FOOTPRINTS ON THE AFTERNOON

 

FOOTPRINTS ON THE AFTERNOON

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

 

YOU LOOK SURE

BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE

ANGELS DANCING ON A GLASS

WHILE RAYS OF LIGHT

BEGIN TO PASS

OUT IN THE SUN

IT WILL BE DONE

IT WILL BE UP HIGH

REACHING DOWN

FOR YOU AND I

 DO YOU SEE

THE WAY IT IS

WE'VE GOT TO TRY

 

HIDDEN STREAM

UNDER COOL GREEN TREES

DAPPLED SUN

WE WADE IN PAST OUR KNEES

FOOTPRINTS ON THE AFTERNOON

FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MOON

TAKES BACK THE SKY

FOLLOWS YOU AND I

 

WAITING FOR THE STARS

INSIDE YOUR LOVE

INSIDE YOUR LIFE

YOUR HEART

OVERCOME WITH

 PEACE AND CALM 

YOU WON'T KNOW

THAT YOU'VE BEEN

SOMEWHERE FARAWAY

OUT IN THE BEAUTIFUL SUN

MAGIC FOR THE TIMES

WE SHARED

TOUCHED BY THE SUN

GOLD IN THE LIGHT

ANGELS DANCING ON A GLASS

WHILE RAYS OF LIGHT

BEGIN TO PASS

OUT THERE IN THE SUN

SHINING DOWN 

ON WATER GLASS

REFLECTING DIAMONDS

IN THE SKY

SUMMERS SO ALIVE

ITS HARD TO BELIEVE

IT COULD EVER DIE

FOOTPRINTS ON THE AFTERNOON

OUT THERE IN THE SUN

 

PERFECT DAYS

 

PERFECT DAYS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

WORDS FLOW ON GENTLE WINDS

SUN SHINES DOWN

WARMEST LIGHT

SOOTHING RAYS

PERFECT DAYS

TO SET US UP

KEEP US WISHING

ON OUR DREAMS

 GIVE US MORE LIKE THIS

MORE THAN

WE'VE EVER SEEN

 

JUST THAT KIND OF DAY

WHERE LOVE WAS FLOWING

LIKE A STREAM

SHE STOOD THERE

LIKE A PRETTY FLOWER

IN THE SUN

SHE KNOWS WHAT ITS FOR

BUT NOT WHAT SHE'S DONE

OPENED UP A WORLD

FOR A HEART FULL OF LOVE

SUMMER NEEDS LOVE

SUNSHINE AND RAIN

THIS FEELING SO SPECIAL

HOW WONDERFUL ITS BEEN

 

WHAT DID I HEAR

THAT BROUGHT ME JOY

WHAT DID I SEE

THAT HAD ME FALLING

ITS ALL HER

SOOTHING RAYS

PERFECT DAYS

TOGETHER IN THE SUN

SHE KNOWS WHAT ITS FOR

BUT NOT WHAT SHE'S DONE

 ADDED PERFECTION

TO A REFLECTION

A RECOLLECTION

TO CHERISH

THE MEMORIES TO HOLD

WHEN SUMMER ENDS

 

 

SO MUCH THE SAME

 

SO MUCH THE SAME

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

I NEVER PLANNED MOST OF THIS

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET THIS FAR

TRIP ON A FALLING STAR

ACROSS THE WORLD AND BACK

SEPARATED FICTION FROM FACT

SAW MY DREAMS RISE AND FALL

SOME I NEVER SAW AT ALL

 

KEPT MY HEAD UP

EXCEPT WHEN IT WAS DOWN

TIME WAS CRUEL

IT WAS KIND

I SWORE I'D FIND

A BETTER LIFE

FREE OF STRESS

AND COMPLICATIONS

SIMPLE QUIET FREE

HERE STILL WAITING

SO MUCH THE SAME

MY TRUST IS GONE

NEVER AGAIN

 

ITS ONLY ME I CAN DEPEND ON

BEST I DON'T KEEP ME WAITING

THE TWILIGHTS FADING FAST

SEEMS THE GOOD THINGS

NEVER LAST

BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO START AGAIN

BORN FROM AND END

DESTINED TO BEGIN

IF YOU CAN ESCAPE FROM YOUR FATE

DEVIATE YOUR COURSE

BY WILL OR FORCE

YOU'LL COME OUT AHEAD

PAST THE DREAR AND DREAD

ANYWHERE BUT WHERE THEY SAID

 

TIME HAS A WAY

HAS THE FINAL SAY

WHEN IT ALL GOES UP IN FLAMES

ITS JUST ANOTHER DAY

SO MUCH THE SAME

DANCING IN THE RAIN

YOU DON'T LET IT SHOW

BUT I KNOW ITS NOT EASY

 

SUN RAY

 

SUN RAY

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

YOU COULD SAY ITS SAD

BUT ITS ALL I EVER HAD

EVEN THOUGH

ITS IN YOUR HANDS

I WISH YOU EVERY JOY

AND WHEN YOU

LAY YOUR HEAD TO REST

NEVER THE LESS

YOU WILL DREAM

SLEEP IN PEACE

WHILE I STAND GUARD

DREAM

IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD

 

LOVE

SIMPLE AND TRUE

STRAIGHT AS A SUN RAY 

ON A CLOUDLESS SUMMER DAY

I'M TRYING TO SAY

TRYING TO SHOW YOU

THERE'S NO OTHER

BUT UP FROM HERE

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE

WE COMING NEAR

THE MOMENT YOU BEGIN

TO WONDER

HOW YOU'RE UNDER A SPELL

YOU SEE A PICTURE  OF US

AND YOU CAN TELL

YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE

 YOU SHOULD BE

 

I DREAMT SO MUCH OF THIS BEFORE

AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE

SUMMER RAIN

TO GOLDEN SUN

I SWEAR THIS

IS FAR FROM DONE

YOU'RE THE ONE

MY HEART IS IN YOUR HANDS

LOVE SIMPLE AND TRUE

STRAIGHT AS A SUN RAY

ON A CLOUDLESS

SUMMER DAY

 

 

WAKE THE DREAMS

 

WAKE THE DREAMS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

WOKE UP TO ANOTHER WHITE DAY

WISH THIS SNOW WOULD GO AWAY

SURELY SUMMER RAIN

CAN'T BE FAR

SUNNY SKIES BUTTERFLIES

WISHES IN A JAR

 TAKE THIS FEELING OF GRAY

AWAY FROM ME

 

GIVE ME ALL THE COLOURS OF SPRING

PROMISES OF DEEP DARK GREEN

TURN IT ON LIKE

SOME KIND OF MACHINE

WAKE THE DREAMS FROM THEIR SLEEP

SEE THE SECRETS

THEY CANNOT KEEP

HEAR THE BIRDS

HAPPY ENOUGH TO SING

LEAD A CHORUS

 IN THE MORNING SUN

 

I DON'T WANT TO BE ON ICE

MAKE IT SUNNY AND NICE

WRAPPED IN SILENCE

TAUNTED BY THE GLOOM

THIS FREEZING COLD

CAN'T END SOON ENOUGH TO SUIT ME 

TRADE MY BOOTS FOR SHOES

THE SPRING THAT WE CAN USE

TO BRING US TO SUMMER

SOMEWHERE LOST IN THE SNOW

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THERE'S ONLY SUMMER IN MY SOUL

MY HEARTS ALL IN

DROPS OF SUN

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY

THIS CAN SET SAIL

WHILE SPRING GOES ON SLEEPING

 

 

STEPPING ON BLUE

 

STEPPING ON BLUE

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

YOU MAY LOOK

BUT DO YOU SEE

YOU MAY FEEL

BUT CAN YOU BE

COMPLETE

MY LOVE I CANNOT SEE

THROUGH THE SMOKE

 THAT OBSCURES THE END 

BENDING THE STARLIGHT

TO SHINE ON OUR DREAMS

SEE EVERYTHING SHINE

AFTER THE RAIN

WHEN THE SUN

 COMES BACK AGAIN 

chorus:

EVERYTHING I DO

IS FOR YOU AND I

I'LL ALWAYS TRY

TO BE THAT GUY

YOUR STEADY ROCK

YOUR FRIEND

FROM NOW ON

UNTIL THE VERY END

TAKE A LOOK

SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME

SUMMER DAYS

HAVE COME AND GONE

SOME OF THEM

SEEM TO LAST SO LONG

TRIPPING DAYS

STEPPING ON BLUE

NOWHERE NEAR WERE YOU

 

COLOURS SPILL

INTO A SKY

EMPTY OF RAIN

IF I COULD

 I WOULD CALL YOU

BACK HERE AGAIN

TAKE MY HEART

A LITTLE FURTHER

FROM THE DARK

PUT US TOGETHER

SET US APART

 

SUNRISE NEW DAY

BUT HOW DO I

GET AWAY

I HAVE TO CARRY ON

WITHOUT YOU

SET ASIDE MY HEART

STEP OUTSIDE MY FEELINGS

UNTIL I'M BACK HOME

ITS JUST ME

ON MY OWN 

SWEET MEMORIES

AND DREAMS

SUNSETS I HAVE SEEN

THE THINGS I'VE SAID

THAT I DIDN'T MEAN

CAN'T BE TAKEN BACK

I JUST HAVE TO

LIVE WITH THAT

TRIPPING DAYS

STEPPING ON BLUE

ITS BEEN HARD

WITHOUT YOU

 

There's Always Me

 

THERE'S ALWAYS ME

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

ROLLING ON SOMEWHERE FARAWAY 

ALL NEW AND STRANGER EVERYDAY 

IMMERSED IN SILENCE

I PAUSE TO REFLECT 

THE THINGS I'LL SEE

THAT I HAVEN'T YET

THE BLESSINGS THAT

 WERE NEVER COUNTED 

THE DAYS THAT WERE ALL BLACK

I WASN'T SURE WHO TO THANK

FOR ALL THAT

chorus

HOLDING OUT 

WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING 

THE TIMES I LEFT

WITHOUT GOING

THE WARS I WAGED

THE YEARS LAID TO RUIN 

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED

THERE WAS NOTHING

LEFT TO SAVE

BUT ME

THERE'S ALWAYS ME

WONDERING WHAT

MY NEXT MOVE WILL BE

 

GUESS I SHOULD BE GOING

A FRESH WIND BLOWING

A FAIR DAY TO START

THE LOVE THAT MOVES ME

CAPTURES MY HEART

WANTS TO KNOW MY DREAMS

MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY INSIDE

MAKES A BAD DAY SEEM OKAY

CHASES BLUES AWAY

BEFORE THEY GET TO START

SHE'S PART OF THE DREAM

 

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HER

I THINK THAT I HAVE SEEN

I CAN'T QUITE PUT MY FINGER ON IT

AS STRANGE AS IT ALL MAY SEEM

AS MUCH AS I TRY 

TO KEEP IT ALL LOW KEY 

SOMETIMES ITS RATHER EXTREME 

 

HALF OF SOMETHING GOOD

 

HALF OF SOMETHING GOOD

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

IN THIS TWILIGHT

FEELING ANYTHING BUT MYSELF

WATCHING THE MOON

TRYING TO READ THE MOOD

THIS TIME OUT

THIS INTERLUDE

ALL THE RAIN STOPPED

LEFT ME IN THE SUN

A SLOW BURN OVER COALS

RELEASE MY SOUL

LET IT FLY

WATCH IT GO

 

I'LL CARRY ON AS YOU KNOW

AS IT STOPS AND GOES

WATCH THE WATER

WATCH THE SUN

UNTIL THEN AND ONLY THEN

WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE 

I'LL GO ON MISSING YOU

 

A FALLEN ANGEL COMES TO REST

I'M SURE SHE DID HER BEST

BESIDE ME I TELL HER

THAT I UNDERSTAND

ALL TOO WELL

YOU REACHED TOO FAR YOU FELL

HELD UNTIL DARKNESS

WELCOMES THE LIGHT

 

EVEN IF YOU'RE BROKEN

ITS HARD TO BE BLUE

IN THE SUNSHINE

IT SHINES ON ME

IT SHINES ON YOU

WE BOTH KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

A PART OF ME IS GONE

THE FUTURE ONLY PROMISED

SOMETHING TAKEN

SORELY MISSED

GIVEN TIME WE COULD FIND

HALF OF SOMETHING GOOD

SWEET AS SUMMER WINE

YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME

WAY OUT HERE

 

TIME BETWEEN US

 

TIME BETWEEN US

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

SEE HER DANCING FOR THE MOON

STEALING STARLIGHT TO SHOW ME

THE MAGIC SHE BRINGS

WITHOUT EVEN TRYING

SHE BRINGS JOY TO LIFE

SHE BRINGS ME LOVE

UNTIL MY HEART IS FULL 

A KIND OF HEAVEN BESIDE HER

 

COUNTING FALLING STARS

NOTHING ELSE TO DO

THE TIME BETWEEN US

BEGINS TO SWELL

ITS ALREADY BEEN TOO LONG

I CAN TELL

ON A CLOUDLESS SUN DRENCHED DAY

MY MIND WANDERS AWAY

INTO THE COLOURS IN THE SKY

THEY MAKE ME FEEL

NONE OF THIS IS REAL

 

FEELS SO STRANGE

TO BE APART

THAT'S NOT THE WAY

WE SHOULD END OR START

IF SUMMERS END WILL

LEAD TO YOU

I'LL KEEP DRIFTING

UNTIL I DO

WAKE UP AGAIN WITH YOU

WITH A BIG STICK IN MY HAND

I WROTE HER NAME

IN THE SAND

AS THOUGH SHE WAS THERE

CALL ME CRAZY

I DON'T CARE

I'LL DO WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO

 

IN THIS ALONE

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN

THE PEACE THAT CAN BE FOUND

SURROUNDS ME

THE SILENCE NEARLY

DROWNS ME

SOON I'LL TRY TO GO TO SLEEP

ALL FOR NAUGHT

AND NEVER DEEP

YOU SEE I'M THINKING ABOUT HER

ITS ANOTHER PASTIME   

PULLING ME THROUGH

BRINGING ME CLOSER

TO YOU