Writers have written for myriad ages, myriad verses on myriad pages About the great loves to which all should aspire. Yet, who could believe that we could find that fire? But when I met you, they were all proven wrong. Our love is the one that they tell of in songs. Every day I always try to find a way That’s different from before to say You’ll always be my love Something new that lets me make it clear to you Together we belong, it’s true You fit me like a glove So I wrote across the Sky, in letters a mile high That I’ll love you forever and always For eternity and beyond; my love will not end And I posted on the Web for all the world to see My devotion to you is unending This I swear: I will love you forever and always History is filled with tales of love, but we Surpass those oh, so easily Don’t you know that, love? Time will tell, but you deserve to know it well The many reasons why I fell Outnumber stars above So I wrote across the Sky, in letters a mile high That I’ll love you forever and always For eternity and beyond; my love will not end And I posted on the Web for all the world to see My devotion to you is unending This I swear: I will love you forever and always I will love you Forever and always

Sleep won’t come. I think of too many things That might drive you off, leave me in pain. So, I cry and shake as I feel the sting Wondering how I’ll get through All that I might have to do And I know that you could break my heart It’s a simple thing for you to do Still, I’ll take the chance, don’t want to live apart My life’s all yours to renew All I really want is you All this time, I’ve been playing from behind No real feel for the game. Hoping to catch up, hoping that I’d find Something solid to pursue The sure way to a breakthrough And I know that you could break my heart It’s a simple thing for you to do Still, I’ll take the chance, don’t want to live apart My life’s all yours to renew All I really want is you Years past I gave my love to one I thought was true I know that’s a sad cliché And being burned before can’t help but fear this spark And the flames that will ensue And I know that you could break my heart It’s a simple thing for you to do Still, I’ll take the chance, don’t want to live apart My life’s all yours to renew All I really want is you

The clouds that hang above the choppy ocean Create a stormy, slate gray sky And standing on the beach I feel the cold And watch the gulls fly by I’ve got to get away from this Montauk Highway She told me that she’d always love me And be as constant as the tide But always only lasted five short years Now there’s no one standing by my side I’ve just got to get away from this Montauk Highway So I’m thinking that the other coast Is a saner place for me I could drop my top and take a drive On that highway by the sea Let the sun shine down and bake me Let the wind blow on my face I’d still be alone, but I’d be warm And that’s a better way to be So, I’m gonna go and pack my bags Fill my tank and dry my eyes Remember that we had some good times too Make the rounds, say my goodbyes Cause I’ve got to get away from this Montauk Highway

If I had one prayer Would I pray for you? Would I pray for me? Would it set me free? Would it set you free? Or heal you of disease? Would we find some peace? If I had one prayer. Still I know I’m just a man Doing what I can Its God’s plan I’d accept His plan If I had one prayer. If I had one prayer What good would it do? Would God hear my plea? Would He answer me? Would His answer be Understood by me? Or would I not see? If I had one prayer. Still I know I’m just a man Doing what I can Its God’s plan I’d accept His plan If I had one prayer. Questions haunt our years. Answers never clear. When we’re filled with fear does God then appear

All things happen for a reason Not chance, but somehow by design Your glance, but with some divine intervention All things happen for a reason You grew up just five short blocks from where my family lived It could have been five hundred miles for all the good it did We went to different schools, we hung with different kids Think of what we missed and all that could have been All things happen for a reason Not chance, but somehow by design Your glance, but with some divine intervention All things happen for a reason Who knows all the times we passed each other on the street Never realized just how our lives were incomplete But in our early twenties, the ether shifted sweetly We became entwined, our futures were assured All things happen for a reason Not chance, but somehow by design Your glance, but with some divine intervention All things happen for a reason Coincidence is just a lie to keep non-believers sane Let’s them think all the choices in their lives were freely made All things happen for a reason Not chance, but somehow by design Your glance, but with some divine intervention All things happen for a reason All things happen for a reason

On my desk I keep an old photograph You and me, at some formal affair I have tried to find what we had right then Everything just leads me back to there In this graceless time, love's tossed aside for something less All disconnect - no love’s finesse I look at the moon and I watch it cry We’re apart; no answers to my prayers Cool and calculating, a panther hunts her prey Where is warmth found in love’s world today? Now all that remains: this worn photograph. Memories of true love’s ways now rare.

A dusty box of photographs found on the closet floor. I’m amazed to see a life I never knew before. Was there more? Did they ever use pet names when hand in hand? Send Valentines? Play lovers’ games? These long forgotten memories, a life left far behind. Did she ever have a second thought or did he fade from mind? She’s laughing on a sunny beach; she never went with us. Here he holds her close, their eyes are locked, so amorous. Love close up. Why did they end up apart? Left in the past. What caused this shift? This change of heart? These long forgotten memories, a life left far behind. Did she ever have a second thought or did he fade from mind? Sitting here I can’t help thinking Sixty years, that could be me With my daughter, the one wondering About a life, she didn’t see And I know I can’t allow that That I need to tell her soon Of my life before our family My own sunny afternoons I close the box of photographs to take them home with me so that I can keep discovering her history. What will I see? Will I like all that I find? I’ll take that chance. She won’t be less, just redefined. Will I like all that I find? I’ll take that chance. She won’t be less, just redefined.

When you’re lying next to me I know how lucky I must be To have you in my life. My friend, my lover, and my wife. At these times I hope and pray that we could always stay this way. Protected from life’s storms, snuggled close and always warm. Darling, don’t you see? This is what your loving does for me. So I close my eyes again and hunker back down in our bed And down to dreams I slide. I’m happy by your side. All we need is love. All we need is love. All we need is love. Need is love. While days fly and turn to years we laugh, we cry, we hope, we fear, We live life as it comes and dance to all its changing rhythms. Even though we will grow old we know our passion won’t grow cold ‘cause carried in our hearts, our promise that we’ll never part. Darling, don’t you see? This is what your loving does for me. Through it all one thing endures: our love, forever strong and sure. And knowing leads the way to living every day. This is what your lovin’ does for me!

If I come to see you in the morning will you be there Or will you be gone before the dew evaporates If I said “I love you” would you tell me that you love me Or would you tell me that I should just evaporate Love’s damned unpredictable You never know when it will come You never know how it will go ‘Cause love’s damned unpredictable If I compliment your looks will you take it for how it’s meant Or say that I’m a sexist pig – evaporate! If I said, “I love you” would you tell me that you love me Or would you tell me that I should just evaporate Love’s damned unpredictable You never know when it will come You never know how it will go ‘Cause love’s damned unpredictable I have never been too smooth when looking for romance Because I haven’t got a simple clue About the things a woman wants a man to say or think It’s why I never know what I should do Love’s damned unpredictable You never know when it will come You never know how it will go ‘Cause love’s damned unpredictable So, if you see this nomad wandering around your dessert Please just have a half a heart and offer me a drink or two Please don’t leave me stumbling along alone my beat down path Give me a chance to show you what a real nice guy can do Love’s damned unpredictable You never know when it will come You never know how it will go ‘Cause love’s damned unpredictable Love’s damned unpredictable You never know when it will come You never know how it will go ‘Cause love’s damned unpredictable Love’s damned unpredictable Love’s damned unpredictable Love’s damned unpredictable

I stand alone, deep in doubt, Not knowing what’s right or wrong. Should I take a chance, this time, By crossing your Rubicon. Over time you have built your walls, Drawn your line in the sand. But I think it’s gone on too long; That it’s got out of hand! I stand alone, deep in doubt, Not knowing what’s right or wrong. Should I take a chance, this time, By crossing your Rubicon. Your instructions were very clear, “We’re just friends, nothing more.” If I want a relationship It would lead to a war. My destiny’s on the brink and It’s crucial that I act now! This chance will be gone; so, you know, I’m crossing your Rubicon! You are quite the enigma; but, why should I play your game? If I don’t take this chance, I have just myself to blame. So, like Julius Caesar, determined to win my fame, I’ll march on you, your heart to claim. My destiny’s on the brink and It’s crucial that I act now! This chance will be gone; so, you know, I’m crossing your Rubicon! Crossing your Rubicon

The sun is up, the temps are high. I wanna grab my keys and drive With the love of my life, up the Pacific Coast Highway Yeah, we love to drive, up the Pacific Coast Highway There’s nothing else I’d rather do Then spend a day, just me and you, On our rendezvous, with the Pacific Coast Highway. Memories are made for two on the Pacific Coast Highway. We’ve got the top down We’ve got our shades on. We’ve got our music loud And we sing along. We’ve got the sun high. We’ve got the blue sky. Worries are nullified for the day as we drive With the top down. No clock to punch, no place to be. Just gonna see what we will see. A California fantasy! On the pacific Coast Highway; Yeah, we’re flying free on the Pacific Coast Highway. We’ve got the top down We’ve got our shades on. We’ve got our music loud And we sing along. We’ve got the sun high. We’ve got the blue sky. Worries are nullified for the day as we drive With the top down. Well, today will be great because I’m with you Doesn’t matter at all whatever we might do Just gonna drive along the ocean taking in all the views And then we’ll stop for a bite where our whims will choose We’ve got the top down We’ve got our shades on. We’ve got our music loud And we sing along. We’ve got the sun high. We’ve got the blue sky. Worries are nullified for the day as we drive With the top down. We’ve got our top down!

I drive tonight Along the east bound Sunrise Highway Led by the light Of unseen stars above I chase your smile Through tears that blur my inner vision Of what we shared Before the fates took you away Each fall we walked the streets of Montauk holding hands Drank wine by fires we built in the sand Stood on the rocks around the point and spoke of years to come All came undone Too many nights I’ve sat in darkened rooms without you No appetite No interests I could find My memories Of your eyes simply looking through me You knew my heart And now there’s no one who can see The children that we thought we'd have will never feel your hands And we will never walk exotic sands I cry myself to sleep each night and dread the day to come My life's undone My doorbell rings They go away when I don’t answer If I had wings I’d fold them over me I pray for peace Of course I don’t expect an answer This pain is mine And it will be mine till I die I drive tonight Along the east bound Sunrise Highway

Skinny women demand gluten free Kids with not enough to eat Rockets fly on ideology People dying in the street Bankers, moguls, politicians soar Safety nets are torn to shreds Gleaming mansions rise above the shores Below boxes serve as beds But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Do they think this is how it should be? Have they asked, “What would God do?” When we’re faced with this reality How do we make something new? Stand our ground for some humanity And oppose extreme beliefs All we share will bring us sanity Courtesy can bring us peace But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Every day we could just chose to treat each other, building trust, In the way we should, the way we want another to treat us When we do, we’ll find the better world we pray for every night Win the war without a fight But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah We can make it happen, yeah! Power to the people, right on

A heart of gold from broken dreams A different path, a life redeemed Every day spent looking for the sun To prevent us living on the run To our darker selves The truth be told, in life’s extremes Is where we find what we esteem Living on the edge brings us a thrill But it cuts us and our blood is spilled From our heart of gold We can never end the battle with the sinner in our soul We can only pin him to the ground and hope that we can hold So we can keep our heart of gold So much today is bacchanal Releasing steam the rationale Narcissism dances on a pin To electric hedonistic din Drowns our heart of gold We can never end the battle with the sinner in our soul We can only pin him to the ground and hope that we can hold So we can keep our heart of gold Make my confession, say contritions Saving my immortal soul But lost within the pleasure palace How to save my heart of gold? We can never end the battle with the sinner in our soul We can only pin him to the ground and hope that we can hold So we can keep our heart of gold How can I save my heart of gold?

I think that I might be agnostic and, since I think, therefore, I am. Questions abound; the truth is obscured. We don't know anything for sure. How can we know? How can we know? Who says it's so? Who runs the show? Who calls the shots? Who writes the plots? Who do we blame for this rigged game? Call him Allah, Budda, or Vishnu Call him God, Fate, Destiny Call him anything that you choose It doesn't really matter much to me Expand, expand till we have no more and then contract; that is the law! We must obey! But who's to say? Why does it matter anyway? How can we know? How can we know? Who says it's so? Who runs the show? Who calls the shots? Who writes the plots? Who do we blame for this rigged game? Call him Allah, Budda, or Vishnu Call him God, Fate, Destiny Call him anything that you choose It doesn't really matter much to me Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Theology! Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Philosophy! Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Thee Theology! Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Phee Philosophy! Divinity seems overrated considering the cross to bear. I can't believe, with that much power, He'd stick around or even care. How can we know? How can we know? Who says it's so? Who runs the show? Who calls the shots? Who writes the plots? Who do we blame for this rigged game? Call him Allah, Budda, or Vishnu Call him God, Fate, Destiny Call him anything that you choose It doesn't really matter much to me A living God or God is dead! I don't understand a single word they said! God's disappeared or everywhere; The answer would make me a billionaire! A living God or God is dead!

The old man wakes from in his dream His eyes are wet from what he’s seen It shakes him. Their dog is lying on his leg Max whimpers low and tilts his head. He pets him He slowly shakes his head. He won’t go back to bed, and so, He and the dog get up and down the stairs they go. The old man sits on their worn couch And by his side the dog’s stretched out Max needs him. They watch the sunrise off the point A sight that never disappoints It cheers him. “We keep her hours now,” he says to Max. They have since she has passed. “She must be laughing now.” The irony’s not lost. She said “I do” when asked and so did I, when we were both too young to realize What life might have in store. But through it all our love stayed strong, Our family thrived. Together we were fortified. We weathered every storm. We watched our kids grow up and move away. They tackled life and did okay, with families of their own. Soon 65 years passed and we were gray, Then she got sick and passed away and I was all alone. The old man knows it won’t be long, Perhaps two years, Max will be gone. It scares him. He doesn’t want to face alone The pain of her not in their home. It tears him. He touches her piano. He sees he leaves his trace within the dust. He starts to softly cry. Sometimes it’s all too much. Max lifts his head, then licks his hand. At least today, he’ll be okay.