Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect

The world is spinning fast
Lose my grip trying to hold on
See the future become the past
You can do everything right and still be wrong
They say if you work hard all your dreams will come true
But ya know that’s not the truth for me and you

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart
Like a wounded butterfly

Sometimes my conscience gets to be a drag
The things I really want I can’t ever seem to have
Don’t talk about the progress of the human race
Life is full of flavor but I can’t afford a taste
You know I’m trying hard to change
But it’s so easy just to stay the same

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart
Like a wounded butterfly

I feel like I commit some sort of crime
Every time I get these feelings deep inside
I’ve been reading between the lines
But ya know it’s like the lame trying to lead the blind
Out of rhyme and out of reach
It gets hard to practice what I preach
Driving all night down a road that never ends
Close my eyes to dream again

You’re the chaos
You’re the chaos
Chaos in my soul
Don’t let me go
You’re the light and the darkness
Joy filled with sadness
Nails on my skin
Nails pounded in
Don’t let me go
You’re the light and the darkness
In my soul

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart apart
Like a wounded butterfly

Light a Fire

Light a Fire

Straw-berry wine
Picked it sweet from the vine
Feel the rush
Broke my cup
Drank too much and messed my mind

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire

I’ve been climbing up your tree
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
Take another hit
Feel the sting from your lips
Don’t leave me begging darling please

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire

Like a shot in the dark
See my arrows miss the mark
Give me more than I can take
I need your rhythm
Need your soul
One more drink for the road
One more kiss before this love grows cold

Illuminate...Infiltrate...Intoxicate
Radiate...Elevate...Desecrate
Eviscerate...Incinerate...Incinerate
Burn me up...burn me up
Come on Sugar light it up

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire
Light a fire
Light a fire
Light a fire

Autumn in the City

Autumn in the City

There’s a chill in the air

But the leaves are blowing my way

I wasted away the summer

But the change in the weather

Brings a brand new day

(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

The skyline lights

Make everything look so pretty

It’s not easy to be bored

When you’re in the heart of the city

I’m looking to start something new

Something new with you

(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

Take the train downtown

I’ll be waiting around the corner

The cafes are crowded tonight

But we can always find room

Under a curtain of dreamy starlight

Sipping from the Champagne moon

(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

It’s autumn in the city

(Autumn in the city)

There’s a chill in the air

But the leaves are blowing

The leaves are blowing my way

It’s autumn in the city

Everything’s going my way

(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

Let's Get Started

Let's Get Started

You’ve got the money
Honey, I’ve got the time
You’ve got the words
I’ve got the rhyme
I’ve got the whiskey
Baby you've got the wine

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
There’s no need to feel brokenhearted
Come on…come on let’s get started
Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you
Come on…come on let’s get started

You’ve got the karma
I’ve got the grace
You’ve got style
But Sugar, I’ve got taste
I’ll take the risks
If you play it safe

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
There’s no need to feel brokenhearted
Come on…come on let’s get started
Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you
Come on…come on let’s get started

I’ve got the smoke
You’ve got the spark
I’ve got soul
Baby you’ve got heart
You’ve got it together
But I keep falling apart

Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on Come on...come on
Come on…come on let’s get started

Let Me Believe - Rewrite (Song Creation Workshop Version)

Let Me Believe (version 2)

You skipped your stone across the water

Made a wish and blew a kiss

Took my hand then parted the sea

Let me believe

Let me believe

You punched a hole in the sky

Made the clouds start to cry

Raining their tears down on me

Let me believe

Let me believe

In a love that shakes the mountains

Turns deserts into fountains

Unlocks the mystery in a heart

Without any key

Let me believe

Let me believe

Ooooh you shake the mountains

Ooooh let me believe

Let me believe

  

You’re holding back your heart

The night is littered with broken promises

Abandoned in the dark

Let me believe

Let me believe

Don’t leave me this way

I swallowed my pride

But I’m choking on the words I couldn’t say

Let me believe

Let me believe

In a love that shakes the mountains

Turns deserts into fountains

Unlocks the mysteries in a heart

Without any key

Let me believe

Let me believe

Ooooh you shake the mountains

Ooooh let me believe

Let me believe

The days are getting colder

Shake the world off my shoulders

Don’t waste your time believing liars

Consume me with your fire

Break down the door

I’m picking the pieces up off the floor

I’m not the same any more

Take a field full of flowers and plant them on the moon

See the beauty of your soul start to bloom

Let me believe

Let me believe

Let me believe

Ooooh you’re skipping stones across the water

Ooooh shake the mountains and part the sea

Let me believe

Let me believe

October Winds

October Winds

October winds are blowing

I can feel my heart is swaying

We’ve been talking all night       

But you can’t hear what I’m saying

We’re just falling leaves in the October wind

Drifting together

Then blown apart again

October wind

October winds are blowing

We’ve been changing our colors

Moving forward but going nowhere

I keep looking back for the summer

We’re just falling leaves in the October wind

Drifting together

Then blown apart again

October wind

Our hearts are in constant rotation

Keeping our life spinning

I’m trying to find the right direction

There’s a chill in the air

I’m holding on to you tight

Don’t let go

As October winds carry us through the night

October winds

October winds

October winds are blowing again
October
October

Signs of Life

Signs of Life (song)

Midnight

Downtown strip

You stand outside

Illuminated in the neon afterglow

You’re alone

But you don’t want to go home

Waiting for something to happen

Don’t care what it is

Because whatever happens

You need to prove to yourself

You still want to live

Signs…signs of life

You’re just looking for signs

Looking for signs of life…in the night

Cut the cord

And pull the plug

Everything that was

Is now undone

You've been disconnected from love

Searching for a signal

You’re on the street

Nervous to every eye you meet

Staring at your reflection

In a broken a window

You see a stranger's face but you’re alone

Nobody remembers your name

You don’t feel like yourself

But that’s alright

Signs…signs of life

You’re just looking for signs

Looking for signs of life….in the night

Three o’clock in the morning

The night is dragging on

Vampires fill the alleyway

Trying to find one more victim before dawn

You know a lot of people

But you don’t have any friends

You can’t pretend

You need something real

Side step the in-crowd

Down the backstreets

Crossing between shadows and light 

Desperation is the local currency

Hope is bought and sold in the night

Feeling messy but looking pretty

Your eyes are dark but the lights are bright

Trying to find the soul of a city

Signs…signs of life

You’re just looking for signs

Looking for signs of life…in the middle of the night