CHASING UP THE SUN

 

CHASING UP THE SUN

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

DARK NOW THE PLACES

WE USED TO GO

LOCKED AND SHUTTERED

BRACED AND WAITING

FOR THE SNOW

LIKE A DEAR LOST FRIEND

OUT THERE TIL THE END

THE LIGHT

ONLY BENDS SO FAR

BEFORE IT BREAKS

THE SHADOWS

IT CREATES

 

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE LINES

A STORY

AS OLD AS TIME

TIL WE GROW SO OLD

WE CAN'T GO

SITTING BY THE FIRES GLOW

REFLECTED IN OUR EYES

AND THE YOUTH THAT FLEW BY

CHASING UP THE SUN

BENEATH THE GREAT WIDE BLUE

 

YOU THINK YOU'RE THERE

BUT THE END WAS MOVED

HOW MUCH MORE TO PROVE

WAITING STILL YET AGAIN

SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BEGINNING 

OR CLOSER TO THE END

ALL OF IT

EVERY BIT OF YOUR LOVE THAT

YOU CAN SEND

CHASING UP THE SUN

IT NEVER ENDS

  

SHIVER

 

SHIVER

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

ALL GONE BLOWN AWAY

ANOTHER PAST

ANOTHER DAY

NO MATTER HOW MUCH

WE WISH

 IT GOES AWAY

SUMMERS GONE 

HIGH FIVE GOODBYE

SEE THE SUN GET SHY

MILES AND MILES

OF DARKENED SKIES

APPROACHING SIN

THE WALLS SOON BE CLOSING IN

 STILL HAVE TO GO

IN THE COLD AND SNOW

 

SHIVER

MY RESOLVE BEGINS TO CRACK

HOME BY THE FIRE

I CAN'T WAIT TO BE THERE

SHIVER

I CAN'T LET GO

WINTERS ICY SHOW

SURROUNDS ME

SHIVER

COLD AND BLUE

WHAT MUST I DO

TO GET BACK TO

THE SUN

 

ONCE IT GETS STARTED

IT CAN'T BE

UNDONE 

NO MERCY FROM THE COLD WINDS

 BLOWING

HOW SHY THE SUN

HOW GRAY THE SKY

HOW COLD ARE YOU

HOW COLD AM I

 

 

STEP

 

STEP

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

WHEN YOU GET SO RESTLESS

THAT YOU'VE GOT TO GO

IT SEEMS LIKE TIMES MOVING

WAY TOO SLOW

OUT THERE IN THE WIND

GOING TILL I FEEL

SOMETHING

WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL ALIVE

EMBRACE IT WITH ALL

AND EVERYTHING 

TAKE IT WITH YOU

HOLD IT ON DISPLAY

WITH A SMILE

AND A LOOK THAT KILLS

STEP AWAY

FROM A BATTLE OF WILLS 

 

COME HERE

INTO THE LIGHT

STEP INTO THE PEACE

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT

UNTIL ITS RIGHT

THERE'S NO NEED

TO MAKE A POINT

HAVE A BEER

AND ANOTHER JOINT 

 

THERE'S NO ONE TO IMPRESS

PICK UP YOURSELF

JUST DO YOUR BEST

RELAX ITS NOT A TEST

ITS LIFE

ONE DAY AT A TIME

YOU LIVE YOURS

AND I'LL LIVE MINE

PICK ME FOR SURE

DON'T LEAVE ME

ON THE VINE

 

AUTUMN STARS

 

AUTUMN STARS

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

THE AUTUMN STARS

LIGHT THE SKY

THEY TAKE ME

TO A PLACE

WHERE I'M NOT SURE

COLDER BY THE DAY

COLDER IN THE NIGHT

THERE'S NOT MANY CHOICES

SO YA BETTER GET IT RIGHT 

 

THEN THE SNOW

JUST BARELY 

MAKE IT THROUGH

I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN

MORE THAN I KNEW

 MY WISH FOR YOU AND I

IS SIMPLE

OUR LOVE NEVER DIES

ALL GOES QUIET

HOLDS BACK

NO MORE TRIES

 

ALL OF THE SNOW

WISH WE COULD GO

SOMEWHERE THE SUN STAYS

AND NEVER GOES

BACK TO START ITS BEST

AUTUMN STARS STILL SHINE

JUST WHEN YOU

GET IT TOGETHER

IT ALL STARTS TO UNWIND

I HAVE TO GIVE MY THANKS

ITS ALL BEEN FINE  

MOVING TIME

 

MOVING TIME

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

OCTOBER 2024

 

ALMOST WHO

I WANT TO BE

STILL DANCING

ON THE EDGE

PRECARIOUSLY

I KNOW

I'LL NEVER SEE

ALL THAT I WANT TO SEE

THERE'S ALWAYS MORE

SO MANY SIGHTS

FOR SORE EYES

 ARE YOU EVER

GOING TO

LET ME INSIDE

 

LIFE MARCHES ON

MOVING SO MUCH TIME

WILL YOU SAVE ENOUGH

TO FLY

I'LL NEVER STAY THE SAME

CHANGES ALL AROUND ME

HOW WILL YOU KNOW ITS ME

WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE

IF ITS YOUR LOVE

ITS YOUR NEED

 

MOONLIGHT LED YOU HERE

THE THINGS YOU FEARED

IT SEEMS YOU

LEFT THEM ALL BEHIND

LIFE IS LIKE THAT

SWEETER SOMETIME 

BRING BACK

ALL THE LOVE THAT WAS MINE

 

MOVING SO MUCH TIME

BENEATH OUR FEET

REACH OUT

AND MAKE YOU STAY

TIE YOUR SOUL TO MINE

AS MOONLIGHT

SEARCHED FOR YOU

TO FALL UPON YOUR FEET

FALL INTO YOUR EYES

SO SWEET

 

BELONG

 

BELONG

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

YOU SAY THAT YOU'D GO BACK

BUT HOW FAR

THE MORE IT IS

THE MORE YOU ARE

AT A DISTANCE AWAY

ALL I WANT IS

FOR YOU TO STAY

FOR YOU TO SAY

I'M ONLY YOURS

 

TELL ME I'M NOT LOST

IN YOUR EYES

THEN WHY CAN'T I

LOOK AWAY

I KIND OF LIKE THIS FEELING

LIKE I BELONG

ME TO YOU

AND YOU TO ME

IF THAT'S THE WAY

ITS GONNA BE

YOU KNOW THAT'S ALRIGHT

 

EVERY SUNSET

WE CAN SEE

EVERY BIT OF LOVE

WE CAN SQUEEZE 

IS IT JUST ME

OR IS IT

THE VERY THING

THAT WE NEED

TELL ME I'M NOT LOST

DEEP IN YOUR EYES

STUCK ALL NIGHT

SWEET SUNRISE 

GOING HOME

 

GOING HOME

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

WIDE OPEN SPACES

DARK AND DREARY PLACES

BEHIND US

WE STAYED TOO LONG

SOMEWHERE WE NEVER

SHOULD OF BEEN

BROKEN TRUST

NEVER AGAIN

 

NOWHERE ELSE

BUT FORWARD AHEAD

SOMETHING GOOD

WAITING INSTEAD

SWALLOWED BY BLACK OF NIGHT

ARE YOU STILL

ALRIGHT

JUST THE MERE FACT

THAT I'M STILL HERE

HOLDING YOU TIGHT

TOLD YOU

I WOULDN'T LET GO

NOW WE CAN LOOK FORWARD

TO GOING HOME

IF ONLY

TO BE THERE

WITH YOU

 

AND SOMETIMES

IF I GET QUIET

STICK A NOTE

IN MY POCKET

MAKE IT SWEET

AGREE TO MEET

SOME WAY

LIPS AS SWEET

AS WINE

CAN ONLY KISS MINE

SO ITS TRUE

ITS ALWAYS THE DARKEST

JUST BEFORE THE DAWN

MY HEARTS

ALREADY ON THE MEND

THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SENT

GOT TO ME 

Times

  Times

Written by 

Jeff Hilton 

2024

Time is always 

Coming up

On the short side 

Never mind 

Just in time 

How do you ever 

Find the time 

I've often heard 

Its not always kind 

There's never enough 

Do do all the things 

I want to do 

Everytime I get started 

I run out of time

Living on what's borrowed 

Not even mine 

You wake up one day 

You're ten years behind 

Reflecting back 

I guess I was lucky

Time was ever kind 

Nobody ever had  my back 

It was only me

Time was rarely

Ever free

A fracture

A warp in time 

The missing pieces 

All in a line 

Everything in time 

Time dragged on

The future unclear 

Like the weather 

Life can be unsure 

.

EACH DAY

 

EACH DAY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

BEYOND THE DAY

WELL INTO NIGHT 

WITH ALL YOUR TRUST

TO THE PATH YOU'RE ON

YOU MIGHT SEE

HEAVEN KNOWS

YOU MAY GROW

TO UNDERSTAND 

WHERE YOU FIT

INTO THE CENTRAL PLAN 

INSIDE THE STARS

SOME WERE MINE

SOME WERE YOURS

IN A WORLD

UNTO ITSELF

WHY WE'D EVER

LIVE IN DOUBT 

OWN, EACH DAY

NEVER LET

THE SMALL STUFF

GET IN THE WAY

ITS ALL SMALL STUFF

BY THE WAY

FAILING ISN'T FALLING

ITS A DIFFERENT THING

OH TO HEAR 

THE ANGELS SING

START IT ALL AGAIN

 

KNOWING WHAT

 YOU KNOW NOW

THE TIME

YOU COULD OF SAVED

THE LOVE YOU WOULD

NEVER OF CONFUSED

FOR SOMETHING

 THAT WAS  REAL

ALL OF THE TIME

YOU WASTED

TASTED BITTERSWEET

LITTLE ELSE

FOR YOU TO EAT

ONE STEP AWAY

FROM THE STREET

 

 

NOTHING TO HANG

 

NOTHING TO HANG

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

THE MOON MELTED

INTO THE NIGHT

DISAPPEARED

OUT OF SIGHT

BETWEEN THE STARS

BESIDE THE LIGHT

SOMETHING ELSE

TO THINK ABOUT

NOTHING TO HANG

ANY OF MY

HOPES ON

EMPTY

AS THE NIGHT IS LONG

 

I FALL ASLEEP 

WAITING FOR THE SUN

THE LAST THING I REMEMBER

I WAS ABOUT TO FALL

THEN I FOUND MY WINGS

TO TASTE THE SKY

SUN IN MY EYES

WAKES ME

FINDS ME THERE

GIVE ME

A COFFEE AND A CHAIR

OH TO AWAKEN

FIND YOU THERE

 

MUCH TO MY SURPRISE

A LOOK I'VE 

NEVER SEEN BEFORE 

RIGHT THERE

IN YOUR EYES

NOTHING LEFT TO HIDE

YOUR HEART AN OPEN BOOK

I'D HAVE TO LOOK

MYSELF TO SEE

WHAT IT ALL WOULD MEAN

IN THIS CENTURY

LOOK AT YOU

LOOK AT ME

GO ON

BUT FOR HOW LONG

NOTHING TO HANG

ANY OF MY

HOPES ON

EMPTY AS 

THE NIGHT IS LONG 

AS I SEE

AS I SEE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

SO MY EYES

 ARE FIXED ON THE FLAMES 

ALL ALONE

AS THIS NIGHT

WOULD FIND ME

THE STARS WERE MINE

TO TAKE IN

AS I SEE

WHY IS THIS

ITS NOT ME

HOW IT IS

HOW IT COULD BE

 

WORLDS APART

A MYSTERY

KEEP LOVE

A LITTLE CLOSER 

HOLD YOU JUST RIGHT

TRY TO MAKE EACH NIGHT

ONE TO REMEMBER

OR AT THE VERY LEAST

ONE THAT COUNTS

 

SOMETHING THAT ONLY LEADS ME

LEAVES ME CURIOUS

TO FIND WHERE IT IS

YOUR HEART LEADS ME TO

I  CAN SEE

THERE'S LITTLE ELSE 

I CAN DO

SETTLE IN

FOR THE WAIT

ENJOY THE SHOW

LIKE ITS MY FIRST

AND MY LAST

 

FORTUNE NOT FOUND

IS ALL LOST

NO ONE CAN SAY

ONLY TIME WILL SEE

WHAT'S IN THE CARDS

FOR YOU AND I

TO FIND WHERE IT IS

YOUR HEART LEADS ME TO

    ` 
 

WISH

 

WISH

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

I DON'T WANT TO

LOSE THIS FEELING

WHILE I'M STILL

IN CONTROL

I DON'T WANT TO

LOSE YOU GIRL

YOU'RE THE OTHER HALF

OF MY SOUL

WHEN IT COMES

RIGHT DOWN TO IT

I'VE ALREADY

LET YOU IN

 

AND WHEN YOU 

COME THIS CLOSE

I'LL WISH YOU

NEVER GO

I'M NOT SURE

WHEN YOU

 TOOK MY HEART 

DON'T KNOW WHEN

YOU TURNED MY HEAD

I'M JUST GLAD YOU

DIDN'T STOP

KEPT RIGHT

 ON INSTEAD

YOU GAVE YOURSELF

TO ME

MADE MY WORLD

BEAUTIFUL, INSTANTLY

 

MORE THAN I 

CAN DO

OR SAY 

I WANT TO

TAKE YOUR HAND

NEVER LET IT GO

SAY YOU WILL

SAY YOU KNOW

     NOW

WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING

ALL ALONG

 

ALL THE SEASONS

WE LET SLIP AWAY

WE HAD NO SAY

JUST A WISH

TOUCH A DREAM

SO MUCH LOVE

IT WOULD SEEM

SUNNY SUMMERS DAY

NOTHING TO STOP US

GET IN OUR WAY

WHEN YOU 

COME THIS CLOSE 

I'LL WISH

YOU NEVER GO

 

POISON

 

POISON

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

I USED TO THINK I KNEW

THE WAY IT ALWAYS WAS

THE WAY, IT HAD TO GO

JUST BECAUSE

NOW I'M NOT SO SURE

IF I'M

 COMING OR GOING 

EVERYTHING IS

SO MUCH POISON

ADDED TO THE MIX

SOMEONE CHANGED THE REASON

SAID IT CAN'T BE FIXED

WHEN ALL THE FEELINGS

 HAVE GONE

EMPTINESS AIN'T FAR BEHIND

IT CAN'T BE LONG

NO AMOUNT OF REASON

TO BE HAD

LIKE COMMON SENSE

WAS NON EXISTENT

JUST A FAD

 

SEEMS LIKE

IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO

EVERYONE SEEMED SO KIND

LOVE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT 

EASIER TO FIND

LOVE WAS

ALL WE HAD

DREAMS WERE

NEVER BAD

TIME

WE HAD SO MUCH

TO LOSE IT

THEY START A WAR

WHERE NO ONE

 WINS

THE POISON BEGINS

THE DIVISIONS COMPLETE

 

HEY NOW

I CAN'T STAY

I'VE GOT TO GO

EVERYTHING IS

 SO MUCH POISON 

THE FIGHTS BACK ON

KARMA

IS ON OUR SIDE

HOLD ON

IT'LL BE A WILD RIDE

SO MUCH POISON

 

 

GLOW

 

GLOW

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

 

SEEMS IT ALWAYS

STARTS THE SAME

PLEASED TO MEET YOU

WHAT'S YOUR NAME

IS IT SOMETHING

I SHOULD KNOW

IS IT WHISPERED

ON GENTLE

 SUMMER BREEZES 

ON THE TIP

OF EVERY LEAF

BRING THE SUN

JUST ENOUGH 

TO SEE YOU GLOW

BRING ME

SOME KIND OF RELIEF

 LET ME KNOW 

 

MY ATTENTION CAPTURED

MY HEART AWAITS ITS FATE

IF ITS NOT TOO LATE

SUMMER NEVER STOPS

IT JUST MOVES AWAY

DISAPPEARS INTO TIME

FASTER THAN I CAN SAY

THIS DARK WILL

TURN TO LIGHT

THIS DAY, THIS HOUR

YOU MIGHT

FIND ME

STARING DOWN 

THE TREES 

IN THE SUMMER SUN

WAITING ON YOU

DO YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY

WHEN YOU GLOW

NEAR ME

 

 YOU KNOW I CARE ABOUT YOU 

HOW YOU FEEL

TOUCH YOU

TO SEE IF YOU'RE REAL

AND MAYBE

WE CAN GO FROM THERE

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY

MY INTENTIONS 

ARE MADE CLEAR

BRING THE SUN

JUST ENOUGH

TO SEE YOU GLOW

GOODBYE MY LOVE

IF YOU HAVE TO GO

 

THIS TIME WE HAVE

 

THIS TIME WE HAVE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2024

JUNE

 

WE DRIFTED

THROUGH ANOTHER NIGHT

INSIDE THE GATE

THE STARLIGHT

PLAYED OUT LIKE

A SYMPHONY 

WIDE OPEN

ARE THESE SKIES

ENOUGH

TO GET BY

JUST BEYOND

YOU'LL FIND

YOU CAN FLY

 TOGETHER OR ALONE

YOU'LL FIND YOUR HOME 

 

PIECES OF THE FUTURE

PIECES OF THE PAST

GO DRIFTING SLOWLY BY

THIS TIME WE HAVE

IS FLEETING AT BEST 

ENJOY THE REST

NO MOMENT WASTED

EVERY ONE IT COUNTS

FOR SOMETHING

 

FORWARD WE GO

RIGHT INTO STARLIGHT

TO DO WHAT'S GOOD

WHATEVER IS RIGHT 

DO WHAT YOU WILL

AS YOU CAN

DON'T EVER STOP

MOVING FORWARD

DON'T LET THE FUTURE

MEET THE PAST

MUCH AS I WISH THEY WOULD

THESE DAYS WILL NEVER LAST

WIDE OPEN

ARE THESE SKIES

JUST ENOUGH

TO GET BY

JUST BEYOND

YOU'LL FIND

YOU CAN FLY

TOGETHER OR ALONE

EITHER WAY

YOU'LL FIND YOUR HOME