SUMMER LIGHT

 

SUMMER LIGHT

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

I SAW MY LIFE

AS MORE THAN ONE

IF THAT'S ANY KIND OF WIN

A NOD TO ALL

THE TIME I PUT IN

DREAMS

GOT ME FROM THERE TO HERE

THE ROADS WERE

PERILOUS AND LONG

 

AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT

I WOULD STAY

I SAID MY GOODBYES

I WAS ON MY WAY

DREAMING IN 

THE SUMMER LIGHT 

THE LOVE THAT COMES

AND STAYS THE NIGHT

MAYBE THIS WAS IT

IT ALWAYS WAS

FOREVER ALWAYS BE

THE THINGS I SEE

THAT HELP ME HEAL

THE ONES THAT

I CAN FEEL

THE  ONES I CANNOT SEE

NOT A PART OF ME

 

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

LOOK ON FROM THE EDGE

WITH YOU

SOME SEMBLANCE 

OF CONTROL 

ALWAYS ONE STEP

FROM LETTING GO

I SAW MY LIFE AS

 MORE THAN ONE

I'VE BEEN HERE

THAT LONG

IF THAT'S SOME KIND 

OF WIN

A NOD TO

ALL THE TIME

 I PUT IN

ITS ALL RECALLED

I WON'T GET IT

 BACK AGAIN

 

 

HEART LIKE MINE

 

HEART LIKE MINE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

WHAT WAS IT EXACTLY

THE WHERE THE WHEN

THE WHO THE REASON

THE START THE END

THE THINGS THE WORLD

WOULD SEND

TO TRY ME

 

ALL I WANTED WAS

A HEART LIKE MINE

LOVE ME

FOR ALL OF TIME

JUST ALL YOURS

AND YOU ALL MINE

HOW I LONGED FOR THIS

JUST A STOLEN KISS

SOMEWHERE

TO START SOMETHING

 FUNNY HOW

SADNESS

ALWAYS FOUND ME FIRST

PULLED ME BACK

IN REVERSE

I ALWAYS WONDERED IF

IT WAS SOME KIND

 OF CURSE

 

ONE DAY IT PASSED ME BY

LEFT ME THERE TO DREAM

A SUMMER STREAM

MEANDERING

THROUGH THE WOOD

I VOWED I'D DO 

WHATEVER I COULD

TO KEEP THIS DREAM ALIVE

ON THIS THIN LINE

I RIDE

LOOKING FAR AND WIDE

FOR A HEART LIKE MINE

THOSE WERE

JUST THE TIMES

WE WERE IN

I COULDN'T GO

THROUGH THAT AGAIN

THANK GOD I FOUND

A HEART LIKE MINE

I LOVE HER EACH

AND EVERY TIME

JUST LIKE THE SUMMER SUN

I'M NEVER DONE WITH YOU

COULD YOU AND I

GO ON FOREVER

 

SOMETHING

 

SOMETHING

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2024

TIMES REVERED 

TIMES STILL REFERRED TO

ONES I PREFERRED  

PLAYED SO HARD TO GET 

DISAPPEARED ALL AT ONCE 

IN A CLOUD OF MYSTERY 

AND I STILL

HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET

NEVER WILL I BET

 CHORUS

SOMETHING THAT

YOU CANNOT SEE

SOMETHING YOU CAN'T HAVE

SOMETHING THAT SADLY

WILL NEVER BE

YA KNOW SHE'S MOVED ON

SHE'S NO LONGER HERE

SHE'S GONE

MAY AS WELL GO

CARRY ON

 

WAITING IN THE SUMMER LIGHT

THERE'S A CHANCE YOU MIGHT

STILL BE HERE TONIGHT

STEEPED IN LIGHT

FROM THE PALEST MOON

TO LOOK INTO YOUR EYES

IS TO FALL INTO DREAMING 

THEY TAKE ME AWAY

TO SOMEWHERE NICE

WITH SOMEONE I LIKE

I'D FIGHT BUT I'M OKAY

YOU'RE KIND OF

 GOING MY WAY

OPEN ENDED DREAM

 

OPEN ENDED DREAM

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

GET AHEAD

STAY BEHIND

LOSE YOUR PLACE

IN THE LINE

 ALWAYS

SOMETHING MORE

THAN YOU

BARGAINED FOR

ITS NOT

 ALWAYS GOOD

AND THERE'S

 ALWAYS MORE

 

COUNTING DAYS

IS NOT THE WAY

TO GO

WASTING TIME

ITS ALL

JUST FOR SHOW

THERE'S SO MUCH

MORE TO LIFE

THAN WE CAN SEE

SO MUCH WE ARE

AND SO MUCH

WE'LL NEVER BE

 

CROSS THE RIVER

TOUCH THE STREAM

SAIL ON A SEA

AN OPEN ENDED DREAM

IT MIGHT START HERE

BUT IT WILL

 NEVER END 

BROKEN HEARTS

SOME THAT

WON'T EVER MEND

HOW IS IT

YOU RELATE

SOME TWISTED FATE

THAT BEFELL YOU

HELD YOU BACK

FROM THE LOVE

THAT ADORED YOU

YOU REALLY NEEDED

LEFT YOU FEELING

A LITTLE DEFEATED

WATCH YOU

DEFLECT

SEE YOU DEFINE

GATHER

 YOUR STRENGTH

ACT LIKE

ITS ALL FINE

 

I SEE YOU WALKING

ALONG THE EDGE

OF MY DREAMS

AND I'VE

 BEEN DREAMING 

TAKE IT

 AS IT COMES

AND LEAVE IT

TWICE AS FAST

IN A WORLD WHERE

NOTHING EVER LASTS

BE AN EXCEPTION

TO THE RULE

A SAGE

RATHER THAN A FOOL

 

OWN THE DAY

 

OWN THE DAY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON 

 

2024

 

JUST TO OWN THE DAY

HAVE YOUR SAY

HOLD MORE THAN

A LITTLE SWAY

HAVE GOOD LUCK

COME TO MY DOOR

AND STAY

WHY SHOULDN'T IT BE

ANY OTHER WAY

 

NO HARDSHIPS 

TO GET IN THE WAY

OF LIVING LIFE

FULL ON

NOTHING COMING APART

FALLING DOWN

 

YOUR UNMATCHED BEAUTY 

ALWAYS AROUND

MAKES ANY WORLD

A LITTLE BRIGHTER

ANY LIFE

SO SWEET

MAKE YOU FORGET

ANYTHING THAT

 EVER HURT YOU 

HEALING ME

LIKE A HOLIDAY

JUST TO OWN THE DAY

HAVE IT ALL

GO MY WAY

STAY THE ONE

THAT THRILLS YOUR SOUL

 MAKES YOU WANT TO STAY 

 

FEEL THE MAGIC

RAINING DOWN ON YOU

TIME STOOD STILL

THEN IT FLEW

BEAUTY NEVER NEEDED TIME

NO ITS ALWAYS THERE

NEVER FAR

WISHING TO OWN THE DAY

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE

CLOSE ENOUGH 

TO BE STAR

 

DAYS

 

DAYS

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2024

 

THE DAYS KEEP

PASSING US BY

WE JUST LET THEM

GET AWAY

WITHOUT QUESTION

WITHOUT ANSWERS

WITHOUT LISTENING

WHAT WAS IT

THAT YOU LEARNED

DID IT RAISE CONCERN

MAKE YOU AWARE

OF SOMETHING NEW

 

DID LOVE RISE TO GREET YOU

WAS IT SWEET

WAS IT ALL THAT IT COULD BE

AND IF NOT

WHY NOT

WHILE THERE'S TIME

TO MAKE IT

EVERYTHING IT COULD BE

ALL WE NEEDED 

WAS A CHANCE 

TO GET IT RIGHT

NEVER HEAVY KEEP IT LIGHT

RANDOM

A LITTLE LOOSE

NOT SO TIGHT

 

AND THAT'S THE WAY

TO CATCH A LITTLE MORE DAY

PUT SOME MEANING

BACK IN LIFE

OH YOU WAITED

FOR SO LONG

FOR THESE DAYS

FOR THIS LOVE

YOU SWORE

 YOU'D NEVER LOSE 

ALWAYS YOU

IF I COULD CHOOSE

TO KEEP THESE DAYS

FROM PASSING BY

WITHOUT INTENTION

WITHOUT MEANING

FEEDING OUR SOULS

WONDER

WE'LL COME TO KNOW

DAYS

WILL PASS SLOW

HOURS AND HOURS

PAST THE EASTERN GLOW

LOOMING ON THE HORIZON

TO THE EDGE OF THE MOON

BETTER LATE

THAN TOO SOON

THE DAYS

KEEP PASSING US BY

 

NEW LIFE

 

NEW LIFE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

DIG A LITTLE DEEPER

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

IF ANYTHING

I'VE BEEN TOO KIND

THE VAGARIES

I TRIED TO FOLLOW

SO MANY LED TO LIES

SADNESS

 DOESN'T ALWAYS CRY

DECEPTION

AND DARKNESS

THE NORM

JUST LIKE ALWAYS

RIGHT BEFORE 

THE STORM 

LIKE A HOWLING WIND

RISING

TRYING TO LEAVE

HEADING OUT

I'VE GOT

TO GET AWAY

FROM THIS LIE

FROM THIS DECEIT

TO FIND SOMEPLACE

FIND SOME PEACE

ANY KIND

OF NEW LIFE

TO BRING RELIEF

A SPIRIT

TOO STRONG TO CRUSH

HOW COULD ANYONE

EVER THINK

THAT'S SOMETHING

THEY COULD EVER DO

 

NEVER REALLY SURE

HOW IT SHOULD GO

WHAT I SHOULD DO

ITS NOT UNTIL

I TRIED TO READ HER

THAT I SAW

RIGHT THROUGH

LIARS AND LAYERS

THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR

THE LENGTHS THAT

SHE WOULD GO

 

THERE'S NO LIFE HERE

I COULD EMBRACE

I HAD TO LEAVE

THE THINGS

 I COULDN'T FACE 

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

THAT I'VE BEEN

MUCH TOO KIND