Invisible Heart

I got up and wiped the sleep out of my eyes
Looked in the mirror and recognized my disguise
I went out, to find the one I'll never forget
all these years and i haven't found her yet

i listen to the breeze to see what it has to say
the leaves on the trees seem to lead the way

I want you to see my like I never was
back when the future was my favorite drug
I look back to see where I have been
the present is always where the past begins

I wait for the sound of things falling into place
the puzzle unwound and the light when it touches her face

I never thought that it would be easy
but I never thought it would be this hard
I was obsessed with a memory
I fell in love with an invisible heart

There's no way she could live up to the myth that I made
so I'll just remember her in my own way

I never thought that it would be easy
but I never thought it would be this hard
I was obsessed with a memory
I fell in love with an invisible heart

Northern Lights

I forgot how to make you smile
I tried but I missed by a country mile
And I remember when I first tried
how we laughed until we cried

Your face lit up like the northern lights
keeping me warm on those winter nights
and the fire burning in your eyes
holding me close til the sunrise

but now you're tired of me
there ain't nothing I have that you haven't seen
and how we used to dream
of growing old and being free and always traveling

Now I can see in the night
under the glow of your warm soft light
And everything is still
and the way you touch me never fails to give me a chill
and I will hold you tight
under the northern lights

I know that time can be tough
make us take for granted the ones we love
but I'm just trying to find the spark
and find my way back to the start

but I need you to try
to think back to the time
when we were soft and high
and our words meant more than the reasons why

and I know that we can
count the times we really fought all on one hand
but we still gotta learn
how to be the one whose love you didn't have to earn

Tonight You Belong to Me

This past weekend, Leah and I had a few glasses of wine and recorded a version of the old song "Tonight You Belong to Me," made famous by Steven Martin and Bernadette Peters in the movie 'The Jerk'. I don't know whether or not it was the wine or the fact that the tune was in the perfect key for both our voices, but I think it turned out pretty swell. Maybe we'll do a video version and post it on YouTube soon. Maybe Leah can learn how to play the Cornet by then and she can take a solo!

I know (I know)
You belong - to somebody new
But Tonight you belong to me...

Although (Although)
We're apart - your part of my heart..
And tonight you belong to me...

Way down by the stream..
How sweet it will seem..
Once more just to dream
In the moonlight...

My honey I know...
With the dawn..that you will be gone..
But tonight you belong to me...

Restless Again

(photo by Nicole Franco)

You said that you wanted to see the world
and you just had to get out of this town
so we went as far as our money could
and tried to make another life for us

But after a while you were at it again
looking out the window longingly
you said it was time to move on
this life just wasn't enough for you

I don't know why you can't be happy
right where you are in the end
i just know that you'll never give up
and you'll always be restless again

Restless again
It's always the same old story
Over before it begins
You run away from all the people
Who try to get in
And give you something to believe in

I followed you to the ends of the earth
waiting for you to settle down
but you never stayed anywhere long enough
to feel like home and put your anchor down

I don't know why you can't be happy
right where you are in the end
i just know that you'll never give up
and you'll always be restless again

Moment

(photo by Nicole Franco)

Everyone has a moment in their life
that they just can't seem to forget
that keeps them up late at night
in a cold cold sweat

Maybe it's the chance that you didn't take
maybe it's the chance you took
maybe it's the way you saw it from afar
maybe it's because you couldn't look

Maybe it's the one who went away
maybe it's the one who stayed
maybe it's the smile in a photograph
folded up and tucked away

Doesn't matter what you tell yourself
of how you're not afraid
always waiting to remind you of
the moment that got away
the time that you should've stayed
and the feeling you get
when you're lost in regret
for the the love that you could've made

You don't talk about it any more
it hurts too much to say
the wounds have healed but the scars remain
from that fateful day

But in the quiet moments and the soundless nights
the feelings come and go
i want to take you in to the light
and make sure we never let go

Times like these I'm reminded
of what you mean to me
and all the moments that add up
to the person I'm supposed to be
the way you remember me
and the lies that we tell
tell to ourselves
can't begin to set us free

Say Please

(photo by Nicole Franco)

I found the T-shirt that you used to wear
in the back of my 63 chevy
and it smelled of leaves and lemonade
just how you left it for me

And as I go through the things
that we cared so much about
I can't believe that it ever seemed
like the future was ever in doubt

I never bothered to see
the darkness between the seems
and you did your best to shield
me from the pain of your dreams

And I never had to say please
never had to grovel or get down on my knees
You always took it in stride
Even though I could see it in your eyes

Now when I look back
and I see how much pain you were in
I can't forgive myself
for how I let it end

I Don't Believe

I don't believe
In god or the prophets
They took all the profits
Bought there way to heaven

I don't believe
In separate but equal
They took all the people
And gave them different names

I don't believe
In the wars of my fathers
And all of the others
Who didn't make it back

I don't believe
That time is an arrow
Straight and narrow
Never looking back

I try to believe in you
Even if you don't want me to
Doesn't matter what you do
All the lies you tell are true.....to you

I don't believe
In the faces of evil
And all of the people
Who turn and look away

I don't believe
That the soul of a nation
Fighting for salvation
Can't seem to forgive

I don't believe
That the power of the stars
Makes us who we are
And who we're supposed to be

I don't believe
In artificial borders
Following orders
That keep us apart

I try to believe in you
Even if you don't want me to
Doesn't matter what you do
All the lies you tell are true.....to you