WHISKY SKY

 

WHISKY SKY

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

GONE THE DAYS

WITHOUT A CARE

ALL THE DAYS

YOU COULD FIND US THERE

LAID BACK IN THE SUN

THOSE DAYS OF WONDER

GOLDEN SUMMERS

QUIETLY SLIPPED AWAY

NO THOUGHTS OF WHERE

WE COULD BE

WHEN WE GOT THERE

WE WOULD SEE

 

I SAW A HIGHWAY LEAVING

I GUESS I MADE IT MINE

WERE ALL THOSE YEARS

REALLY WASTED

DID THEY LEAVE

A BITTER TASTE

YOU WIN SOME

YOU LOSE SOME

YOU TAKE YOUR PLACE

 

SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK

AND SMILE

OTHER TIMES I CRY

ITS NO WONDER WHY

THE TIMES I LOST MY WAY

WERE MANY

WITNESS TO

SO MANY ROADS

 

LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT

TRYING EVERY DOOR

I DON'T GIVE UP EASY

I NEVER DID BEFORE

I STOOD OUT IN THE RAIN

TOO LONG

I GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY

DEEP IN REFLECTION

NEVER HAD LESS TO SAY

 

HOPE IS FADING

ITS GIVING AWAY

EMPTY HOLLOW

A WHISKY SKY

I SAID HELLO

NOW ITS GOODBYE

COME ON BREATHE SOME LIFE

INTO MY DAY

I'M ALL ALONE

I'D LIKE TO FEEL

LESS THAT WAY

 

STARTED OVER

RIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM

I CAN'T SEE THE TOP

BUT I'LL KEEP ON GOING

I'M AFRAID TO STOP

EMPTY HOLLOW

A WHISKY SKY

THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT

GIVES WAY TO THE RAIN

IT COULD BE A LIE 

YOU HAD ME LONELY

 

YOU HAD ME LONELY

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

THE RAINS FALLING SOFTLY

A SWEET SOLITUDE

FINDS ME ALONE

WRAPPED IN SILENCE

TAUNTED BY THE GLOOM

HAUNTED BY THE MEMORIES

WE CAUGHT IN THIS ROOM

 YOU HAD TO LEAVE

WAY TOO SOON

HELLO AND GOODBYE

ALONE HERE NOW AS I

COME BACK TO GROUND

SO MUCH TIME TO THINK

ITS NOT PRETTY BUT ITS MINE

THIS MY LIFE MY TIME

 

WATCHING THE SUN GO DOWN

WAITING FOR THE MOON

TO SHOW HIS FACE

WHILE THE SHADOWS HIDE MINE

HAVE I BEEN MARKED

FATED INTO

BETWEEN TWO RAILS

YOU HAD ME LONELY

WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR

I WASN'T SURE

QUITE WHAT TO DO

 

I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY

AS THESE DAYS ALL PASS ME BY

LEAD ME TO THE WATER

SPARKLING IN THE SUN

I'LL COME HOME

WHEN I'M DONE

A BURNING SKY

FACING ANOTHER NIGHT

OUTSIDE IN STARLIGHT 

I'M ALONE AS THIS SECLUSION 

HOW IT ALL HANGS

THICK AS SMOKE

DEFIES ALL REASON

JUST ONE LITTLE SEASON

THAT NEVER ENDS

 

YOU HAD TO LEAVE

WAY TOO SOON

HELLO AND GOODBYE

ALONE HERE NOW AS I

COME BACK TO GROUND

AND SLEEP

 

SOMEHOW MAYBE

 

SOMEHOW MAYBE

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT DONE IT ALL

THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS

AS I RECALL

BUT I REMEMBER YOU

LIKE YESTERDAY

I FELT YOUR LOVE TOUCH ME

THEN WATCHED IT AS IT SLIPPED AWAY

GUESS I WASN'T REALLY SURPRISED

YOU HAD THAT WILD LOOK

IN YOUR EYES

 

SOME THINGS SHOULD NEVER BE

BUT OH THE INTRIGUE

THE MYSTERY

DRAWS THE DARE

THE CHALLENGE WAS THERE

FAITH HELPED ME TO TRY

SOMEHOW I THOUGHT MAYBE

GIVEN TIME

BUT ONE DAY 

YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON ME

YOU NEVER SAID WHY

MAYBE YOU KNEW

WHAT IT WOULD BE

 

I SAW YOUR HEART TURN BLACK

I SAW YOU DROWNING IN THE DARKNESS

SWALLOWED BY THE NIGHT

YOU COULDN'T SEE THE LIGHT

I WATCHED YOU GO

 I SAW YOU RUN

MAKE US OVER WE'RE DONE

I STAYED THERE IN THE SHADOWS

MY TEARS HID FROM THE WORLD

 

TOMORROW CAME

WITH TIME AGAIN

I'D FORGET WHERE I'VE BEEN

PUT MY SORROW ASIDE

WENT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN

SOMEHOW MAYBE

NO NEVER COULD IT BE

SOMEHOW MAYBE

JUST HISTORY 

PRESSED

 

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WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

IF I EVER THOUGHT YOU TURNED AWAY

THE SKY WOULD CHANGE 

TO DARK AND GRAY

SWALLOWED BY A RIVER

BLACK AS NIGHT

MY HEART WOULD TURN TO STONE

SINK TO THE BOTTOM

ON IT'S OWN

 

MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN

ONLY SKY NO GROUND

TO STAND ON

AND I'M FALLING I CAN'T STOP

I CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT

OF LOSING YOU

IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW

NOW YOU DO

I NEED YOU LIKE THE AIR I BREATHE

I NEED YOU TO BELIEVE 

BEAUTY WHEN I LOOK AT YOU

BLUE EYES LIKE POOLS

I COULD FALL INTO

ONE LOOK AND THERE I GO

MOUNTAINS CLIMB OUT OF THE LAKES

REACHING FOR THE SKIES 

RIVERS GO RUSHING BY

OVER A FALLS WAY UP HIGH

THE GREEN VALLEYS LUSH

THESE THINGS DON'T MEAN AS MUCH

WITHOUT YOU

 

THIS WILDERNESS  THIS SILENCE

LONELINESS MAKES ITS MARK

AND IT WON'T LET GO

CRUSHED AND PRESSED

BY A LOVE ON HOLD

LEFT OUT IN THE COLD BY FATE

MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN

ONLY SKY NO GROUND

FEEL LIKE I'M FALLING

DOWN

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WHISPERED WORDS

 

WHISPERED WORDS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

WHISPERED WORDS FIND YOU

THERE TO RECEIVE 

IN CONTEMPLATION

READY TO LEAVE

THE MOON SAYS GOODBYE

ONE LAST LOOK

AT THE STARS ON HIGH

PICTURES OF YOU AND I

EVER ON MY MIND

 

MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT

WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND I

AND I

I HOPE TEARS WON'T FALL

BETWEEN US

I SEE OUR LOVE IS GROWING

SO THIS TIME HAS SHOWN

TO YOU AND I

MY WHISPERED WORDS

I KNOW YOU'LL HEAR

PRECIOUS AND DEAR

 

SO LONG TO WAIT

TO FEEL YOUR EMBRACE

WATCHING TIME SLIP AWAY

SO CLOSE YET SO FARAWAY

DREAMING ON A SUMMERS DAY

LITTLE CLOUDS

 THAT TAKE ME AWAY 

BACK TO YOU

ITS BEEN AWHILE

I CAN SEE YOU SMILE

FOR REAL AGAIN

I'M SURE THAT TODAY

WILL LIVE IN THE PAST

NOW THAT I'M THIS CLOSE TO YOU

I WANT YOU IN

ALL MY TOMORROWS

TELL ME 

THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK

WE GO TOGETHER

HAND IN HAND

SIDE BY SIDE

AND IF IT WAS ANY DIFFERENT

I WOULD SLIDE

AWAY AND DOWN

A LITTLE TOO FAR

FROM WHERE YOU ARE

THE PAIN WOULD BE

TOO MUCH TO BEAR

I'D RATHER WAKE UP

AND FIND YOU THERE

YOU GO RIGHT ON DREAMING

BECAUSE YOU'RE PART

 OF THE DREAM

 

OASSIS

 

OASSIS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

FEEL THE SUN

TRYING TO SOOTHE ME

A GENTLE BREEZE

WHISPERS WORDS

ANYTHING TO FILL IN TIME

OWN IT MAKE IT MINE

COME ON

GIVE ME SOMETHING NEW 

SOMETHING I CAN

 SINK MY TEETH INTO 

CHEW TO KEEP ME SATISFIED

 

COME TO ME

IN THE MORNING LIGHT

COME TO ME

WITHOUT TRYING

REAL AUTOMATIC LIKE

KEEP IT WILD

LET IT FLOW

LIKE A MOUNTAIN SPRING

YOU BRING JOY

YOU BRING LIFE

SOMETHING TO HELP THIS

TURN OUT RIGHT

FILL THESE EMPTY SPACES

BE MY OASSIS

MY ISLAND IN THE SUN

EVERY LITTLE BIT OF FUN

SO LIFE IS NOT SO DULL

 

AS THE MUSIC PLAYS

I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY

MEET MY LOVE

IN A HIGHER PLACE

WHERE EVERYTHING

HAS A SWEETER TASTE

THE BITTERNESS IS ALL GONE 

THE LIGHT OF LOVE HAS SHONE

FINALLY SHOT THROUGH

STOPPED WITHIN MY HEART

FILLING EMPTY SPACES

PUTTING OUT THE FIRES

WAVING OFF THE SMOKE

TO FILL IN MY TIME

OWN IT MAKE IT MINE

COME TO ME

IN THE MORNING LIGHT 

 

 

 

 

FOREVER YOU

 

FOREVER YOU

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

LOADED UP ON SUMMER

DRANK EVERY DROP OF SUN

NOW I FIND MYSELF

REACHING FOR THE SHADE

SOON AS I CAN BREATHE AGAIN 

I CAN FEEL THE COOL WIND

I'M GONE

 

THESE MOUNTAINS

THAT NEVER END

ROADS FULL OF

TWISTS AND BENDS

BRING ME BACK TO YOU

WAKE UP IN THE DAWN

A NEW DAY AT HAND

BLUE SKY OVER

WATER AND SAND

I'LL BE THERE

SOON AS I CAN

MY HEARTS DECIDED

FOREVER YOU

 

ITS SOMETHING THAT

I CAN'T HIDE

EVERYWHERE I LOOK

YOU'RE INSIDE

LISTEN TO ME I'M CALLING

BECAUSE PART OF ME

 IS GONE 

TIME LIKE WATER PASSES

NEVER TO RETURN

YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE

YOU LEARN

WHEN ITS GONE ITS GONE

 

WE NEVER SAW THIS COMING

THE WAY THE PIECES DROP

THE WAY THEY JUST

KEEP ON COMING

AND NEVER SEEM TO STOP

STANDING ON THIS SHORELINE

I CAN SEE

BLUE SKY OVER WATER

AND SAND

YOU KNOW I'LL BE THERE

AS SOON AS I CAN

MY HEARTS DECIDED

FOREVER YOU 

LOOKING FROM TODAY

 

LOOKING FROM TODAY

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE

I'VE LOST THE SUMMER

I SAW IT START

I'LL SEE IT END

THE SKIES BETWEEN US 

KEEP US APART

THE TIME THE DISTANCE

IS JUST TOO GREAT

 

ITS TOO LATE 

TO CHANGE MY MIND

SO HERE WE ARE

AND NOW WE WAIT

UP OR DOWN

I'M HERE TO STAY

SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS

NO OTHER WAY

 

OUR LOVE CAN FEEL

BUT IT CANNOT TOUCH

I DON'T LIKE THIS FEELING

WHAT THIS IS

DOING TO US

I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR WITH YOU

TO LET YOU GO

LONG AS YOU KNOW ITS TRUE

AT THE OTHER END OF THIS

I'LL BE WITH YOU

 

LOOKING FROM TODAY

ITS HARD TO SEE

BEYOND TOMORROW

IF I STAY

ONE STEP AHEAD

OF MY SORROW

RISE UP LIKE THE SUMMER SUN

SHINE ALL DAY

THEN FALL BACK

IN DARKNESS AND DIM LIGHT

WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU

I KNOW I MIGHT

GET A LITTLE SLEEP

I'M CLIMBING THE LADDER

BUT ITS A LITTLE STEEP

 

BETTER SOON AS I CAN SEE YOU

AND THEN

STAY

I JUST DON'T SEE IT

ANY OTHER WAY

LOOKING FROM TODAY

ITS SO HARD TO SEE 

THROUGH TOMORROW

BUT LOOK OUT HERE I GO

I'M FEELING KIND OF WILD

TO ALL THE TREES THAT CALL ME

LEAD ME TO GROUND

I'LL BIDE MY TIME

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

 

COUNTING SHIPS

 

COUNTING SHIPS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

I'VE GOT A HEARTACHE

IT JUST WON'T SUBSIDE

I CAN'T CARRY ON

JUST PUSH IT ASIDE

COUNTING SHIPS AND DAYS

GETTING BY

ON A WING AND A PRAYER

WAKING UP

AND YOU'RE NOT THERE

 

SWEET SUMMER MORNING

OUT IN THE SUN

I CLOSE MY EYES 

I SEE YOU STANDING THERE

ITS WISHFUL THINKING

BUT I DON'T CARE

NO MATTER HOW

YOU APPEAR

I FEEL I'VE WON

 DAY DREAMING

OUT HERE IN THE SUN

I'M NOT LEAVING

UNTIL I'M DONE

 

SITTING HERE IN SILENCE

A PARADISE SURROUNDS ME

WAY TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK

THERE GOES MY HEART

IT BEGINS TO SINK

KNOWING THAT

 YOU'RE NOT HERE 

TIRED OF WALKING ALONE

MY ONLY LINK TO YOU

IS ON THE PHONE

HANGING ON

AN AFTERNOON

BENEATH A CLOUDLESS SKY

IF THERE WERE NO REASON

I WOULD TURN AND FLY AWAY

TOMORROW MIGHT NOT

RECOGNIZE ME 

TIME MAKES A DIFFERENCE 

TO WHO I AM

TO WHERE I'VE BEEN

AND WHERE I'M GOING TO

FEELS LIKE I LEFT YOU BEHIND

I MISS YOU

COUNTING SHIPS AND DAYS

I MISS YOU

A THOUSAND WAYS

 

 

ALL IN ALL

 

ALL IN ALL

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

IN THE FAILING LIGHT

SNEAKS THE DARKNESS

ANOTHER DAY TO END

EVERYTHING A MATTER OF TIME

STRANGE TO SEE

HOW FAST OR SLOW

HOW BEST TO KNOW

WHEN TO STOP

 

THE NIGHT SHINES SOFTLY

THE STARS FADE

INTO THE DAWN

OF A NEW DAY YET UNSEEN

WHAT WILL IT BRING

IT COULD BE ANYTHING

 

I DON'T KNOW IF I MISS YOU MORE

IN THE MORNING LIGHT 

OR WHEN EVERY STAR

IS SHINING IN THE NIGHT

ALL I KNOW FOR SURE IS

YOU'RE NOT HERE

ALL IN ALL

A LITTLE SAD

BUT THERE'S LITTLE I CAN DO

JUST PRETEND

 I'M GETTING ON ALRIGHT 

AS MY HEART SINKS SLOWLY

LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN

LEAVING ME ALONE IN THE DARK

ALL THESE FEELINGS

DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP

REACHING NEAR AND FAR

OVER UNDER DEEP

IN A DREAMLAND 

SHROUDED BY MIST

AND MYSTERY

I'M STILL ALONE WITHOUT YOU

SOMETHING MISSING

FROM SOMETHING

FROM EVERYTHING I DO

EACH TIME I THINK OF YOU

I SMILE THROUGH

MY SADNESS

A LITTLE JOY COMES

BACK INTO MY HEART

 

BUTTERFLY

 

BUTTERFLY

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

CENTERED BY YOUR KISS

AWAKENED FROM A DREAM 

IT ALL SEEMED SO REAL

A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS

THE OLD ONE SPINS

OUT OF CONTROL 

REACH FOR MY HAND

PLEASE DON'T LET GO

NO TIME TO KILL

WE'RE ALREADY LATE

WE'LL FIND A WAY

TO MAKE IT GREAT

 

FLY BUTTERFLY

TASTE THE SUN

ON THE FLOWERS

YOU VISIT FOR HOURS

THEN FLY AWAY

BEAUTIFUL IN THE SKY

ONLY YOU KNOW

WHERE AND WHY

YOU'RE AN INSTANT SENSATION

WHEREVER YOU GO

FLY BUTTERFLY GOODBYE 

 

DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL

BUT EVERYDAY I FALL

A LITTLE FURTHER

UNDER YOUR SPELL

ITS BEEN SO LONG

EVERYTHING SEEMS NEW

EVEN YOU

 MY TIME AWAY

LEFT A TRAIL OF EMOTIONS

UN ADDRESSED

ALL THE QUESTIONS

THAT HAVE GONE UN ANSWERED

 

OH MY LOVE I WAIT TO SEE YOU

EACH NIGHT UP IN THE STARS

I SEE YOUR SMILING FACE

STARING DOWN ON ME 

AND IF WE THINK ALIKE AT ALL

YOU SURE LIKE WHAT YOU SEE

AS WE MOVE SLOWLY ON

THE BEST IT WILL EVER BE

MOVES CLOSER TO YOU AND ME

FLY BUTTERFLY