I'M NOT AFRAID OF DREAMING

 I'M NOT AFRAID OF DREAMING 

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

THE SUN WENT DOWN

THE SKY ON FIRE

THROUGH THE PINES

MY DESIRE

SO MUCH

PRECIOUS TIMES

I SQUEEZED EVERY HOUR  

FROM A DAY 

 

I LAY ME DOWN

TO SLEEP

I'M NOT AFRAID OF DREAMING

THIS SIDE

THAT SIDE

YOU KNOW

SOMEONES LYING 

WHO IS IT

WHO WILL END UP CRYING 

FIND IT WASN'T

WHAT YOU THOUGHT

IT GOES AGAINST

THE THINGS

YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT

 

ANY NUMBER

OF A HUNDRED THINGS 

A THOUSAND REASONS

WHY IT WOULD NEVER WORK

THE SADNESS COMES

AT YOU IN WAVES

THE ONLY ONE

THAT IT SAVES

IS YOU

DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

THAT THERE IS TWO

 

 

SEMBLANCE

 

 

SEMBLANCE

 

WRITTEN BY 

 

JEFF R HILTON 

2025

 

HERE I AM AGAIN

I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN   

PUSHING TOO HARD

A LITTLE TOO TENSE 

ON MY GUARD

OUT ON THE ROAD

CHASING DREAMS 

TRADING TIME

FOR DAYS IT SEEMS 

JUST TO LIVE NOW

 

DETERMINED AS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN 

TO GET TO

THE OTHER SIDE

LEAVE ALL THIS BEHIND

HOPE THAT I CAN FIND 

SOME SEMBLANCE OF MIND 

SOME HIGHER GROUND

MORALLY SOUND

 

GENTLE SEAS

LAPPING AT THE SAND 

SUN RAYS

WARM DAYS

THAT'S MY PLAN

LAY DOWN MY HAND

AND HOPE ITS KING

MUCH HAPPINESS

IT BRINGS

TO YOU

IT WAS WORTH IT ALL

IF YOU DO 

 

 

BURNING IN THE SUN

 

BURNING IN THE SUN 

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

BELIEVE ME 

I'VE WALKED ALONE

THE ROAD

ALL MADE OF STONE 

THE KISS WAS FAST

CAME AND WENT

NOT TO LAST 

 

THE DIVISION

REAL ENOUGH TO FEEL 

WHAT'S A HEART LEFT

BURNING IN THE SUN 

SAND CASTLES

CRUMBLING IN THE TIDE

THE TIME APPLIED

THE HURT IN YOUR EYES

WOULD IT GO AWAY

IF I WAS TO SAY

I FOUND LOVE AGAIN 

 

WHAT'S THE CHANCE

THE UNEXPECTED

ITS HUMAN NATURE TO RISE

WIPE THE ASHES

FROM YOUR EYES  

CLEARLY SEE ME

MADE TO BE

THE ONE

YOU CALL

I'M HANGING ON 

TO ANYTHING I CAN  

AT ALL  

  

OPEN SPACES

 

OPEN SPACES

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

WATCH ME

IF YOU THINK I WILL 

LOVE ME

ALL THE WAY UNTIL

THIS OLD WORLD

IS DONE FOR GOOD

WISHING FOR 

THE THINGS I COULD  

 

NO ARMS TO BEAR

NONE TO CROSS

SEE HOW FAST

IT ALL GETS LOST

TAKE A SIDE

TAKE A HEART 

NEVER LET US

BE APART

 

OPEN SPACES

CALLING OUT

COME TO ME

I DOUBT

YOU'LL WANT TO LEAVE

THE TREES

THE SWEET SUNSHINE

THE BREEZE

 

OPEN SPACES

CALLING OUT

COME TO ME

I DOUBT YOU'LL

 WANT TO LEAVE 

PUT YOUR HAND

ON MY SLEEVE

TAKE MY ARM

WE'LL GO 

 

 

COMFORT

 

COMFORT

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WHEN THE NIGHT SKY

FINDS YOU

ALL ALONE

FINDS YOU FAR

FROM HOME

WHEN ITS YOUR HEART

FREE FALLING  

FASTER THAN A FALLING STAR

STUCK IN THE PLACE

YOU ARE

 

SOMEHOW YOUR PICTURE

GIVES ME A MEASURE

OF COMFORT

I WON'T SOON FORGET 

THE AUTUMN HURRIES  

PASSING BY

THE TIMES STOPS 

JUST LONG ENOUGH 

TO PAUSE

YOU AND I

 

LOOK AT MY LOVE

SEE THE CAUSE

OF MY CONSTERNATION

SO DISTANT

I HAVE DRIFTED

SO FARAWAY

FROM YOU

DAY TO DAY

I JUST DRIFT AWAY

I DON'T KNOW

COULD YOUR HEART

EVER ACHE LIKE THIS

COULD YOU HEART

EVER FEEL LIKE THIS 

 

 

  

MEMORY

 

MEMORY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WHEN ITS GOODBYE 

THERE'S NO MORE

GOOD TIMES

TO BE HAD 

AFTER THE TEARS

TO WHERE THIS LED

BROKEN HEARTS  

NEVER MEND

THE PLACES

THAT THEY SEND YOU

A VOID

 

A SMILE A VEIL

FOR SOMETHING DEEPER

HIDDEN JUST INSIDE

 AND ALL THE YEARS

THAT YOU PASSED

NEVER LEFT BEHIND 

EACH ONE DEFINING  

A PIECE OF WHO YOU ARE

 

I LOOKED FOR YOU

BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE

MET BY EMPTY SILENCE 

CLIMBED UP

CLIMBED OUT

THE SADNESS

LEFT IT BEHIND

BUT YOUR MEMORY

IS STILL FADING  

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON

 

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

IS THERE SOMETHING 

I'M NOT SEEING

A WAY THAT

I'M NOT BEING 

TRUE TO MYSELF

MAYBE TRUER TO YOU.

BY THE SIDE

THAT I ALWAYS TAKE 

THE DAY IS NEVER MORE

THAN WHAT YOU MAKE

 

IN THE MORNING SUN

WITH SO MUCH

MORE TO KNOW

ALL I'VE GOT TO GO ON 

IS THE SIDE YOU SHOW

GIVE ME SOMETHING

I CAN WORK WITH

SOMETHING I CAN HOLD

IF I CAN'T

CARRY IT IN MY HEART

THERE'S MY SOUL

COME ON

I'VE BEEN READY

LET'S GO 

 

YOU AND I

HAVE GOT THE RIGHT

KIND OF JAM

I REST MY CASE

YOU'VE SEEN IT

FIRST HAND  

YOU WATCHED IT

TAKE OFF

YOU SAW IT LAND 

 

 

 

Off The Page

 

OFF THE PAGE

 

WRITTEN BY 

JEFF R HILTON 

2025

 

 

EVERYTHING POINTS 

TO THE SKY

NEVER FALLING

THOUGH IT SEEMS TO SAG

TIME GOES ON

BUT SOMETIMES DRAGS

A MILLION THINGS TO DO

A MILLION PLACES TO GO

THE ONES I REALLY

WANT TO SEE

SOMEHOW YOU JUST KNOW

 

THE TRUTH IS

MORE THAN SKEWED 

THE BOTTOM LINE

HAS BEEN MOVED 

WE'RE DRIFTING

OFF THE PAGE

SEEMS LIKE ALL

 THE PROGRESS  WE MADE

IS GONE

WE MAY AS WELL

GO HOME

 

MILLIONS OF STARS

BURNING TURNING

KEEPING PACE

KEEP ON LEARNING 

WILL IT BE

WHISKY OR WINE 

WAITING FOR 

THE SUN TO SHINE 

 

 

  

DANCING SLOW

 

DANCING SLOW

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

HEY THERE

WHAT WAS THAT

WHAT DID YOU SAY

DO YOU THINK

THERE WILL EVER BE 

A WAY

A CHANCE FOR ME

CLOSE ENOUGH 

TO FEEL YOUR WARMTH 

HANG ON

YOUR EVERY WORD

chorus

SEE IF YOU

 EVER KNEW

WHAT YOU DO TO ME

WHILE I'M 

RIGHT THERE TO SEE

TO LOOK IN YOUR EYES

ONE LOOK I'LL KNOW

SEE WHERE IT IS

WE GO

NO NEED TO END

 THE NIGHT EARLY 

KEEP ON DANCING SLOW

 

SEEMS LIKE FOREVER

THAT I'VE HAD TO WAIT

I NEVER THOUGHT

THAT IT WOULD

BE TOO LATE

MY HOPES WERE ALWAYS HIGH

I'D WAIT FOREVER

IF THAT'S WHATS 

STARS WROTE

 

THE SKY COMES ALIVE

THE UNIVERSE IS CALLING

WAITING

STARS DANCING SLOW

THEN GETTING FASTER

A LITTLE WINDOW

A FLEETING CHANCE 

A LOVE

A ROMANCE 

SEE IF YOU

EVER KNEW 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

THERE I STAND

 

THERE I STAND

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

I NEVER SAW YOU

WATCH OUT FOR THE TIME 

FAST OR SLOW

AS YOU WANTED IT TO GO

YOU EMBRACED THE SUN

AS YOUR OWN

 SEE IT GOING

ALL YOUR WAY

 CHORUS:

I SHOULD GO

BUT THERE I STAND

I STAY

WAITING FOR A CHANCE

TO SAY

ALL THAT'S BEEN

ON MY MIND

OPEN UP MY HEART

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

IT WAS ME

ALL ALONG

 

BY YOUR SIDE

I FEEL QUITE STRONGLY

LIKE I BELONG

FELT LIKE TIME WAS WASTING

TASTING DEFEAT

REACHING FOR AN END

COMING UP INCOMPLETE 

NO FRIEND UNTIL YOU

THE DAYS WERE ALL SO LONG

UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG 

 

  

LIFE BEING KIND

 

LIFE BEING KIND 

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2025

 

LIKE A KITE

WITHOUT A TAIL

GIVEN TO THE WIND

IT SAILS

TOWARDS THE SUN

TOO LATE TO RESCIND 

THE THINGS I

NEVER MEANT TO SAY

BUT SAID THEM ANYWAY

 

TRYING TO MAKE SENSE

OF IT ALL

STAND UP STRAIGHT

AND NEVER FALL 

TAKE YOUR HAND

IN MINE

SO I CAN'T SAY

I'M ALONE 

 

JUST LIFE

BEING KIND

MUST BE SOMETHING  

WE CAN FIND 

GIVE IT MEANING

GIVE IT A CHANCE 

BREATHE LIFE INTO LOVE 

TAKE THE TIME

I KNOW I'D GIVE YOU MINE

 

NO CONTROL, NO LIMITS 

HOW COULD I KNOW 

HOW FAR THAT WE CAN GO

IS IT FATE

OR LIFE BEING KIND 

IS IT OUT OF OUR HANDS 

WAIT TO SEE

WHERE IT LANDS  

 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

WATCHING THE STARS 

BY MYSELF

NO WITNESSES 

TO ANY GLORY

I MIGHT SEE

NOT A BIT OF CHARM

NO ONE TO INDULGE 

WHAT I FEEL 

I FEEL ALONE 

 

CHORUS

 

ONCE IN AWHILE 

I LEAVE MYSELF

TO WONDER

 HOW ROADS COULD LEAD

TO THIS

NO ONE TOLD ME 

HOW MUCH I COULD RISK 

NOT TO MENTION

I WOULD MISS 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU 

MY FEELINGS RISE

FROM SOMEWHERE

DEEP INSIDE

THEN FALL 

LIKE A BLACK NIGHT 

LEAVING ME IN DARK

LEAVING ME IN DOUBT 

 

THE WHOLE IDEA WAS

I WOULD CAST THEM OUT 

ANY NOTION I COULD FAIL

WOULD BE PUT TO REST 

I'M TRYING HARD 

I'M DOING MY BEST 

OF COURSE I MISS 

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

 

 

DREAMING DRIFTING

 

DREAMING DRIFTING 

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

 

I FOUND A LOCK 

KNEW I HAD THE KEY 

I'D ALWAYS PICTURED 

HOW IT COULD BE 

PAINTED IN POSITIVE LIGHT 

BETTER THAN GOOD

MORE THAN ALRIGHT 

 

AND YET THE NIGHT

NOT YET SEEN

HOLDS PROMISE MY DEAR

 SO LOVE

KEEPS ON DRAWING NEAR  

PASSION TO SHAPE MY FATE 

MAYBE ITS NOT HERE

BECAUSE ITS JUST LATE

LOVE TAKES ITS SWEET TIME

I KNOW ITS TAKING MINE

 

IN THE GARDEN ALONE

DREAMING DRIFTING

IN THE SUN

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME HERE

ALL I WANTED WAS

TO HEAR YOU SAY

A PERFECT NIGHT 

 A PERFECT DAY 

YOU WORK IT OUT

ITS ALL OKAY 

DREAMING DRIFTING 

THE MIST IS LIFTING 

THE SKY IS CLEARING 

THE SUNRISE IS 

CREEPING CLOSER 

ANGEL WOULD A KISS 

OTHERWISE EVEN STOLEN

GO MISSED 

 

 

 

 

  

REAL

 

REAL

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R  HILTON 

2025

 

JUST TO HAVE YOU

NEAR

TO ME

JUST TO LET IT BE

SEE A LITTLE LOVE

ITS BEEN SO LONG 

CAN YOU BRING ME

THE SUN

BRING ME

LOVE LOST

 DRIVE, DESIRE  

INTO A FLAME

 

MAKE IT REAL

AS REAL CAN BE

UNTIL THERE'S 

NO ONE ELSE 

BUT YOU AND ME

KISSED BY THE SUN AND

BLESSED BY THE MOON 

THE MORNING FINDS YOU

IN MY ARMS 

 

A DIAMOND YOU SHINE

A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

IN TIME

JUST TO MAKE YOU

MINE

OPEN YOUR HEART

AND LET IT POUR

ON ME

MAKE IT REAL 

AS REAL CAN BE

 

 

WINTER WORN

 

WINTER WORN

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

 

 

WAITING

WANTING

CALLING UP

SUMMER SUN

I'VE HAD IT AGAIN

WITH WINTERS

 LONG REACH

PULL ME FROM THE ICE

PUT ME WHERE

THE SUN FEELS NICE

 

AWAY FROM THE 

ICE AND SNOW

LEAVE THE SUMMER SUN

BACK AWAY REAL SLOW

I'M WINTER WORN 

I NEED A CHARGE

CABIN FEVER

IS LOOMING LARGE

ALWAYS IN THE COLD

ITS GROWING OLD

GETTING TIRED

OH SO COLD

 

WARM SWEET WINDS

CAN'T BE FAR 

LOOSE THE LID

FROM THE JAR

LET SPRING OUT

GO FAST AND FAR

COVER ME WITH

GOLDEN LIGHT

WINTER WORN

STILL DRESSED IN WHITE

 

WHERE IS MY WAY

 

WHERE IS MY WAY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2025

FEB

 

SAILED BY

WITHOUT A GLANCE

EMPTY YEARS

WITHOUT A CHANCE

RAINBOWS FEW AND FAR

SILENT LONELY

AN ONLY STAR

WAITING FOR A SHOW

THAT NEVER COMES

 

 chorus

 

SOMETIMES LIFE

CAN TURN AWAY

ANYTHING

YOU COULD SAY

WOULDN'T CHANGE

A THING

WHERE IS MY WAY

HOW MANY MORE DUES

DO I HAVE TO PAY

 THE STARS

ARE GONNA SHINE FOR ME

THE HEAVENS

ARE GONNA FAVOR ME

AND SO IT WILL BE

HIGHER

I CAN SEE

 

THEN I WON'T FEEL SO ALONE

I WON'T BE ALONE

SHED MY

INSECURITY

TEAR DOWN A WALL

SEE THE FLOWERS

ON THE OTHER SIDE

NOW THE MARGINS

NOT SO WIDE

THE BEAUTY I'VE ESPIED

ITS BEEN LOVELY

IN THE SUN

JUST TO SHARE IT ALL

WITH SOMEONE

Just to share it with someone