IF I HAD MY WAY

 

IF I HAD MY WAY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

YOU MOVE ME IN WAYS

 

THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN

 

MARKED BY THE DIM LIGHT

 

OF THE MOON

 

I CAN SEE YOU BEGIN TO SMILE

 

A NEW DIRECTION

 

A COMPLETE REFLECTION

 

AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING MORE

 

SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE

 

STILL WAITING TO BE

 

AND I GET THE FEELING

 

YOU'RE THE REASON

 

I HAD TO WAIT SO LONG

 

 

AND IF I HAD MY WAY

 

YOU'D SEE THE DAY

 

WITH A DIFFERENCE YOU NEVER KNEW

 

NO PLACE I COULDN'T BE WITH YOU

 

CLOSING IN

 

ON YOUR HEART 

 

LET'S GO BACK

 

TO THE START

 

TRUST ME JUST LET GO

 

REACH FOR ME IF YOUR FALLING

 

SEE I'M ALWAYS THERE 

 

 

MIGHT BE TOMORROW OR TODAY

 

ONE THING IS SURE

 

CAUTION NEVER LED THE WAY

 

 TO MY HEART 

 

SO DON'T KEEP STOPPING

 

EVERY TIME YOU START

 

TIME IS NEVER STILL

 

YA GOTTA MOVE TO GET YOUR FILL

 

MY ARMS ARE WIDE OPEN

 

WAITING TO RECEIVE 

 

ALL THE LOVE YOU SAVED

 

SO I'LL GO ON WAITING

 

FEED THE FIRE WITH GASOLINE

 

SURE I SEE WHAT YOUR ABOUT

 

AND WHAT YOU MEAN

 

BUT WHAT YOU DO

 

IS A DIFFERENT THING

 

TO ME

 

 

WHAT KIND OF WORLD 

 

ARE YOU WAITING TO SEE

 

VIEWED WITH AN URGENCE

 

TO COMPLETE 

 

THE CIRCLE THAT SURROUNDS OUR LOVE

 

IF I HAD MY WAY

 

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'D DO

 

WHAT I'D SAY TO YOU

 

IF I HAD MY WAY

 

 

TWILIGHT BLUE

 

TWILIGHT BLUE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

 

LATELY I'VE BEEN THINKING

 

ABOUT YOU AND I

 

NEVER REALIZED THEN

 

HOW FAST THAT TIME WOULD FLY

 

FORTY SWEET SEASONS

 

TEN TRIPS AROUND THE SUN

 

ALL THE TIMES WE'VE SEEN IT GLOW

 

RE-PAINTING  THE SKY

 

FADE TO TWILIGHT BLUE

 

 

YOU STOLE THE MOONLIGHT

 

SHONE SO BRIGHT IN YOUR EYES

 

TOUCHED MY SOUL

 

TOOK MY HEART

 

YOU MADE IT WELL

 

SO HERE IT IS

 

ANOTHER WISH A PRAYER

 

EACH DAY THAT I AWAKE

 

YOU WILL STILL BE HERE

 

CROSS YOUR HEART

 

I'LL FALL TO YOU

 

I'M SURE YOU CAN

 

THINK OF SOMETHING YOURSELF

 

SOME WAY TO SAY IT'S ALRIGHT

 

 

DON'T QUIT SO SOON

 

LETS MAKE SOMETHING MORE 

OF THIS NIGHT

YOU MAKE IT BETTER

I WANNA HOLD YOU

UNTIL TIMES BRINGS US

THE MORNING LIGHT

WHEN DREAMS TAKE US

 

 SOMEWHERE SWEET

SIDE BY SIDE HAND IN HAND

I FEEL YOUR LOVE

EVEN IN MY SLEEP

FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING

IF IT'S  NOT JUST ME

WE'RE IN THIS FOR GOOD

IN IT SO DEEP

SAYING THINGS TO ME

WITH THOSE EYES

YOU MEAN EVERYTHING

DON'T BE SURPRISED

ALL THE TIMES

WE'VE SEEN IT GLOW

RE-PAINTING THE SKY

FADE TO

TWILIGHT BLUE

LOST

INSIDE THE VIEW

FADE

WITH YOU

FADE

WITH YOU

 

 

 

 

LOSING GROUND

 

LOSING GROUND

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

THE CLOCK ON THE WALL SAYS ITS THREE

 

LOOKING IN THE MIRROR I'M NOT EVEN SURE

 

ITS ME THAT I SEE STARING BACK

 

HOW LONG COULD THIS LAST

 

IS THIS A THING THAT I CAN'T GET PAST

 

CONSUMING ME A DAY AT A TIME

 

TEARING DOWN ALL THE WALLS I BUILT

 

 

LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW

 

THE MOON LOOKING IN

 

REACHING FOR MY FEELNGS 

 

FEELING DISCONNECTED

 

I'VE LOST MY GROUND

 

TELL ME PLEASE 

 

WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND

 

OH MY HOW SORROW SWELLS

 

LIKE AN OCEAN TIDE

 

LEAVES ME DRIFTING FAR AND WIDE

 

LOOKING FOR ANSWERS

 

RAISING WISHES AND PRAYERS

 

TO ANYONE THAT CARES

 

 

DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING ON

 

MAYBE YOU COULD TAKE ME BY THE HAND

 

LEAD ME TO A PLACE

 

AND STAND

 

LOOKING OUT ON THE WORLD

 

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REAL TO ME

 

ANYMORE

 

HOW COULD I BE

 

BUT HERE I AM

 

STILL BETWEEN HERE AND THERE

 

JOY ON ONE SIDE

 

THE OTHER DESPAIR

 

SO FORGIVE ME IF

 

I THROW MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR 

 

I DON'T NEED TO FALL AGAIN 

I'M HANGING ON AS BEST AS I CAN

HOW LONG COULD THIS LAST

THIS THING I CAN'T GET PAST

 

 

HARD ENOUGH TO LOSE

 

HARD ENOUGH TO LOSE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

TELL ME

 

WHAT IS ALL THIS CHAFF

 

DON'T KNOW IF

 

I SHOULD CRY OR LAUGH

 

THESE CLOUDS OF INDIFFERENCE 

 

CLOSING IN AROUND ME

 

REALLY HAVE TO GO

 

I CAN'T FIND A MINUTE OF MY TIME

 

IMMERSED IN SADNESS 

 

I'VE HAD ALL I NEED

 

 

ITS HARD ENOUGH TO LOSE

 

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS CHOOSE

 

IT FALLS IT LANDS

 

CLOSE ENOUGH TO YOU 

 

YOU CAN'T HELP TO OWN IT

 

IT TAKES TIME

 

BUT YOU KNOW TO 

 

TURN YOUR CHEEK 

 

A LITTLE INDIFFERENCE

 

 OF YOUR OWN 

 

WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T SKIP

 

THE HEARTACHES 

 

TURN AROUND

 

WITH A SMILE

 

WALK AWAY

 

THERE'S NO TIME

 

TO SURMISE WHY ME

 

IF I DON'T MAKE MY OWN CHANGE

 

AND IF I CAN'T FIND MY WAY

 

THEN THERE'S JUST ME TO BLAME

 

 

AND I'D RATHER SHINE 

 

TAKE A LOOK AND FIND

 

SOMETHING TO

 

CHANGE MY MIND

 

WALKING AWAY FROM THE CLOUDS

 

STRAIGHT INTO THE SUN

 

IF I CAN'T SEE

 

I CAN FEEL

 

I CAN SMILE

 

I DON'T HAVE TO HANG MY HEAD 

 

I CAN LOVE IT INSTEAD

 

EVERY MINUTE EVERY DAY

 

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME

 

STAYING ON THIS SIDE OF MAGIC

 

KEEPS ME FREE TO CHANGE

 

WAS IT I

 

WAS IT I

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

ITS SO DEGRADING

 

IT FEELS LIKE I'M FADING

 

INTO RELATIVE OBSCURITY

 

SLIPPING AWAY FROM THE SECURITY

 

I THOUGHT I KNEW

 

SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE

 

THAT I CAN DO

 

PUT MY COLLAR UP

 

AGAINST THE WIND

 

I HOPE IT COMES TO

 

 SOME KIND OF HAPPY END 

 

 

I NEVER STOPPED TRYING

 

SO WHEN DID MY LUCK RUN DRY

 

I NEVER WANTED ANYTHING

 

I SHOULDN'T HAVE

 

WAS IT I

 

THAT CAST THIS DARK CLOUD AROUND ME

 

DID ANGELS FLY

 

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW

 

I DON'T KNOW THAT I

 

HAVE GOT AN ANSWER

 

 

TOO MUCH BLACK

 

NOT ENOUGH LIGHT

 

ITS MAKING ME BLUE

 

TAKING ME DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT

 

ALONE WITH THESE THOUGHTS

 

WAITING FOR SOMETHING

 

I DON'T KNOW

 

TELL ME IS IT THE END 

 

I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR

 

TO RESCIND

 

ALL I WAS AND ALL I AM

 

 

OH COME ON RIGHT ON TIME

 

LIFT ME BACK UP AND

 

PUT ME BACK IN LINE WITH MY PLANS

 

SOMETIMES I'M AFRAID TO WAKE

 

FEARING WHAT ELSE THE DAY COULD MAKE

 

THAT I DON'T NEED

 

SOMETHING, ANYTHING AT ALL

 

TO FEED MY SOUL

 

A SHIP I CAN WAVE TO

 

ON THE HORIZON 

 

TAKE AWAY THIS BLACKNESS

 

SO MY EYES CAN SEE

 

ONE MORE VICTORY

 

 

AND IF I DREAM

 

AND IF I DREAM

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

 

I USED TO WATCH

 

THE SUN GOING DOWN

 

RIGHT INSIDE THE PINES

 

HARD TO LOOK AWAY

 

UNTIL ITS BURNED

 

A FAINT RED GLOW

 

THAT FADES TO NIGHT

 

 

AND IF I DREAM

 

IT'S ABOUT YOU

 

YOU'LL TOSS AND TURN

 

YOU WILL WONDER WHO I AM

 

HOW I GOT INTO YOUR MIND

 

I MADE A WISH AND LEFT IT UP TO FATE 

HOPED WE GOT TOGETHER

BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE

NEVER THOUGHT OF HEAVEN UNTIL I SAW YOU

NEVER HAD A PLAN

BUT NOW I KNEW

WHAT I HAD TO DO

LIKE SO OFTEN  

 

THERE'S JUST ONE CHANCE

THE STARS IN YOUR EYES

THE SUN ON YOUR FACE

GAVE YOU AWAY

ONE LOOK I COULD SAY

YOU TOOK MY HEART

YOU DIDN'T KNOW

IT WAS ALL AGLOW

YOUR EYES WERE CLOSED

AS IF IN A DREAM

WHEN YOU OPENED THEM

I'D BE THE FIRST THING YOU SEE

HEAVEN HELP ME

I COULDN'T MISS THE CHANCE

IF I WANTED TO

IT WAS DESTINY

 

 THAT LED ME TO YOU

EACH SUNDOWN WITH YOU

ITS ALL I CAN DO

NOT TO NEED YOU BY MY SIDE

AND IF I DREAM

ITS ABOUT YOU

BUT NOW YOU KNOW ITS ME

TURNING INTO YOUR DREAMS

INSIDE THAT PLACE

YOU SAVED FOR ME

INSIDE YOUR HEART

 

 

 

 

WANDER

 

WANDER

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

 Oct. 2021 

 

FROM THIS HOLLOW

 

THIS PLACE IN TIME

 

THROUGH FIELDS OF RYE

 

WALKING BENEATH A BLUE BLUE SKY

 

THAT SEEMS TO OWN THE DAY

 

THE SILENCE

 

A HEARTBEAT THAT I FEEL 

 

ALL AROUND ME

 

SEEMS SO UNREAL

 

IS IT A NEW WORLD EVERYDAY 

 

SEEMS LIKE THE OLD ONE GOT AWAY

 

 

SAME OLD SUN SHINING DOWN

 

ITS ENOUGH JUST TO BE HERE FOR THE RIDE

 

DOWN  BY THE RIVER

 

IN A POOL BY THE BANK

 

THERE'S ONE REFLECTION MISSING

 

AND ONLY MYSELF TO THANK

 

I DON'T EVER MEAN TO PUSH YOU AWAY 

 

ONLY WHEN I STEP BACK AND LOOK

 

I REGRET SO MANY PATHS I TOOK

 

YOU FALL BACK TOO FAR

 

IN THE SUN I WANDER

 

PONDER ALL THE WAYS

 

 I COULD WIN BACK YOUR HEART

 

ALL IN

 

TOMORROW AND TODAY

 

ITS ONE AND THE SAME

 

I HEARD THEM SAY

 

I'M NOT SURE WHY

 

THESE WORLDS COLLIDE

 

BUT I SEE THE NEED

 

FOR SOME CHEER

 

FAR AND WIDE

 

ITS NOT ALRIGHT UNTIL

 

EVERYONE SMILES

 

 

IN THESE TREES A PLACE

 

TO REST MY HEAD

 

DREAMING MOVING FASTER THAN TIME

 

FLYING THROUGH THE DARK

 

LOOKING DOWN

 

I CAN HARDLY SEE THE GROUND 

 

SO MUCH TO SAY

 

BUT I CAN'T MAKE A SOUND