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I Am, I Will

I AM, I WILL

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2019

I AM THE DREAMER
I AM THE DREAM
I AM THE NIGHTMARE
I AM THE SCREAM 

I'M THE OCEAN
I'M THE SAND
I AM THE SEEKER
I AM THE SOUGHT
I RUN, I STOP

PART OF EVERYTHING
I'VE SEEN
A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE
A LITTLE GREEN

I'M THE RAVEN
I'M THE DOVE
WHO SAYS I'M NOT
THE EAGLE 
THAT SOARS ABOVE

I'M DOWN IN THE CIRCLE 
I'M UP IN THE SQUARE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
YOU'LL FIND ME THERE

I'M ME, I'M YOU
I SEE A MIRROR
I LOOK
 STRAIGHT THROUGH
I'M SO HOT
I'M SO COOL
A LITTLE SERIOUS
A LITTLE BIT
OF A FOOL

I'M SUNSHINE
IN BLUE SKIES
I'M RAIN UNTIL IT DRIES
I AM EARTH, I'M SKY
NOTHING GETS BY
THAT I CAN'T
PASS UP OR HIDE

IF LOVE COMES
THEN PASSES BY
LEAVES YOU EMPTY
MAKES YOU CRY
I'M THE REASON
YOU DON'T HIDE
IN YOUR SADNESS

I AM YOUR
 HAPPY AFTER RHYME 
LOOKS LIKE
I'M RIGHT ON TIME
ITS NOT ME ITS YOU
TAKE THIS THING
TURN IT AROUND
I'LL BE THE SILENCE
WHILE YOU BUILD
I'LL BE THE SOUND

I'M THE DARK
UNTIL THE DAWN
THEN I'M LIGHT
FOR YOU TO CARRY ON
I AM YOUR LOSS
I AM YOUR GAIN

FAST OR SLOW
I'LL BE YOUR WORK
I'LL BE YOUR PLAY
THE WORDS WHEN
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY

I'M THE PUSH
I'M THE SHOVE
THE LITTLE VOICE INSIDE
YOU CAN'T IGNORE
YOU CAN'T DENY
TAKE YOUR LOWS
AND MAKE THEM HIGH

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Ghost Moon

GHOST MOON

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON  2019


THE NIGHT TURNS
TOWARD THE DAWN
THE SKIES
STILL CARRY THE STARS
THE MOON YAWNS
AT THE RAYS
OF THE RISING SUN

A ROOSTER CROWS 
WAKING UP SOME
ANCIENT DREAM
SOMEWHERE
DEEP INSIDE
WHERE THOUGHTS LINGER
AND INDECISION 
FIND A PLACE
TO HIDE

BLUE SKIES FULL OF SUN
SMILE BACK AT ME
REEL ME IN 
LIKE A LINE
TURN FOR ME
UNTIL I FIND
MY WAY INSIDE
YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART

KNEW YOU'D COME
TO FIND ME
AND AS WE TURN TO GO
THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY
GO UNSAID
BECAUSE YOU ALREADY
KNOW THEM
I FALL SILENT 
NEXT TO YOU

YOU TAKE MY HAND
YOU TAKE MY HEART
YOU DRINK MY  SOUL
NEVER FAR APART
THE MYSTIQUE PREVAILS 
WOULD YOU WEAR MY LOVE
WOULD YOU BE
THE FOREVER
BEFORE ALWAYS

SAIL THIS OCEAN
DANCING OVER
THE DARK WAVES
WHILE A GHOST MOON
CHASES THE CLOUDS
LOVE LIES LAUGHING
IN THE GRASS
ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON
MY BEST FRIEND
FROM START TO END

ALL MY DREAMS 
ALL YOU ARE
EVERYTHING
HELD TOGETHER
OUR LOVE
YOU AND I
CRASHING THROUGH
THE DARKENED WAVES
A GHOST MOON
CHASING THE CLOUDS AWAY

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Velvet Steps of Green

VELVET STEPS OF GREEN

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON 
MAY 2019 


THE TREES ALL PAINTED
IN MORNING SUNLIGHT
THE BIRDS
GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY WITH SONG
LAZY WATER SHIMMERS
IN GLORIOUS LIGHT
LEAVES TWIST AND FLUTTER
IN A RESTLESS BREEZE

HERE AND FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
A DAY FIT FOR A CROWN
A DAY POINTED UP
INSTEAD OF DOWN 
DREAMY SKIES DRESSED IN BLUE
CLOUDS SCARCE AND FEW

THE SILENCE IS ROARING
CAN YOU HEAR IT TO
WHAT IS IT SAYING
WHAT ARE YOU FEELING
A MEASURE A HINT
THE DAY AS IT GLOWS
WILL HEAL BY THE SUN
PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR 
ONE BY ONE
 NOW OR NEVER
THE TIME IS RIGHT
AN OWL STIRRED TO FLIGHT
WINGS SILENTLY FROM THE TREES

SO MUCH GOT INSIDE
MY HEART, MY SOUL
MY LIFE
I NEED ROOM TO BREATHE
BIG OPEN SKIES
A PLACE I WOULDN'T LEAVE
CRYSTAL WATERS
VELVET STEPS OF GREEN
BIRDS SING THEIR MERRY SONGS
FROM THE TREES
ITS ONLY THE HEARTBEAT 
OF THE DAY YOU HEAR
WHEN THEY LEAVE 
A SILENT REFLECTION
A SNAPSHOT OF A MOMENT
CAUGHT IN TIME
IT WAS ONLY A MOMENT
BUT IT WAS YOURS AND MINE

THE SUN SLOWLY SINKING
LEAVING ITS MARK IN THE SKY
FADES IN THE BLACK LIGHT 
OF DUSK
SUDDENLY SURROUNDED BY STARS
DREAMS WITH EYES WIDE OPEN
SEE THE MOON ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF YOUR SMILE
WE GO DOWN IN CELESTIAL LIGHT
THE FRESHNESS OF THE NIGHT
SENDS US ON OUR WAY
CURIOSITY SATED 
THE SLEEP OF A THOUSAND DREAMS
A VISIT TO EVERY STAR

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Blood On the Moon

BLOOD ON THE MOON
 
WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON  OCTOBER 2019
 
 
WOUNDED WARRIOR
BROKEN WING
CONSCIOUS OF EVERYTHING
MOVE IN SILENCE OF NIGHT
TRAVEL LIGHT
THE HOURS BURN AWAY
RIGHT INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY
KEEP ON GOING
OR DIG IN AND STAY
 
HE LIVES EVERY DAY
LIKE IT COULD BE HIS LAST
CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND THERE'S THE PAST
HARD TO LEAVE BEHIND
YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE IT BEHIND
IN SO MANY WAYS
HE'S STILL
OUT THERE ON THE LINE
 NOSE TO THE WIND
BATTLE READY SENSES
THERE'S SOMETHING
COMING IN
 
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
FOR GOOD OF MAN
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
IT WAS NEVER THEM
THAT WOULD TURN UP DEAD
A LITTLE BIT OF PAY
FOR A PRICE ON YOUR HEAD
AND INTO THE FIGHT THEY WERE LEAD
 
AND JUST LIKE THAT
THE WAR MACHINE WAS FED 
BLOOD ON THE MOON
A BLACK EYE ON THE SUN
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE
A WAR THAT CAN'T BE WON
 
BACK TO THE START
ITS FALLING APART
GOING IN CIRCLES
A NOT SO MERRY-GO- ROUND
A BOY TO A  MAN
IN AS MUCH AS 
HE COULD STAND 
WITH THE END
ALWAYS THAT NEAR
LIFE BECOMES
A LITTLE MORE
 THAN IT EVER WAS

EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY
GOES TO 
KEEP YOUR HEAD
ALL THE THINGS
NOBODY SHOULD EVER SEE
BURNED INTO MEMORY
BLOOD ON THE MOON
A BLACK EYE ON THE SUN
THERE'S A CROSS
FOR EVERY MOTHERS SON

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Lose Myself

LOSE MYSELF

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2019


I'VE BEEN DIGGING
FOR THE TRUTH
I KNOW WHAT I FACE
INTO THE ARMS OF GRACE
SURE AND PROUD
SHE WON'T LET ME DOWN
SHE WON'T
LEAVE ME HIGH AND DRY
WHILE I DECIDE
WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY

SHE KNOWS I KNOW
SHE'S WAITING FOR ME
TO COME OUT
WHERE I SHOULD
SHE KNOWS I CAN
SHE KNOWS I WILL
SHE SAID I WOULD

SHE KNOWS IT RUNS DEEP
SILENT AND TRUE
EVERYTHING TO
APPEAL TO YOU
KEEPS YOU COMING BACK TO ME
WE BOTH KNOW
THAT'S EXACTLY
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE

FILL MY DAYS WITH
SO MUCH LOVE
THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME
TO LOSE MYSELF
IN ANYTHING BUT YOU
I CAN, I DO

AT THE END OF THE DAY
ITS ONLY YOU
THAT I CARE ABOUT
WHEN THE SKY LIGHTS UP
WITH EVERY STAR
ALL I NEED TO SEE
IS YOU BESIDE ME
WHERE YOU ARE

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT
IN DAWNS GLOWING LIGHT
AS LONG AS
YOU'RE BESIDE ME
I'LL KEEP UP THE FIGHT
TOMORROW COMES
AND ALL THAT'S CHANGED
IS THE DAY
TO BE EVERYTHING
TO FEEL THAT WAY

I KNOW ONE DAY
I'M GONNA FIND OUT
I KNOW WHAT I FACE
THERE I GO
INTO THE ARMS OF GRACE
LOSE MYSELF IN YOU
HOW FAR ITS HARD TO SAY
I'LL FIND MY WAY
BECAUSE OF YOU

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El Carino

EL CARINO

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON  
OCTOBER 2019 


MY LOVE, EL AMADO
MY LIFE
GIRL I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE SWEETEST DAYS
ARE THESE WITH YOU
IF YOU BELIEVE
LIKE I DO
WE'VE GOT IT MADE

I LOOKED SO LONG
AND HARD
FOR YOUR LOVE
THE PAIN, THE LESSONS
ALL ALONG THE WAY
IF THAT WAS WHAT IT TOOK
THEN ITS RIGHT HERE
THAT I WANT TO BE

LET ME IN
POUR ME OUT, AROUND YOU
TELL ME
I KNOW WE COULD
EL CARINO WE COULD
SWING FROM THE MOON
HANG OUT WITH THE STARS

KISS ME IN MIDNIGHT'S BLUE
RIGHT UP TO THE DAWN
THEN CARRY ON, I DON'T MIND
KISS ME EL AMOR
I'LL ALWAYS WANT, MORE OF YOU 
KEEP THIS GOING
TO THE END OF TIME
AND SOMEWHERE BEYOND
WHERE IT ALL STARTS AGAIN

BUT THERE'S THE HERE
AND NOW
THAT I ALWAYS KNEW
I'D SEE
ITS YOUR LOVE I NEED
AMOR NO LESS
THAN WHAT I'VE
COME TO KNOW
YOU'RE ALL THAT'S
LEFT TO ME

TOMORROW AND TODAY
THE FIRE IN MY HEARTS 
STILL BURNING
TAKE ME OUT
LET ME GO
YOU'LL SEE MY
 INITIALS ON YOUR SOUL

I HOPE YOU NEVER FALL
OUT OF LOVE WITH ME
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
I CAN FEEL
IN THE END
ITS YOUR LOVE THAT'S REAL
EL CARINO ITS NOT OVER
EL AMOR NO LESS
AND SO I MUST CONFESS
BLESS THIS ALLEGIANCE 
THESE TWO HEARTS
THAT LAY BENEATH
THE STARRY SKIES



EL CARINO

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON  
OCTOBER 2019 


MY LOVE, EL AMADO
MY LIFE
GIRL I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE SWEETEST DAYS
ARE THESE WITH YOU
IF YOU BELIEVE
LIKE I DO
WE'VE GOT IT MADE

I LOOKED SO LONG
AND HARD
FOR YOUR LOVE
THE PAIN, THE LESSONS
ALL ALONG THE WAY
IF THAT WAS WHAT IT TOOK
THEN ITS RIGHT HERE
THAT I WANT TO BE

LET ME IN
POUR ME OUT, AROUND YOU
TELL ME
I KNOW WE COULD
EL CARINO WE COULD
SWING FROM THE MOON
HANG OUT WITH THE STARS

KISS ME IN MIDNIGHT'S BLUE
RIGHT UP TO THE DAWN
THEN CARRY ON, I DON'T MIND
KISS ME EL AMOR
I'LL ALWAYS WANT, MORE OF YOU 
KEEP THIS GOING
TO THE END OF TIME
AND SOMEWHERE BEYOND
WHERE IT ALL STARTS AGAIN

BUT THERE'S THE HERE
AND NOW
THAT I ALWAYS KNEW
I'D SEE
ITS YOUR LOVE I NEED
AMOR NO LESS
THAN WHAT I'VE
COME TO KNOW
YOU'RE ALL THAT'S
LEFT TO ME

TOMORROW AND TODAY
THE FIRE IN MY HEARTS 
STILL BURNING
TAKE ME OUT
LET ME GO
YOU'LL SEE MY
 INITIALS ON YOUR SOUL

I HOPE YOU NEVER FALL
OUT OF LOVE WITH ME
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
I CAN FEEL
IN THE END
ITS YOUR LOVE THAT'S REAL
EL CARINO ITS NOT OVER
EL AMOR NO LESS
AND SO I MUST CONFESS
BLESS THIS ALLEGIANCE 
THESE TWO HEARTS
THAT LAY BENEATH
THE STARRY SKIES

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Nothing Short of Broken Skies

NOTHING SHORT OF BROKEN SKIES

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON
DEC. 2019


NEVER WAS THE NIGHT
JUST OUR OWN LIKE THIS
TO RAISE US UP TO BE
ALL WE'LL EVER BE TONIGHT
THE AIR OUTSIDE
SO PURE AND STILL 

NO WAY A HEART CAN
KEEP THIS MUCH
LOVE INSIDE
HOW DO YOU FEEL
WHAT ABOUT YOU
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN DO THIS
WITH ME

YOUR HAIR STEALING
THE MOONLIGHT
I WOULDN'T BREAK
YOUR SPELL
NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART
WHEN I'M WITH YOU
TOMORROW IS
ANOTHER SWEET PROMISE

LIKE THE STARS
IN THE HEAVENS 
SHINING DOWN
ALL AROUND US
I KNEW THEY'D FIND US
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
I KNEW I DID
I DO

WANT TO HOLD YOU
UNTIL THERE'S NO MORE TIME
UNTIL THIS WORLDS
NO LONGER
YOURS OR MINE
NOTHING SHORT OF
BROKEN SKIES
COULD STOP ME
FROM GETTING TO YOU

I CAN SAY
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING 
I CAN TELL
WHEN YOU NEED ME
AND WE'RE APART
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES
I GET LOST INSIDE
ONLY UNTIL
YOU LET MY LOVE
HOLD YOU
ALL NIGHT LONG
UNTIL THE LIGHT OF DAWN
COMES TO FIND US
IN THE SUMMER LIGHT
NEVER WAS THE NIGHT
LIKE THIS DREAM WITH YOU

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Moonlight and White

MOONLIGHT AND WHITE
 
WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON
 
2019
 
MOONLIGHT AND WHITE
FAR AND WIDE
ITS FREEZING OUTSIDE
STOKE THE FIRE, HUNKER DOWN
DARK EYES DREAM
OF SWEETEST SUN FARAWAY
SAND INSTEAD OF SNOW 
WHERE WARM BREEZES BLOW
I COULD SOON FORGET
THESE DARK
NORTHERN DAYS AND NIGHTS
 THAT LEAVE ME COLD
 
I'M JUST HERE
AGAINST MY OWN ADVICE
I SHOULD OF HEADED SOUTH
INSTEAD OF BEING
STUCK HERE
IN THIS SNOW AND ICE
 
DOWN IN THAT SOUTHERN SUN
HOW COULD A HEART
NOT BE LIGHT
INSTEAD OF A STRUGGLE
JUST TO KEEP UPRIGHT
MAYBE I COULD SLOW DOWN
TAKE MY TIME
TRADE MY SNOW SHOVEL
FOR A FISHING LINE
 
NO ANOTHER STORM WILL DROP
ADD A FEW MORE FEET
TO THE TOP
SOMETIMES ITS JUST
TOO MUCH CHEER
FROZEN FEET AND
 FROZEN BEER
 
I LOOKED UP TO
THE MOUNTAINS
YOU KNOW 
I WATCHED THEM SLIDE 
CLEARED A PATH
A HALF A MILE WIDE
THIS ICE AND SNOW
I DON'T KNOW
IT BRINGS ME DOWN
 
MAYBE I WOULDN'T
CARE SO MUCH
MAYBE I WOULDN'T MIND
IF I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
I WAS GOING SNOW BLIND
MOONLIGHT AND WHITE
BLUE TO BLACK
ITS A LONG WAY BACK

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If It Was Me

IF IT WAS ME

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

APRIL 2020



GO, I'LL GIVE YOU A HEAD START

IF YOU DON'T DEPART

I'LL KEEP YOU HERE WITH ME

THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT

MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE

SO GO, NO,

I REALLY DON'T WANT YOU TO

I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE WITH YOU

MAKE THE NIGHT, DISAPPEAR

FORGET THAT IT WAS EVER HERE


I FOUND YOU

ITS LIKE HEAVEN

TO BE AROUND YOU

SIT RIGHT DOWN

I'LL MAKE YOU SOME TEA

AND YOU CAN TELL ME

ALL ABOUT WHAT MAKES YOU TICK

MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

LIGHTS UP YOUR EYES

SOME KIND OF SWEET SURPRISE

IF IT WAS ME

I WOULD LOVE YOU AS HARD AS I CAN

THAT'S WHAT I'D DO


MY HEART ALWAYS FILLED

WITH SUMMER SUNSHINE JUST FOR YOU

STRINGS OF MEMORIES

STRUNG OUT LIKE THE STARS

CHASING AFTER DREAMS

LOVE FLOWS JUST LIKE WATER

TO BE CLOSE TO YOU

FILLS MY HEART

RIGHT TO YOUR SOUL

SURE YOU COULD REFUSE IT

BUT WHERE ELSE WOULD IT GO


CHASING THE LIGHT

ALWAYS LEADS ME BACK TO YOU

LIGHT AS SPRING

WARM LIKE SUMMER SUN

THE TROUBLE WITH DAYS LIKE THIS

IS THEY COME AND GO

SEEMS THE ONLY ONES WORTH REMEMBERING

ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE

IF IT WAS ME

I WOULD LOVE YOU

AS HARD AS I CAN

IF IT WAS ME

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Lost In Silence

LOST IN SILENCE

WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON

2020

LOST IN SILENCE
JUST BELOW THE DIN
THE DIFFERENCE
HARDLY NIL
THE WALL IS THIN
JUST YOU AND I
LOOKING AT THE STARS

A WARM WIND CRIES
THE SPACE BETWEEN US
FALLS AWAY
THE WORLD AROUND US
WAS GONE
AND A NEW ONE
HAS BEGUN

NO ONE THE WISER
NO ONE KNOWS
BUT YOU AND I
WE HAD TO TRY
COULDN'T LET
ALL THIS MAGIC GO
HOW COULD I HAVE KNOWN
YOU'D BE-STILL MY HEART
THEN MAKE IT RACE
TO CATCH UP WITH YOU

SO CLOSE NOW
I DON'T KNOW HOW
UNDER THE MOON
UNDER YOUR SPELL
HOLD YOU
ALL NIGHT LONG
IF YOU NEED TO
HOLD YOU TO,THE ONE PLACE 
YOU SHOULD BE
IN MY LIFE, IN MY HEART
IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
TO START
I'M ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE
CENTERED AROUND YOU

I'LL FIND YOU WHEN
YOU FALL ON ME
THE PALE MOON
IN YOUR EYES
WE CAN'T LOSE
TRACES OF YOUR LOVE
SEND SHIVERS UP MY SPINE
IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY
THE WORLD AROUND US
WAS GONE
AND A NEW ONE
HAS BEGUN