Comfortable Shoes

© 2015 Mark Cote

I walk a lot
I hike and play
I've got big feet
what can I say

it may sound funny
but it hurts a lot
with each step I take
in these shoes I got
and these sores are making me sore
I need some comfortable shoes

(chorus) comfortable shoes
                  ones that won't make me
                  sing the blues
                  comfortable shoes
                  ones that make me feel like
                  I'm with you
                  comfortable shoes
                  and you will see me walk to your door
                  in my comfortable shoes

I see them all
brands big and small
but they don't fit
don't fit at all

the inner soles
that just don't last
feel so good
then worn so fast
and these sores are making me sore
I need some comfortable shoes

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

A Penny For Your Thoughts

© 2015 Mark Cote

(chorus) a penny for your thoughts
                  a nickel for your time
                  a dime for all the times
                  you gave it all you got
                  just want to make you feel alright
                  a penny for your thoughts

I can feel you running in silence
down those dead-end roads
though hope is dissolving
persistence tells you to go

words going unspoken
to me they sound so clear
crying out is unseen
encased in a tear

(chorus) a penny for your thoughts
                  a nickel for your time
                  a dime for all the times
                  you gave it all you got
                  just want to make you feel alright
                  a penny for your thoughts

hiding behind a summer smile
and model perfect hair
memories cut jagged
through a heart they can tear

but if you find trust in me
maybe I can help you heal
may the bad dreams you see
not turn out to be real

(chorus)

Selfie

© 2015 Mark Cote

how do I look
how is my hair
is the lighting right
or should I even care
when photoshop can make it real
no one knows how you feel

imagine who I am
when the shutter snaps
maybe famous
in a dream perhaps
when photoshop can make it real
no one knows how you feel

(chorus) Selfie
                  is it all just vanity
                  should we question your sanity
                  so many ways to say look at me
                  with just a change of scenery
                  selfie

(bridge) the colors that paint your fantasy
                  are all we will know
                  all you believe
                  in this world you perceive
                  that smile is all you need

reaching up and out
to take the shot
show the world
just what you've got
when photoshop can make it real
no one knows how you feel

(chorus)

All I Want To Be

© 2015 Mark Cote

Where we live
where we die
my as those days fly by
many lives so tied down
obligations all around
but God gave me wings
for my new life to begin

(chorus) like Icarus flying into the sun
                  and we two are one
                  with you here with me
                  I never feel the heat
                  and all I want to be
                  is happy
                  all I want to be
                  is happy

lift me up
let me soar
and look back never more
I'd rather kiss paradise
and hear her sweet sighs
if only just for a day
than go on in greyer haze

(chorus) like Icarus flying into the sun
          and we two are one
          with you here with me
          I never feel the heat
          and all I want to be
          is happy
          all I want to be
          is happy
          a butterfly that opens up it's eyes
          after years it tried
          maybe it all won't last
          maybe days will fly past
          but all I want to be
            is happy
          and all I wnat to be is happy

(instrumental)

waiting there
across the miles
in tomorrow she smiles
to welcome me home
to where my dreams have roamed

                  like Icarus flying into the sun
          and we two are one
          with you here with me
          I never feel the heat
          and all I want to be
          is happy
          all I want to be
                 is happy
          a butterfly that opens up it's eyes
          after years it tried
          maybe it all won't last
          maybe days will fly past
          but all I want to be
            is happy
          and all I wnat to be is happy

Seattle Girl

© 2014 Mark Cote

Stunning little
cunning little
Seattle girl

clingy little
stingy little
Seattle girl

furniture but not to use
my caring heart do not abuse

teasy little
sneaky little
Seattle girl

spiteful little
bite me little
Seattle girl

saw the side of you I didn't want to see
made me feel how I didn't want to feel
not the life you're used to
Seattle girl

(bridge) but oh, you can be so nice
                 oh, so very nice
                 when you want it to be right
                 but when asked of you
                 you compete and fight

ungrateful little
hateful little
Seattle girl

witchy little
bitchy little
Seattle girl

ever since you've gone I breathe again
by the break of dawn the darkness ends
not the life you're used to
Seattle girl

Where Are You Tomorrow

© 2015 Mark Cote

Pennies I've found but never spent
I knew the route but never went
what is it about me
maybe just my geography

no roots in this hardened ground
no connections I have found
can I find that inner strength
to build a life where I've never been

(chorus) Where are you tomorrow
                  why won't you show me the way
                  when I have next week to borrow
                  you turn into today
                  where are you tomorrow
                  when yesterday brings me sorrow
                  I'll follow the sun

what will I find when I get there
will it welcome me or will I just stare
either way I will adjust
either way I know I must

to travel these many winding roads
to follow the warmth to where it goes
sand castle dream may you not wash away
wandering heart may you never stray.

(chorus)

Spark Of California

© 2015 Mark Cote

through my shadows how could you see
what was left inside of me
when a voice gets drowned out
by those who mumble no one shouts

the light and fun of an inner child
flies like a bird into the wild
to a place I want to be
to a face I want to see

(chorus) spark of California
                    I see in your eyes
                    spark of California
                    on the other side
                    spark of California
                    so far away
                    spark of California
                    you're my sunny day

blind man coming to the light
what I couldn't feel I knew was right
what I couldn't say you sing the song
when I couldn't walk you dance along

within my silence I cried out
and opened my heart you flew out
small steps a lonely man
guide me I know I can

(chorus)