around
were you just company
or was I just
was I just
to blind to see

(chorus)
(instrumental)

you may lose some years
before you come to know
what it's taking from you
is where you want to go

(chorus)

Magic In The Moonlight

© 2012 Mark Cote

I spent my time in the arms of summer
her breath gently on my skin
with a love like no other
I wondered where in my life she had been

In her eyes I felt her passion
like the longing in the night
although I know it may be wrong
what I felt I knew was right

(chorus) She was my magic in the moonlight
                   I was the fire in her heart
                  she gave me something to remember
                  a love I know I can't forget
                  In my heart is says it all
                  of the rise and of the fall
                  of a moment in the night

then one night like the seasons
summer changing into fall
she left without a warning
and the coldness of it all

each year I pray a reason
she'll come back to me once again
though I know a love this special
is like a million out of ten

(chorus)

Now That You're Gone

© 2014 Mark Cote

where does the laughter go
on the distant winds that blow
after the end of the show
now that you're gone

the brightest nose of all the clowns
spotlight glows when you're around
should we bring the curtain down
now that you're gone

(chorus) now that you're gone
                  did we learn what you had to teach
                  walking now on shaky feet
                  now that you're gone

                  now that you're gone
                  though the laugh seems far away
                  the depth of words you would say
                  it can brighten a dismal day
                  now that you're gone

heading out now on our own
spark of crazy you have shown
like seeds that you have sown
now that you're gone

A part of me I saw in you
I think we all could feel it too
We'll hold it to pull us through
now that you're gone

(chorus)

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...

Maybe Just Maybe

© 2014 Mark Cote

painted horse
on pale hot white sand
stealing the souls
of hearts and of man
wintered heart
 in a summer soul
in un-bridled dreams
there's never snow

the rings on a tree
the lines on a face
stories etched
we cannot erase
what we learned
what we can teach
we are just fish
in an endless sea

(chorus) and maybe
                I'll go for a walk on a beach
                and maybe
                I have something to teach
                maybe
                I'll find something in myself
                maybe
                it's so much more than I felt
                maybe
                just maybe

shadows in silence
can crowd a mind
with memories
I don't want to find
my calendar
has turned the page
footprints of the past
they still remain

(chorus)

Boom Boom Boom

© 2014 Mark Cote

every time I see her going by
my heart goes boom boom boom
play it faster
play it boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

dancing with her
hear the music go boom boom boom
rhythm in the bass
going boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

(chorus) and when the music makes us lose control
                  soul to soul oh baby on the floor
                  makes me want you even more and more
                  boom boom boom
                  boom boom boom

she's bathing in the spotlight
like a star glowing boom boom boom
cameras flashing on her
going boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

fireworks at our wedding
blasting boom boom boom
sparkles in her eyes go boom boom boom
boom boom boom
oh baby boom boom boom

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

The Man Upstairs

© 2014 Mark Cote

Where we live we may call it home
but for me I feel so all alone
like a ghost in one's own home town
searching for the dream I have not found

If I erase your struggle erase your strife
pave a path for a better life
put you on the road with no more debts
an open road with no past regrets

(chorus) The man upstairs he saw it all
                    he saw the rise and he saw the fall
                    I now have the strength for standing tall
                    the man upstairs he saw it all
                    the man upstairs he saw it all

Dart in a map where will I begin
so many faces where will I fit in
like a bird I now am free
I cast my ship out upon the sea

in another town another state
maybe overseas will be my fate
packing up now I'm on the mend
like a willow I learned to bend

(chorus)

now I feel the sun it warms my face
gentle laughter a soft embrace
in her love I find a home
found something I had never known

(chorus)