Standing on the corner of State and Lake
When you came my way
My world was colorless
With one smile you painted every inch, every crevice
Your eyes the color of the oceans and skies
Your lips the color of cherries
I wanna press them against mine
Spent so much time trying to stay between the lines
I became blind to the beauty outside them
Here you stand in a dress the color of night
Lighting up everything in sight

I know I had a life before you
I'll get back to it once we're through
Like all good things
This will surely come to an end
It's right around the bend
But right now I don't wanna take my hands off you
Seeing the world through these enchanted eyes
I don't know if I can go back to
The world I lived in before you
But I've seen the end of this fairy tale
You go your way
And I go mine
To remain strangers with shared memories
Happily never after until the end of time

Words

I pick up this pen
Expecting the words to just flow
Expecting magic just to happen
Like love, this can't be forced
I've gotta let the process take its course
Write and erase
Over and over
Until each word is perfectly placed
Put together in poetry or song
There is no right or wrong
Just what you feel
Music on in the background
Lyrics I wish I could steal
Can't connect to this like that song
All I write seems so wrong yet so right
All these words I link
Leaving out eloquence
Leaving out form
Forgetting the the consequences
Of what I've  written
The messages misconstrued
I sit subdued
Pen in hand
Expecting the words to just flow
Expecting magic to just happen

Can I get just a moment of your time
Can you sit down here just for a bit
I've been around the world
Trying to find the words to say to you
I've left no rock unturned
You made your peace
Now it's my turn
To tell you what is that you do to me
When our eyes meet
To tell you how I've been feeling for so long  
Sit down next to me
Open your mind and
Free your heart

Staring at my steering wheel when our song came on
Sitting in traffic backed up on Lake Shore
Backed up like the blood in my veins
Cause my heart hasn't had a beat since you left
The only thing getting through are thoughts of you
Sitting bumper to bumper inside my mind
The road paved with good intentions and broken promises
The words I wanna speak
Sit single file at the tip of my tongue
Waiting to take their exit
I finally start moving
And just when I pick up speed
I pass by where we first kissed
I collide with the reality
That I'm stuck in place
The world may keep spinning
But I'm not going anywhere

Everything you gave me
Is in a box burning in the rear view
Driving through memory lane
One last time before I leave it all behind
There's the coffee shop where met
You walked in it was like like a movie scene
Everything faded out of view
The only thing my eyes saw was you
There's the pool hall where we had our first kiss
The rain was coming down
Looking into your eyes
The world around slowed and I knew that this was it
The love people only dream of
I can still feel your hand reach for mine
I can still feel your head on my shoulder as I drive
There's the place we used to park
And spent hours talking, kissing, loving
Inside these four doors was a world that was just ours
There's the pizza place we went almost everyday
I can hear the sound you make when you're full
There's the bed we spent so much time in
I still lean over to kiss you when I wake at night
Only to find you're not there
There's the place we spent our first Valentine's Day
The docks overlooking the shore
Looking into your eyes
Loving you more and more
As I drive away
I'll leave pieces of my broken heart
So you can find your way to me if you so choose
Call me a ******* or whatever you wish
But I know I'll never find a love like this
Until then I'm moving on
Leaving NYC
For the second city
For a second start
Everything you gave me
Is in a box burning in the rear view
Driving through memory lane
One last time before I leave it all behind

I see you
You're jaded
Your smile
Has Faded
Tell me where to go
Tell me where to look
Cause there's no place I won't go
Nothing I won't do
To see your beautiful smile again
You brought a smile to my face
And now the one you had has gone away
Now it's my turn to put your smile
Back where it belongs
You try to hide it but
I see you
You're jaded
Your smile
Has Faded
Tell me where to go
Tell me where to look
Cause there's no place I won't go
Nothing I won't do
To see your beautiful smile again
You brought light into my life
You protected me from myself
Now let me protect you
Tell me what it is that you see
When you close your eyes
You tell me lies
Saying everything's all right
But I can see you falling apart inside
You try to hide but
I see you
You're jaded
Your smile
Has Faded
Tell me where to go
Tell me where to look
Cause there's no place I won't go
Nothing I won't do
To see your beautiful smile again

Walking alone was all I’ve ever known
Until you came along and gave me your hand to hold
One smile made me weak                                                          
One kiss brought me to my knees
My mind said no
But my heart said yes
Now I’m here cleaning up the mess

Sun leaves and the moon arrives
I guess it must be night
Haven't slept since you left
Here I stand broom in hand
Picking up pieces of my heart
Memories scattered all over the floor
The door still open from when you came and left
In and out just like a hurricane
You broke down my walls
Leaving me open and cold

Time to rebuild
Time to start over anew
Without you
I’ll start with the pieces of my heart
I don’t know what goes where
I’ll rebuild the walls
One brick at a time
But no door
So you can’t get in
And I can’t get out

Sun leaves and the moon arrives
I guess it must be night again
Haven't slept since you left
Here I stand broom in hand
Picking up pieces of my heart
Memories scattered all over the floor
The door still open from when you came and left
In and out just like a hurricane
You broke down my walls
Leaving me open and cold

I don’t know if it’ll ever be the same
Cause something’s missing here and it’s you
I’ve got the pieces of my heart
But it was you that held it together
I’m building the walls
But your name is etched on to every brick
No I don’t I’ll recover from this
I’d take the pain and heartache
Just to hear your lips whisper my name
My world’s upside down
Nothing’s right it’s all wrong
And I won’t be fine anytime soon
No not anytime soon

Sun leaves and the moon arrives
I guess it must be night
Haven't slept since you left
Here I stand broom in hand
Picking up pieces of my heart
Memories scattered all over the floor
The door still open from when you came and left
In and out just like a hurricane
You broke down my walls
Leaving me open and cold