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.

 

Rock My World

My life was simple and

A bit routine,

Joy was something

That was seldom seen.

You came storming

Making my life swirl,

Head first diving just to

Rock my world.

 

Rock my world,

Shake it all apart,

Just be careful not to

Break my heart.

Days are diamonds

And my nights are pearls,

Just like paradise,

Baby, rock my world.

 

You’re the queen of hearts

Who breaks the rules, and

I’d be happy

Just to play your fool.

Tell me that you’ll

Always be my girl.

We’ll just keep flying,

Baby, rock my world.

 

Rock my world,

Shake it all apart,

Just be careful not to

Break my heart.

Days are diamonds

And my nights are pearls,

Just like paradise,

Baby, rock my world.

 

To Touch Your Heart

There is no easy way

To get it done,

To say convincingly

You’re my only one.

No one to whisper in my ear,

Tell me where to start

To find those simple words

To touch your heart.

 

I’ve tried a million times

To let you know

Just how my love for you

Continues to grow.

But I can’t find the words

That will truly impart,

Words that spring from my soul

To touch your heart.

 

Maybe it’s not just the words that I speak

That send the real message your way.

Actions speak louder they say in the end,

And I try to show you every day.

 

I’ll keep on looking,

Searching my soul,

Maybe buy a dictionary,

Make it my goal

To find the right phrases

Both tender and smart,

The right words

To touch your heart.

 

Sexy, Sassy, Saucy

You keep making passes, sweeter than molasses,

Winking, blinking back at me.

Every little motion working like a potion

Blocking out reality.

Playing with my mind, leaving reason far behind,

Lift me ten feet off the ground.

Because you’re sexy, sassy, saucy

And you make my world go ‘round.

 

You keep turning heads in that sexy little dress

From the minute you walk through the door.

But I don’t dare to touch, I’m afraid you’re way too much,

You just make me want to cry for more.

I’m trying not to grin when I take it on the chin

And you ask me if I’m man enough.

You’re so sexy, sassy, saucy

And I just want to feel your touch.

 

You weaken my resistance

Until I don’t know where it went.

I’m so gone on you I swear

I would vote for you for president.

 

There is no mistake how you make my whole world shake

With that body that you carry around.

Just one look was all it took

And I swallowed the whole hook

Like a fish flopping out on the ground.

It don’t matter what I do, I’m not getting over you.

You’re the best thing to come into my world.

You’re so sexy, sassy, saucy

And I want you to be my girl.

 

Fish Out of Water

You wanted me to come and meet your family,

To show me off to all your kith and kin,

But I’m not really comfortable with all that touchy feely

That seems so necessary to fit in.

I’m just a simple guy with simple feelings,

The kind of man that some folks just don’t get,

But you want me to flop around, politely mix and mingle

Like a fish out of water caught up in your net.

 

There’s no easy way to get around it,

Doesn’t matter what I do or say.

My reasoning and protests just confound it.

I’m like a fish out of water

Trying to get away.

 

My Mamma used to tell me, “Son, just listen

To the sounds of reason drifting in the air.”

The truth is we’re all in this thing together,

And people are just people everywhere.

But I can’t seem to get my mind around it

No matter how hard I crane my neck,

Can’t find a comfort zone

To be out there on my own.

I’m just a fish out of water

Flopping on the deck.

 

Let’s Get Naked and Run Through the Sprinklers

I’ve wanted to show you so often

Exactly what you mean to me,

But I was afraid of what people would say

If I acted out so obviously.

We’re victims of our inhibitions.

It’s apparent when push comes to shove.

Why don’t we get naked and run through the sprinklers

And show the whole world we’re in love?

 

You say that I can’t act crazy,

I’m just an old stick in the mud.

Left to myself and my own devices

I’m like an old cow chewing cud.

But I’m tired of misunderstandings.

I’m ready to show the whole world.

I say let’s get naked and run through the sprinklers?

I’m willing to give it a whirl.

 

Life is too short to sit idly by

While the rest of the world marches on.

There are so many things I want us to try

Before all of the best of our good times are gone.

 

It’s not so hard to imagine

The kind of unrest we might cause.

Jaws dropping down to their ankles,

Eyes clearly popping in awe.

I’m ready to shed inhibitions

For you and polite company.

Why don’t we get naked and run through the sprinklers

And show the whole world that we’re free.

 

The Problem Is…

We were so in love in the beginning.

After all this time I feel the same.

I still get that tingling sensation

At the simple mention of your name.

I want us to go on for forever

Hand in hand to walk through every door,

Growing up and growing old together.

The problem is you don’t love me anymore.

 

Not quite sure exactly when it happened,

When we started drifting so apart.

Was I blind or did I just not listen

To the deafening sound of silence from your heart?

We could try to work it out together.

You know you’re the one that I adore.

My love for you is meant to be forever.

The problem is you don’t love me anymore.

 

Not content to sing you silly love songs.

They won’t win your heart back anyway.

I just want to find the combination

To make you stay forever, forever and a day.

 

You could just forget these crazy notions,

I believe that we’re worth fighting for.

I’ll keep wanting you until forever.

The problem is you don’t love me anymore.

 

Fast Track

I don’t need to buy you diamonds, furs or fast cars,

I don’t need fancy words meant to impress.

You don’t seem to want to talk about forever,

Or picking out that special wedding dress.

And I don’t need to dress in shining armor

To rescue you and make a brand new start.

Only need to find a quick solution

To put me on the fast track to your heart.

 

I keep hearing angels singing love songs

As flashes of the future come in view.

Can someone please write down some clear directions

To put me on the fast track straight to you.

 

It’s true we were meant to be together.

I could see it clearly from the day we met.

There’s no doubt we will last forever,

And I can give my heart without regret.

I just don’t know how to say the right things

To convince you that we will never part.

The kind of things that lovers share so freely

To put me on the fast track to your heart.

 

I keep hearing angels singing love songs

As flashes of the future come in view.

Can someone please write down some clear directions

To put me on the fast track straight to you.

 

Blank Pages

I’m staring at this mountain of blank pages

Wondering just what I should do.

Maybe I could write a brand new love song

And dedicate my heart and soul to you.

Words should fall right out of the heavens,

Ink should flow onto the empty lines,

But no words I can think of do you justice.

I don’t know what to write to make you mine.

 

You don’t need to worry ‘bout a love song.

Actions speak much louder anyway.

I may keep on staring at blank pages,

But I’ll show you that I love you every day.

 

I may not have the gift of gab to tell you,

May not be the man of letters you desire,

Can’t put the words together that will show you

How just the thought of you can start my fire.

I may not have a vast vocabulary,

And I don’t have a muse to stir my soul,

And even though the pages

May not have an ink stain on them

My love for you is made of purest gold.

 

You don’t need to worry ‘bout a love song.

Actions speak much louder anyway.

I may keep on staring at blank pages,

But I’ll show you that I love you every day.