This Old House

This old house could tell

A hundred million stories.

Every corner holds a secret,

There’s a book in every stone.

There are spirits who

Reside in every hallway

Telling tales that reach

Into the great unknown.

 

But there’s one story

That is still to be told.

It’s a story of you and me,

And it’s yet to unfold.

I’ve been trying to tell the world

How wonderful it can all be.

Ours is the greatest love

This old house will ever see.

 

All these memories

That we keep adding onto,

All the days of our love and laughter,

All the nights held in your arms.

How I long for this

To go on for forever

Here in this old house

Where we’re both safe and warm.

 

And we’ll keep singing

Through the joy and the pain.

We’ll fill every empty room

Though the seasons may change.

Our love will still be strong

And continue to grow.

Ours is the greatest love

This old house will ever know.

 

A Picture of You

My mind’s playing tricks on me

When I close my eyes.

On a pallet of mystery

Arched in subtle surprise,

Fills my canvas of angel wings

And a heart that’s so true.

It all paints a picture,

A picture of you.

 

I tried for so many years

To find someone who

Would walk with me hand in hand

And make all my dreams come true.

Then the day you came into my life

Was the first day I knew

My mind held a picture,

A picture of you.

 

Then suddenly I realized

The picture was crystal clear.

I never had to dream you up,

Your image was always here.

From now until the end of my life

No matter what I do,

My heart will hold you close to me

In a picture…

A picture of you.

 

What Now?

What now?

Do I walk away?

Save my broken heart for another day.

What now?

If you turn around

Should I run to you begging you to stay?

What now?

In our darkest hour

Do you feel the power coming over you?

Would you break my lonely heart without regret?

Tell me, what do I do now?

 

No one told me what to do

When it came to losing you.

Never thought I’d ever see the day.

But there you stand with your hands on hips.

I hear the words falling from your lips.

Only one thing left for me to say.

 

What now…..

 

Can’t imagine what I did

To make you feel this way.

If there’s a price to change your mind,

Tell me, I will gladly pay.

 

What now?

Do I walk away?

Save my broken heart for another day.

What now?

If you turn around

Should I run to you begging you to stay?

What now?

In our darkest hour

Do you feel the power coming over you?

Would you break my lonely heart without regret?

Tell me, what do I do now?

Too Good to be True

My best friend told me ‘bout a rumor he heard,

How you’ve been asking ‘bout me.

Said you’ve been talking ‘round to all of your friends,

Giving them the third degree.

I just can’t believe a simple guy like me

Could have a chance with someone like you.

Wouldn’t have believed it in my wildest dreams.

It’s just too good to be true.

 

Hey, I want to tell everybody,

Stand up tall and lead a cheer.

Good fortune shining down on me,

Got me smiling ear to ear.

Misfortune, don’t you come around

To make her change her point of view.

I couldn’t take it if you changed your mind.

You’re just too good to be true.

 

I can see you walking down the aisle

Carrying a rose bouquet,

Looking sweeter than my fondest dream,

Girl you take my breath away.

Such a vision standing next to me,

I can’t wait to say “I do”.

Knowing that I am the luckiest man,

It’s just too good to be true.

 

All Night Long

You’ve been sitting in your lonely room

Staring at an empty wall,

Waiting silently and wondering

If you should or shouldn’t call.

Now it’s late and you still hesitate

To pick up the telephone.

Don’t you worry; you can take your time.

I’ll be waiting all night long.

 

I hate it when we disagree and

You storm out in rage

Leaving me to search my empty soul

Like a tiger in a cage.

And your words keep running through my head

Like some long-forgotten song,

When all I want to do is hold you near

And love you all night long.

 

Maybe I should just forget my pride

And the hurtful words you said.

I just need you back here in my arms

Before I go out of my head.

We need to make this go away.

I don’t care who’s right or wrong.

Everything I have I’ll gladly give

Just to hold you all night long.

 

Spinning Around

Girl, you’ve got me on a roller coaster,

Got me twirling like a spinning top.

Up and over, round and round, on a crazy carousel

And I never want the ride to stop.

 

You’re the master of a grand illusion,

Misdirecting my whole point of view.

Looking over, looking under,

Looking up ahead, looking everywhere to find a clue,

And my head keeps spinning around,

And my life keeps spinning around,

And my world keeps spinning around

Because of you.

 

You can make believers out of dreamers,

Turn a fearless foe into a friend.

Just one look into those eyes was all you ever needed

To knock me down and pick me up again.

 

Just one kiss from you would be like Heaven,

Send me soaring off into the blue,

Take me higher, take me farther,

Never touch the ground

Until you make my every dream come true.

 

And my head keeps spinning around,

And my life keeps spinning around,

And my world keeps spinning around

Because of you.

 

Hold Me

Daylight breaks the silence in a world of dreams,

A world where you’re forever in my heart.

I awake with just a pillow to wrap my arms around

And the agonizing knowledge that we’re so far apart.

I work all day trying to keep busy,

But you are in my mind constantly.

I dream about the day I’ll be coming home to you,

And how everything is going to be alright

As soon as you hold me.

 

Every day that passes brings me closer to your arms,

One day closer to your loving face.

Every lonely night I hold you close inside a dream

And feel the gentle touch of your embrace.

 

There is no one on this side of Heaven

To compare with the one I left behind.

It isn’t hard to know why my heart skips a beat

Every time a thought of you crosses my mind.

I know you and I will be forever.

You are both a lover and a friend.

We don’t have to worry even though we’re far apart

‘Cause everything will be alright again

As soon as you hold me.

 

When You Fall Asleep

Daylight slowly fades into the western skies

Putting on a show to tease my wondering eyes.

Imagination takes me to wherever you might be,

Even if it’s a million miles beyond reality.

 

I can hardly wait for sleep to ease my mind,

Hold you in my arms and leave the world behind.

And I whisper a silent prayer offered up on bended knees,

When you fall asleep tonight

I hope you’re dreaming of loving me.

 

Never wanted to be so far from your loving arms

In a place a world away from you and all your charms.

But there’s one thing I know for sure

No matter how it seems,

When I fall asleep tonight

I’ll be walking in all your dreams.

 

I’ll be there for you…

When you fall asleep.

 

I can hardly wait for sleep to ease my mind,

Hold you in my arms and leave the world behind.

And I whisper a silent prayer offered up on bended knees,

When you fall asleep tonight

I hope you’re dreaming of loving me.

 

A Private Invitation

I’ve been searching all my life

Trying to find somebody like you.

Someone who will take me as I am

And always be true.

Only one desire floods my soul

As I think about you and your charms,

Hoping for a private invitation

Into your loving arms.

 

Forget about what’s in the past

You’ve never had a lover like this.

All the frogs you thought would turn into a prince

With the warmth of your kiss.

They don’t mean a single thing to me

And I think you know that it’s true.

They couldn’t understand the treasure in

An invitation to loving you.

 

Take away the smoky clouds of doubt.

Let the sunlight shine in.

Let me be the one to fill your dreams

As a lover and a friend.

 

No one knows just what the future holds,

But one thing is for sure.

Feelings like the ones I have for you

Will always endure.

I don’t want to miss a single day,

That’s why I wait so patiently

For a private invitation from your heart

To last us to eternity.

 

Have You Lost Your Mind?

Make up? You say you want to make up.

You’re telling me you didn’t mean to be so unkind.

Wake up! After such a fiery breakup

I think we need a little shakeup.

Baby, have you lost your mind?

 

You and me are like fire and ice.

We can’t exist together.

We’ve been angry since the day we met.

For us to try and see it through

And brave the stormy weather

Would only bring us oceans of regret.

 

Move on. It’s time for us to move on.

Let our story play out to the end

And let it unwind.

But you say you want to keep us both in play,

Try to find another way.

Baby, have you lost your mind?

 

There’s no need to disagree.

The answer should be crystal clear.

I don’t know why you can’t see

The only way we should go from here.

But there you stand with your heart in hand

And I am trying hard to find

The words to make you understand the truth…

Baby, have you lost your mind?

 

Accidental Guest

It wasn’t my intention to

Get caught up in your web.

I should have paid attention from the start.

I’m just an accidental guest but

Now I never want to leave

Because you wrapped your gentle weave

Around my heart.

 

Oh, won’t you look at me.

I can happily confess.

Now I always want to be your

Forever accidental guest.

 

I wasn’t looking for commitment,

Or then again maybe I was,

Or anything more than just one night.

But now your accidental guest is looking to forever

And every shred of doubt is out of sight.

 

Oh, won’t you look at me.

I can happily confess.

Now I always want to be your

Forever accidental guest.

 

Some people say I’m lucky

And I have to tell you I agree.

The angels must have smiled on the night we met.

The Fates brought us together

Accidentally,

And now we face the morning sun without regret.

 

Oh, won’t you look at me.

I can happily confess.

Now I always want to be your

Forever accidental guest.

 

Say It with Your Eyes

I can see you’re searching for

An easy way to say to me, “it’s over.”

But you don’t need to say a word,

And I don’t need to listen to your lies.

You say it with the way you walk,

The way you stand and the way you talk about me.

It only takes a single look

And you say it with your eyes.

 

Eyes that used to look at me

With so much love and honesty about them,

That penetrated to my heart and

Reached down to the deepest part of me.

But now they just give you away

And break down the last part of your disguise.

No matter what your lips may say, I see the truth.

You say it with your eyes.

 

Let me save you just a bit of

Trouble and embarrassment. It’s over.

When we think back over all the bad times

It’s really no surprise.

I should have seen it coming

Long before a single word was spoken.

The simple truth has been there in the honest way

You say it with your eyes.

 

Eyes that used to look at me

With so much love and honesty about them,

That penetrated to my heart and

Reached down to the deepest part of me.

But now they just give you away

And break down the last part of your disguise.

No matter what your lips may say, I see the truth.

You say it with your eyes.

 

When I Grow Up

At 6 years old I was running wild

Totin’ my six-guns cowboy style,

Bustin’ wild broncos, riding the range all day.

Goin’ after bad guys,

Huntin’ them down.

Me and my posse cleaning up this town.

When I grow up it’s gonna always be this way.

 

Nothing comes short of living out a dream,

Believing in the future and what it can bring,

Hoping for some wisdom and a little luck.

I can have it all when I grow up.

 

At 18 I was sure I knew it all,

Riding so high that I could never fall.

No one could tell me what I could or couldn’t do.

Looking back I see that I was just a kid.

I can’t believe half the stupid things I did,

But I still believed

And somehow made it through.

 

Nothing comes short of living out a dream,

Believing in the future and what it can bring,

Hoping for some wisdom and a little luck.

I can have it all when I grow up.

 

Now that I’m older and my life’s on track

I can see the kid who always had my back

Hiding in the shadows, trying hard to keep up,

Waiting and wondering just what happened to

The kind of trust and wanderlust that he once knew.

Did I lose it all when I grew up?

 

Nothing comes short of living out a dream,

Believing in the future and what it can bring,

Hoping for some wisdom and a little luck.

I can have it all when I grow up.

 

Boy’s Night Out

Spend the whole week waitin’

Just anticipatin’

One night a week that I can bust loose,

Where the rooster is a’crowin’

And testosterone is flowin’

And a guy can give the devil a goose.

It’s a ritual demand

That the girls don’t understand,

They can’t figure out what it’s all about.

It comes on like a fever

And there’s only one reliever

When it comes around to boy’s night out.

 

Ooohh, I got to get it goin’

Got to have a little fun.

Got a few seed left that still need sewin’

Put the devil on the run,

In a place that’s void of inhibitions

Where I won’t be afraid to shout.

Just keeps the beer flowin’,

Don’t care where I’m goin’,

Cruisin’ by on boy’s night out.

 

I’ve been workin’ for a dollar

Til it makes me wanna holler

And give the boss a piece of my mind,

But I try to hold it in until Friday night and then

I’m able to relax and unwind. We play a hand or two,

Maybe shoot a round of pool

And complain out loud til there’s no doubt.

Every challenge that we air,

Every problem, every dare,

We solve it all on boy’s night out.

 

Changes

I’ve been going through changes

Since the day that we met,

Some that I just don’t understand

And may live to regret.

You have captured my wandering eye

With a new point of view,

That these changes are all worthwhile

If they bring me to loving you.

 

You worked your magic.

You’ve got me under your spell.

You gave me the courage to

Walk through the fires of hell.

Trouble come find us.

We have no reason to hide.

I’m not a rebel

But I’ll face the world

As long as you walk by my side.

 

I can’t imagine

What changes may lie up ahead,

Coated in honey or

Covered in splashes of fiery red.

I’ll take it in stride

Knowing inside that it true.

These changes don’t matter

As long as they bring me to loving you.

 

All This Carrying On

For just one minute I turn my back, and

Walk out of the room.

I come back to a huge disaster

Sounding like a sonic boom.

The whole room’s lost all its sanity

And no one knows just where it’s gone.

Time to put an end to this feuding and fighting,

And all this carrying on.

 

3 AM is a time for quiet,

A time for reflection and sleep.

Especially for a working man

Who has obligations to keep.

Then some damn fool tries to raise a ruckus

And party til the morning sun.

It’s clear somebody’s got to shut him down,

And all this carrying on.

 

You and me sometimes disagree,

We let common sense slide.

We say things that we both don’t mean,

Leaving reason aside.

But it’s okay at the end of the day.

It doesn’t matter who won.

We work it out when we finally stop

All this carrying on.

 

A Million and One

I take the time to say, “I love you”,

Like so many times before.

It’s like saying, “See you later”

As I’m walking out the door.

Every time is like the first time

And you are the prize that I’ve won.

I know that I’ve said it a million times.

This makes a million and one.

 

Everyone tells me I’m lucky.

I can’t help but notice it’s true.

You brought my heart out of darkness.

My life began the day that I met you.

You took a chance, placed your wager,

But I was the gambler who won.

Chance may only be one in a million, but

You are a million and one.

 

Every day life just gets sweeter

As we walk in the sun hand in hand,

And I realize what’s there in your eyes

Knowing you’re more than a lover and friend.

 

Time won’t erase what we’re feeling,

Or take away one simple thing.

We’ll face each new dawn together.

Every day is the first day of spring.

Finding a new way, if need be, to be

Close to you when day is done.

At the end of a million beginnings

We’ll find a million and one.

 

Alone

There’s a tale told by fools of a fairytale world

Filled with dreams,

Where night never falls and honey flows wild

In the streams.

But when twilight comes crashing, and your waiting here

By the phone.

And it finally hits you, the meaning

Of being alone.

 

It’s a feeling that settles inside to tell you it’s true.

The one thing you thought was forever is over and through.

It’s a double-edged blade that slices and cuts to the bone.

You just never get use to the silence

Of being alone.

 

There is no way to describe all the emptiness

That you’re feeling inside.

You look in the mirror but there’s no reflection.

Your heart has gone looking for someplace to hide.

 

No one to free you.

No one to call but yourself.

You have a choice to rescue your soul

And climb down from your shelf.

Do you swim murky waters

Or let yourself sink like a stone?

It’s all up to you; you don’t have to face it

Alone.

 

Silk and Lace

Bracing myself for a fiery conflict,

Keeping my head down low.

Offering a prayer to the man above,

Trying not to let my feelings show.

Thinking about you a half a world away

And how I long to see your face,

Wanting just to feel your tender touch,

Missing your silk and lace.

 

People said that we were never meant to be,

Said that we would never last.

Your Momma and your Daddy both agreed

That we were moving way too fast.

But they could never know your affect on me,

How you cause my heart to race,

Or how I close my eyes every single night

Dreaming of your silk and lace.

 

And it doesn’t matter if the world goes by

And passes to eternity,

We don’t have to wonder where or why,

You and I were always meant to be.

 

There will come a time, and it won’t be long,

I’ll be coming home to you.

I’ll leave these boots and battles far behind,

And trade them for a heart that’s true.

I won’t have to dream about your loving smile

Or think about your warm embrace.

Huddled close together every single night,

Touching your silk and lace.

 

 

Walk Away

It’s deep in December,

The days have grown shorter,

Just like your patience with me.

Nights that blow cold

Both inside and out

In our snow-covered destiny.

I know that we would both be better off

If we would just call it a day.

But it’s really hard

To lay down your cards,

Get up and just walk away.

 

We’ve faced some fears in our stormy years,

Together we’ve managed to win.

But lately it seems we’re on different teams

Pulling the rope from both ends.

If this is the game that our destiny calls for,

Honey, I don’t want to play.

We’ve been through too much to limp by on a crutch,

It’s better to just walk away.

 

I wish there was some way to make it all better,

Take back all the things that I said, but

I don’t have a potion or miracle pill

To remove all those echoing words from your head.

 

Guess I could tell you that I was just blinded

By anger in visions of red.

So full of myself, caught in the moment,

I couldn’t control all the things that I said.

But that wouldn’t matter in our big decision.

Do I leave or do I stay?

I think we both know

It’s time to go.

It’s over, so just walk away.

 

Like Drunken Cowboys

There’s a place inside my head where hurt never filters in,

A place to heal, where I can know I’m my own best friend,

Sometimes find it easier than facing reality,

Like drunken cowboys living without a dream.

 

Call me crazy; call me a fool, for shutting out the world.

I just need time to contemplate the way my life’s unfurled.

Wouldn’t want to take it out on everyone around

Like drunken cowboys tearing up the town.

 

I don’t want to think about forever,

Trying hard to make it through the storm.

Toughening my feelings into leather

Til it just doesn’t matter anymore.

 

Take a step back to a time when

Life was a free-for-all,

Where disagreements could always be settled in a barroom brawl,

Where consequences and concerns were not a high priority,

Like drunken cowboys living wild and free.