Sunday, August 31, 2025

MEMORY

 

MEMORY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WHEN ITS GOODBYE 

THERE'S NO MORE

GOOD TIMES

TO BE HAD 

AFTER THE TEARS

TO WHERE THIS LED

BROKEN HEARTS  

NEVER MEND

THE PLACES

THAT THEY SEND YOU

A VOID

 

A SMILE A VEIL

FOR SOMETHING DEEPER

HIDDEN JUST INSIDE

 AND ALL THE YEARS

THAT YOU PASSED

NEVER LEFT BEHIND 

EACH ONE DEFINING  

A PIECE OF WHO YOU ARE

 

I LOOKED FOR YOU

BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE

MET BY EMPTY SILENCE 

CLIMBED UP

CLIMBED OUT

THE SADNESS

LEFT IT BEHIND

BUT YOUR MEMORY

IS STILL FADING  

Saturday, August 16, 2025

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON

 


ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

IS THERE SOMETHING 

I'M NOT SEEING

A WAY THAT

I'M NOT BEING 

TRUE TO MYSELF

MAYBE TRUER TO YOU.

BY THE SIDE

THAT I ALWAYS TAKE 

THE DAY IS NEVER MORE

THAN WHAT YOU MAKE

 

IN THE MORNING SUN

WITH SO MUCH

MORE TO KNOW

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

IS THE SIDE YOU SHOW

GIVE ME SOMETHING

I CAN WORK WITH

SOMETHING I CAN HOLD

IF I CAN'T

CARRY IT IN MY HEART

THERE'S MY SOUL

COME ON

I'VE BEEN READY

LET'S GO 

 

YOU AND I

HAVE GOT THE RIGHT

KIND OF JAM

I REST MY CASE

YOU'VE SEEN IT

FIRST HAND  

YOU WATCHED IT

TAKE OFF

YOU SAW IT LAND 

 

 

 

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Off The Page

 

OFF THE PAGE

 

WRITTEN BY 

JEFF R HILTON 

2025

 

 

EVERYTHING POINTS 

TO THE SKY

NEVER FALLING

THOUGH IT SEEMS TO SAG

TIME GOES ON

BUT SOMETIMES DRAGS

A MILLION THINGS TO DO

A MILLION PLACES TO GO

THE ONES I REALLY

WANT TO SEE

SOMEHOW YOU JUST KNOW

 

THE TRUTH IS

MORE THAN SKEWED 

THE BOTTOM LINE

HAS BEEN MOVED 

WE'RE DRIFTING

OFF THE PAGE

SEEMS LIKE ALL

 THE PROGRESS  WE MADE

IS GONE

WE MAY AS WELL

GO HOME

 

MILLIONS OF STARS

BURNING TURNING

KEEPING PACE

KEEP ON LEARNING 

WILL IT BE

WHISKY OR WINE 

WAITING FOR 

THE SUN TO SHINE 

 

 

  

Saturday, July 26, 2025

DANCING SLOW

 

DANCING SLOW

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

HEY THERE

WHAT WAS THAT

WHAT DID YOU SAY

DO YOU THINK

THERE WILL EVER BE 

A WAY

A CHANCE FOR ME

CLOSE ENOUGH 

TO FEEL YOUR WARMTH 

HANG ON

YOUR EVERY WORD

chorus

SEE IF YOU

 EVER KNEW

WHAT YOU DO TO ME

WHILE I'M 

RIGHT THERE TO SEE

TO LOOK IN YOUR EYES

ONE LOOK I'LL KNOW

SEE WHERE IT IS

WE GO

NO NEED TO END

 THE NIGHT EARLY 

KEEP ON DANCING SLOW

 

SEEMS LIKE FOREVER

THAT I'VE HAD TO WAIT

I NEVER THOUGHT

THAT IT WOULD

BE TOO LATE

MY HOPES WERE ALWAYS HIGH

I'D WAIT FOREVER

IF THAT'S WHATS 

STARS WROTE

 

THE SKY COMES ALIVE

THE UNIVERSE IS CALLING

WAITING

STARS DANCING SLOW

THEN GETTING FASTER

A LITTLE WINDOW

A FLEETING CHANCE 

A LOVE

A ROMANCE 

SEE IF YOU

EVER KNEW 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Sunday, July 13, 2025

THERE I STAND

 

THERE I STAND

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

I NEVER SAW YOU

WATCH OUT FOR THE TIME 

FAST OR SLOW

AS YOU WANTED IT TO GO

YOU EMBRACED THE SUN

AS YOUR OWN

 SEE IT GOING

ALL YOUR WAY

 CHORUS:

I SHOULD GO

BUT THERE I STAND

I STAY

WAITING FOR A CHANCE

TO SAY

ALL THAT'S BEEN

ON MY MIND

OPEN UP MY HEART

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

IT WAS ME

ALL ALONG

 

BY YOUR SIDE

I FEEL QUITE STRONGLY

LIKE I BELONG

FELT LIKE TIME WAS WASTING

TASTING DEFEAT

REACHING FOR AN END

COMING UP INCOMPLETE 

NO FRIEND UNTIL YOU

THE DAYS WERE ALL SO LONG

UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG 

 

  

Saturday, June 21, 2025

LIFE BEING KIND

 

LIFE BEING KIND 

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

LIKE A KITE

WITHOUT A TAIL

GIVEN TO THE WIND

IT SAILS

TOWARDS THE SUN

TOO LATE TO RESCIND 

THE THINGS I

NEVER MEANT TO SAY

BUT SAID THEM ANYWAY

 

TRYING TO MAKE SENSE

OF IT ALL

STAND UP STRAIGHT

AND NEVER FALL 

TAKE YOUR HAND

IN MINE

SO I CAN'T SAY

I'M ALONE 

 

JUST LIFE

BEING KIND

MUST BE SOMETHING  

WE CAN FIND 

GIVE IT MEANING

GIVE IT A CHANCE 

BREATHE LIFE INTO LOVE 

TAKE THE TIME

I KNOW I'D GIVE YOU MINE

 

NO CONTROL, NO LIMITS 

HOW COULD I KNOW 

HOW FAR THAT WE CAN GO

IS IT FATE

OR LIFE BEING KIND 

IS IT OUT OF OUR HANDS 

WAIT TO SEE

WHERE IT LANDS  

 

Saturday, May 17, 2025

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WATCHING THE STARS 

BY MYSELF

NO WITNESSES 

TO ANY GLORY

I MIGHT SEE

NOT A BIT OF CHARM

NO ONE TO INDULGE 

WHAT I FEEL 

I FEEL ALONE 

 

CHORUS

 

ONCE IN AWHILE 

I LEAVE MYSELF

TO WONDER

 HOW ROADS COULD LEAD

TO THIS

NO ONE TOLD ME 

HOW MUCH I COULD RISK 

NOT TO MENTION

I WOULD MISS 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU 

MY FEELINGS RISE

FROM SOMEWHERE

DEEP INSIDE

THEN FALL 

LIKE A BLACK NIGHT 

LEAVING ME IN DARK

LEAVING ME IN DOUBT 

 

THE WHOLE IDEA WAS

I WOULD CAST THEM OUT 

ANY NOTION I COULD FAIL

WOULD BE PUT TO REST 

I'M TRYING HARD 

I'M DOING MY BEST 

OF COURSE I MISS 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

 

MEMORY

  MEMORY   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   2025   WHEN ITS GOODBYE  THERE'S NO MORE GOOD TIMES TO BE HAD  AFTER THE TEARS TO WHERE THIS LED...