ALL THAT GLITTERS
(M.L.
Kortes)
Another Monday morning
Bottle cap shining on the floor
It looked more like a diamond the midnight before
And one more man becomes a boy
The moment you lift the blinds
You still can’t trick the truth
Sweet old friend of mine
All that glitters is not gold
All that glitters is not gold
No matter how the story's told
This much I know is true
The moral’s lost on you
The western coast it called you
Like a shimmery new day dream
You took the train to Reno
To blow off some steam
A millionaire, an empty stare
You’re in for another game
You’re bettin on your chances
But I bet he ain’t
CHORUS
Hitched a ride on the side of the road
Rainbows and promises, they glowed
Yea I was reading in this book of poetry Yea
I saw John on the street the other day
How you can always spot true love from a distance He
tripped over her feet
But what if you’re nearsighted? He
said “Excuse me”
She
said “What are you talkin about now?”
Good luck and such
I care too much
I’ll be on my merry way
I hope that light that blinds you
Will be real one day
All that glitters is not gold
All that glitters is not gold
No matter how the story’s told
The moral’s lost on you
All that glitters is not gold.....
THE BLOOD OF STONES
(M.L.
Kortes)
In the morning I still see the sky
Still see the sky
The sun is pouring
Like a pitcher full of big surprise
Everywhere everything
Just gets lighter
Days are bright and blue
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down down
I'll come back to you
I remember everything
You've ever said and done
Raining on my brain and blocking
Every chance of sun and so I
Followed you everywhere like a shadow
Till I saw clear through
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down down
I'll come back to you
It's gonna
be alright
Heavenly light
tonight
You were like a breath of fresh spring
Air into my soul
Little did I know how quickly
Warm could turn to cold and so I
Gave away everything that you gave me
Started life anew
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down
When the blood of stones
Comes down down down down
I'll come back to you
When the ocean's dry and stars burn
out
And the sky's no longer blue
And the blood of stones
Comes down down down down
I'll come back to you
EVERY SONG IS DIFFERENT
(ML
Kortes)
The mountains meet the trees
That meet the seas that meet the shore
The ocean lifts the grass until
It can't grow anymore
The sky is always open
And it always knows your name
Every song is different
But the singer is the same
The children run the streets
Around the corner, round the globe
Joy, unrest, unhappiness
Trade places and disrobe
Each tiny prayer flies upward
Riding hope's eternal flame
Every song is different
But the singer is the same
Must be a
million oceans
If you count
up all the dreams
And as many
ways to cross them
Legend has
it and it seems
The end is
always coming
But it never
quite arrives
The truth just
keeps on changing
Maybe that's
how it survives
I looked out in the distance
Through the clouds of my old town
I kept up my resistance
To the cold that's goin round
Snapshot strangers swirl around me
We're all home inside this frame
Quiet, loud and laughing
Placing bets on the big game
Invisible this handshake
No matter what we claim
Every song is different
But the singer is the same
FALLING AGAIN
(Words by M.L. Kortes, Music by M.L. Kortes and
Steve Butler)
I couldn’t get to sleep last night
Couldn’t blame the pales moonlight
Tossing and turning in bed
Nobody was making any noise
Just this one familiar voice
Trapped like a song in my head
Well hey, hey is that you in there
Following me everywhere
Everywhere I run, I run into you again
CHO:
I
feel it in the air
I’d
know it anywhere
Must
be I’m falling again
My
heart forgets to beat
I
trip over my own feet
Must
be I’m falling again
Won’t
somebody help me
Does it really matter that much
If we’ve only barely touched
You've gotten under my skin
Well I can see that love has started
And if I try to stay guarded
It’s too late, you’re already in
And what if I lose my mind
It’s only another sure sign
That everything's right and my heart’s
gone to my head
CHO:
I
feel it in the air
I’d
know it anywhere
Must
be I’m falling again
My
heart forgets to beat
I
trip over my own feet
Must
be I’m falling again
Won’t
somebody help me
SOLO
And what if I lose my mind
It’s only another sure sign
That everything’s right and my
heart’s gone to my head
I'M SAVING GRACE
(Lyrics by M.L. Kortes, music by Steve Butler & M.L.
Kortes)
You shine like glass
But I see through
They see the sparkle
I see the residue
Of all you’re hiding
All you fake
One day like glass
You’ll break
And I’ll be there
To count the pieces
With a smile upon my face
You cut me up
I put you down in your place
In the heart-shaped locket round my
neck
I’m saving grace
No more sunny
Valentines
No more pearls
Cast before swine
I’m savoring
This bitter pill
I’d be in jail
If thoughts could kill
And I’ll be there
To count the pieces
With a smile upon my face
You cut me up
I shut you down in your place
In the heart-shaped locket round my
neck
I’m saving grace
Saving
grace for something better
Grace for someone
new
There must
be at least half the world
Deserves it
more than you
You still got people
Worshipping you
So drink it up
While you’ve still got some youth
What were you thinking
What did you need
Just to be famous
Indeed
We were children
On the playground
You were hidden
Even then too wound
I’ve seen you grow
not much at all
Others look up to you
But I see your fall
And I’ll be there
To count the pieces
With a smile upon my face
I got no more warmth to waste
In the heart-shaped locket round my
neck
I’m saving grace
LEARN FROM WHAT I DREAM
(M.L. Kortes)
It sounded like a song I've already heard
Except for the melody and the words
Just like a heart that already broke
Thoughts understood but never spoke
CHO:
And I wonder
Do I ever learn from where I've been
Or do I better learn from what I dream
I'd better learn from what I dream
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do
I saw a mansion on a hill
Directions on a dollar bill
Followed the long and winding road
To my own heart and how it glowed
CHO:
And I wonder
Do I ever learn from where I've been
Or do I better learn from what I dream
I'd better learn from what I dream
Bridge:
Well
there'll be no sleep walkin
And
no sleep talkin
No
no sleep walking away
You're
gonna hear me singing so
Clear
I'm ringing New
Year
now every day
I
got a dream I'm living
The
past forgiven
The
demons driven away
It's like a day I'd already known
The sun and moon forever shown
Another perfect deja vu
The old reborn inside the new
CHO: And I wonder
Do I ever learn from where I've been
Or do I better learn from what I dream
I'd better learn from what I dream
Well
there'll be no sleep walkin
And
no sleep talkin
No
no sleep walking away
You're
gonna hear me singing so
Clear
I'm ringing New
Year
now every day
LUCKY ME
(Lyrics, M.L.Kortes; music M.L. Kortes & Steve
Butler)
Don't know what I'm doing
Don't know where to go
Don't know where I been
Looks like I just don't know
Guess I'm free
Lucky me
If I don't have no answers
No questions come my way
You could call me ignorant
But that''s OK
Cause I'm free
Yes I'm free
Lucky me
One more lucky day
in one more lucky week
Wanna know my secret
Don't ask me
Cause I don't know what I'm doin
Don't' know where to go
Don't' know where I been
I just don't know
Cause I'm free
Yes I'm free
Lucky me
One more lucky day
in one more lucky week
Wanna know my secret
Don't ask me
Cause I don't know where I'm headed
If I'm short or tall
Am I makin
Any sense at all
Well I'm free
Yes I'm free
Yes I'm free
Lucky me
NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
(M.L. Kortes)
You're growing cold
And growing far away
Now there's nothing left to say
Our love's grown old
There's no prayers left to pray
And nothing left to say
Where did you go
You were here this morning
Did I wake up from a dream
I ought to know
Am I a child adorning
The truth has hit me slow
I'm turning inside out
Just to show I love you dearly
I'm turning inside out
So that you can see me clearly
What did I do
To think there was a reason
We could beat the odds
The summer's through
The autumn winds are teasin
Just like they always do
I'm turning inside out
Just to show I love you dearly
I'm turning inside out
Just to show you my heart clearly
You're growin cold
And looking broken hearted
There's nothing left to say
If we'd been told
Way back when we got started
That we'd only go half way
Would we still be here today
With nothing left to say
I'm turning inside out
Just to show I love you dearly
I'm turning inside out
Just to show you my heart clearly
I'm turning inside out
So that you can see me clearly
Do you see me clearly
You're growin cold
There's nothing left to say
THUNDERSTRUCK
(Music by Steve Butler & Mary Lee Kortes;
lyrics by Mary Lee Kortes)
When I think of you
Wherever you are
A million voices sing inside my heart
When I think you and I
Have finally reached the top
You lift me up higher one more notch
How did I find you
Who blind stupid luck
Blue sky sunny day
But I’m thunderstruck
When I look at you
Into your angry eyes
Still I see the promise of a new sunrise
I wanna see that day
When you will cry no more
And in your arms I’ll find my sandy shore
How did I find you
Who knows such luck
Blue sky sunny day
But I’m thunderstruck
When I think my love
Has finally reached the top
You open up my heart, add one more drop
We’re travelers within
An overwhelming world
If you will be my rock, I’ll be your pearl
How did I find you
Blind stupid luck
Blue sky sunny day
And I’m thunderstruck
Thunderstruck
VERLA
(M.L. Kortes)
Oh Verla
What should you do
What would you do
If I were you love
Put on your walkin shoes
And run
Five times down five times back
Rusted like a railroad track
Her spine is curling in its prime
Screen door's slashed, it's dinner time
The biscuits bake, the sun is low
The honey's sweet and pouring slow
The TV sings, a nightly host
Home is where the heart bleeds most
Oh Verla
What should you do
What would you do
If I were you
I'd put on my walkin shoes
And run
Children to children to children born
Together under one roof worn
The rain gets in most every night
While yonder in the distance burn the
brilliant city lights oh oh oh
Mother to father to brother to son
The lines are blurring, the colors run
Dust the pictures on the shelf
Do you abandon them or yourself?
Oh Verla
What should you do
What would you do
If I were you, love
I'd put on my walkin shoes
And run
Come Saturday morning
I'm giving you a ride
Come Saturday morning
We'll be flying high
I'll be on the corner
The sunshine in my eyes just for you
And if all your tears aren't all through
Let em run
They say you'll never break free of your history
Because the apple don't fall far from the tree
But I believe, as sure as sun
That you can break free so baby run run run run
Oh Verla
What should you do
What would you do
If I were you, love
I'd put on my walkin shoes
And run
WASTING THE SUN
(ML Kortes)
Maybe I'm too optimistic
Maybe I should be a mystic
While away the after hours
Run naked through the summer showers
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do.
I was here before I was born
I was whole before I was torn
Bitter start to happy ending
To tell the truth I'm still pretending
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
What if I just get burned and run away from here
Away from here
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
Sailing across the South Pacific
Never knew I could be so prolific
Down and out and up and over
Catch a star like Daisy Clover
Destiny's asleep at my side
Takin it all in stride
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
What if I just get burned and run away from here
Away from here
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
I walk along
City walls follow me
Day nearly done
What has day done for me
Wasted as can be
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
Maybe I'm just wasting the sun
What if I just get burned and run away from here
Away from here
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
WHERE DID I GO WRONG, ELTON
JOHN?
(ML Kortes)
You meant the world to me
Through your glasses I could see
Every little thing I could be
I hung on your every word
And your melodies conferred
That my dreams were within reach
Every question had an answer
I could fly, this tiny dancer
CHORUS: Where did I go wrong, Elton
John
Thought I wrote
the perfect song
To sing along
Maybe even
lean upon
But I was wrong
so wrong
Elton John
Mornings turned into bad days
But I grew up anyways
I wished you were my father
Cause you pulled me cross mad water
I heard music in my heart
Surely good would come from art
An innocent misunderstanding
But look at me I'm still standing
CHORUS
BRIDGE: You're
part of the best part of me
One
day the whole world might see
But
I think it's going to be
A
long, long time
Well the day is getting long
You could say this is your song
Though you'll probably never hear it
You've taken me somewhere
Far from things I cannot bear
Wish I could do the same for you
So I'll send this off to you
It's not much but it's the best I can do
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