Lamp Post

© 2018 Mark Cote

lamp post
watching the world go by
never wondering
where or why
does it matter
there's never chatter

lamp post
what will you pay
how much of yourself
do you give you away
does it really matter
if I'm thin or get fatter

(chorus) Shine...
                  through the days and the nights
                  when nothing in this world
                  is seeming right
                  lamp post shining bright
                  in your silence you come off as cold
                  but inside you really are bold
                  shine on
                  lamp post
                  lamp post shine on and on

lamp post
how will you feel
when your reality
comes from a dream
will it even matter
in the here or ever after

shine on....

(instrumental)
(chorus)

In Her Whisper

© 2018 Mark Cote

I knew there had to be someone
who knew exactly how I felt
when you play by the rules
you don't always win

seeing it all in a different way
a whole 'nother point of view
love doesn't play by the rules
it just starts to begin

Chorus) in her whisper
                 she's calling my name
                 in her whisper
                 I'm feeling the flame
                 when I wonder where her heart is
                 I already know
                 in her whisper is where I will go

firefly kiss on a summer night
sparks of static in the chill of daylight
we may never know
it just comes from within

(chorus)

Sanding The Stone

© 2017 Mark Cote

time clock smiling sarcastically
knowing exactly what I'll be
but the only face
I seem to relate
while it's hands are sealing my fate

polishing stone
does it really matter
when I've gone to the year after

so many dreams wash down the drain
never to seen or heard from again
do they lose the will
do they even know
just how slowly this process grows

Chorus) sanding the stone
                 robbing flesh from the bone
                 sanding the stone
                 ambition left in the cold
                 sanding
                 sanding
                 sanding the stone

we can choose the path that we lead
in the sand or soil plant the seed
you can make life
or life makes you
based on the colors you drew

polishing stone
does it really matter
when I've gone to the year after

(chorus)

There's Only Tomorrow

© 2017 Mark Cote

floating
since the ship has sailed
by the light of hope
I know I'll prevail

and the sun went down
to another world
where a boy says the right things
to another girl

(chorus) when you ask how I've been
                  I'll question what you say
                  what difference does it make
                  if I cry in the night
                  or cry in the day
                  laces untied
                  lover's knots they unwind
                  there's only tomorrow

the rain cried down
for mistakes were made
but a broken China doll
cannot be remade

breezy
sighs in vain
the string has broke
kites don't come back
ever again

Melancholy Christmas

© 2017 Mark Cote


have a melancholy Christmas
superficial time of year
greed like snow everywhere you go
seems so insincere

have a melancholy Christmas
and in the crowded aisles
think of those
out in the cold
and ones who can't be near

Oh no
do they know
the reason today is here
a baby was born this day
who filled the world with cheer

have a melancholy Christmas
even if you are alone
with hope not doubt
it's not a melancholy Christmas next year

have a melancholy Christmas
superficial time of year.

(instrumental)

have a melancholy Christmas
and in the crowded aisles
think of those
out in the cold
and ones who can't be near

Oh no
do they know
the reason today is here
a baby was born this day
who filled the world with cheer

have a melancholy Christmas
even if you are alone
with hope not doubt
it's not a melancholy Christmas next year

Which Cup Holds Your Heart

© 2013 Mark Cote

Shifting on a wall in a lover's game
nobody knows, it all appears the same
which one will you give your love to
and which one's heart's are lost without a clue

tell me which cup holds your heart

(chorus) one cup shines
                  diamonds and gold
                  one cup gives you
                  the love that you can hold
                  one cup says
                  they've known you from the start
                  but tell me which cup holds your heart

will the sight of your ex rekindle an old flame
while you tell me that you don't feel the same
tell me which story harbors the truth
and who is the man you give your heart to

tell me which cup holds your heart

(chorus)

are you afraid one may leave you all alone
so you keep them all safely by the phone
you have to take a chance to not lead them on
for misleading love can never be strong

tell me which cup holds your heart

(chorus)

Blue Tinsel Days

© 2013 Mark Cote

Carolers sing
sleigh bells they ring
happiness seems so brand new

the warmth in my heart
the chill in the air
contrasting love we once knew

chilling each tear
each one that flows
the snow angels they feel it too

(chorus) flash of light
                  in the night
                  red green and white
                  the holidays don't feel the same
                  flash of light
                  in the night
                  blue tinsel days
                  I can't think of of what I should say
                  and I don't know whose really to blame
                  no, I don't know whose really to blame

when she went away
my heart came unglued
can't seem to mend it it's true

I wonder why
why I'm so blue
I guess I'm still missing you

(chorus)

clock on the wall
stop staring at me
stop waving your hands all around

for me time stood still
and always will
the day she stopped coming around

(chorus)