SWEET CLOVER FIELD Writer: Ricki E. Bellos CHORUS 1 Soft summer breezes, you’re holding me near Tell me your secrets, I’ll show you my fears The lovin’ we make helps me believe Come lay me down in this sweet clover field V1 After the parties, whiskey and beer Living the heartache, the lies and tears I’ve had to settle for what I could get Hoping for someone I haven’t met yet Until now, until you CHORUS 1 Soft summer breezes, you’re holding me near Tell me your secrets, I’ll show you my fears The lovin’ we make helps me believe Come lay me down in this sweet clover field V2 I want our passion outlasting a night Truth on our lips, love in our eyes I want to taste midnight when you kiss my skin Two minds with one heart, our journey begins Starting now, starting with you CHORUS 2 Now that you’re listening, now that you’re here Tell me your secrets, I’ll show you my fears The lovin’ we make helps me believe Come lay me down in this sweet clover field TAG The lovin’ we make helps me believe Come lay me down in this sweet clover field ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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DIAMONDS IN YOUR EYES V1 He is my best thought I could spend a day just thinking about his back Or his pretty face A girl could cut her tongue on cheekbones like that CHORUS He has a true heart always looking to please A cool head that always sees straight through me He knows how to hypnotize so I say Babe, let me kiss those diamonds in your eyes Diamonds in your eyes V2 These are my best days Feeling like the night that falls out of control Can I stay like this Having a love like his that lives and grows and grows and grows CHORUS He has a true heart always looking to please A cool head that always sees straight through me He knows how to hypnotize so I say Babe, let me kiss those diamonds in your eyes Diamonds in your eyes BRIDGE Once bitten and I’m twice satisfied So this is what they mean by paradise CHORUS He has a true heart always looking to please A cool head that always sees straight through me He knows how to hypnotize so I say Babe, let me kiss those diamonds in your eyes TAG Diamonds in your eyes Diamonds in your eyes Diamonds in your eyes © Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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NO FEAR V1 The howl of the western winds Screams like empty streets Playing violins A change after all these years Swallow it down and show no fear CHORUS 1 Sun’s up Mercury rises Winds come Water dries Contrails appear Write my name Then disappear The sky’s the same V2 I’m a long lonely highway Pierce my desert heart Time to make a play And ride out of here Passed all the ghosts and show no fear CHORUS 2 Suns down Temperatures fall Coyotes drown The sound of all Stars align To show the way They are a sign To leave and stay away BRIDGE An awakened soul won’t be denied V3 My back to the vacant signs And that state of mind I leave regrets behind Everything’s so clear In the atmosphere With no fear No fear No fear ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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SOMETIMES NOT Writers: Ricki E. Bellos & Jim Purtell Is it savage winds or fear instead That make me toss and turn all night Or these damp sheets and frigid bed That chill me in the harsh moon light Thought I knew the difference Between what I want and what I’ve got What I’ve learned and what I’ve taught Sometimes I know but sometimes not Is it this milestone that makes me ask What have I done with my life Or all the time that slips my grasp To beg for one last chance to fight Thought I knew the difference Between what I want and what I’ve got What I’ve learned and what I’ve taught Sometimes I know but sometimes not In time I hope to admit Life is what I make it Thought I knew the difference Between what I want and what I’ve got What I’ve learned and what I’ve taught Sometimes I know but sometimes not Sometimes I know but sometimes not Sometimes I know but sometimes not ©Jim Purtell (BMI) / Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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SECOND CHANCE Writers: Ricki E. Bellos & Jim Purtell V1 Never been the type to pray But got on my knees today When I saw that great expanse of sky Filled with blue and grey, sun and rain Like looking God right in the eye CHORUS Didn't have a doubt I knew what life was all about These days I don’t say that out loud I look forward to life’s dance While I say my silent thanks For giving me this second chance V2 Never been the type to cry But shed a tear for days gone by Couldn’t help but wish I had more time But they slip away, every single day Just the memory of each is mine CHORUS Didn’t have a doubt I knew what life was all about These days I don’t say that out loud I look forward to life’s dance While I say my silent thanks For giving me this second chance BRIDGE Life is filled with mysteries Some will never be revealed I face my have and haven’t dones And feel my life has just begun CHORUS Didn’t have a doubt I knew what life was all about These days I don’t say that out loud I look forward to life’s dance While I say my silent thanks For giving me this second chance For giving me this second chance ©Jim Purtell (BMI) / Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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DOING THE SAME V1 It’s been a year since we lingered in a slow dance Got lost in our dreams or gave us a second chance Haven’t heard your voice or whispered your name And somewhere, you’re out there, doing the same V2 Long after we both knew for sure it was over We did what desperate couples do to get closer Now I deny it but know I’m to blame And somewhere, you’re out there, doing the same BRIDGE The days roll by too fast Can’t choose the ones that last Quiet ones no longer hurt They bring a different kind of thirst V3 It hits me hard on a random Wednesday morning No clouds in the sky, a day that gives no warning That it’s safe to recall all the love you gave And somewhere, you’re out there Doing the same Doing the same Somewhere, you’re out there, doing the same ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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EITHER WAY V1 The rising sun can stir the soul Or make it bleed instead Either way it doesn’t matter to the sun V2 The time you have, the time you lose The time you could not save It’s all the same, time means nothing BRIDGE 1 We waste time choosing sides While we struggle and fight But the world still turns despite If we’re wrong or if we’re right Either way V3 The love you want and need, the love you choose The love that slips away It’s all the same, love is everything BRIDGE 2 Love gives life meaning Tears you up or makes you whole Win or lose, joy or pain, fear or hope What you reap or what you sow V4 The setting sun can ease your mind Or drive you mad instead Either way it doesn’t matter to the sun ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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DREAM BOY V1 I dreamt you up on a half-moon night My head on fire, my mood just right I lose myself in your stardust eyes Fall deeper than the world is wide As the dark fades into day You’re still my dream boy all the way V2 We can waltz the universe And when we’re tired return to earth We can fall back into the sky Anytime you want to fly When the sun has had its say You’re still my dream boy all the way MUSICAL BRIDGE V3 When morning comes I will seek you out Wrapped in earthshine I’ll have no doubt I’ll feel your pull like gravity Hear the music of your heart beat In my dreams or wide awake You’re still my dream boy all the way In my dreams or wide awake You’re still my dream boy all the way I dreamt you up on a half-moon night ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI), Andy Kemp
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FRAGILE THING V1 Love is such a fragile thing It’s a bird on the wing Hold it close but not too tight Enough to feel and still take flight V2 Love is such a fragile thing The fleeting scent of Spring Treat it like a tender flower The more you give the more its power CHORUS Love is like a house of glass filled with words and acts When they’re cruel we can’t take them back Stones we can’t unthrow V3 Love is such a fragile thing A crystal bell to ring A melody of sweet surprise No bounds how high it can rise CHORUS Love is like a house of glass filled with words and acts When they’re cruel we can’t take them back Stones we can’t unthrow Love is such a fragile thing Love is such a fragile thing © Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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IF I EVER SAW YOU AGAIN V1 I thought of you When I heard our song I was reminded Of all I did wrong CHORUS 1 If I ever saw you again I would say I’m sorry then I would let you know that I’m A better man and that time Is a healer, if I saw you again V2 You saw the end I felt the pain You wanted more I wanted the same CHORUS 2 If I ever saw you again I would say no one’s to blame For wanting something else But we just can’t always help What we need, if I saw you again BRIDGE I didn’t know who I could be Until the day you set me free CHORUS 3 If I ever saw you again I would see you as a friend Who has given me my life Though you cut me like a knife But this is now and that was then I would thank you, if I saw you again If I ever saw you again ©Jim Purtell (BMI) / Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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IT’S LIKE THAT (LOSS) V1 You’re hanging with your friends Your heart’s not listening To the tunes that can’t undo The empty seat next to you Yeah, it’s like that V2 No picture in that frame Stirs a feeling you can’t name A hunger that you get But can’t admit to yet CHORUS Oh, it’s like that…loss Every moment you’re awake In the dreams that make you shake And shiver through the night With no strength to fight It’s like that…loss V3 From the corner of your eye Trick of shadows and light There she goes, it’s the ghost Of who you need the most CHORUS Oh, it’s like that…loss Every moment you’re awake In the dreams that make you shake And shiver through the night With no strength to fight BRIDGE Being nowhere Is everywhere you are CHORUS It’s like that…loss Every moment you’re awake In the dreams that make you shake And shiver through the night With no strength to fight It’s like that Every moment you’re awake In the dreams that make you shake And shiver through the night With no strength to fight It’s like that…loss TAG It’s like that…loss It’s like that…loss © Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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LATE NIGHT RADIO V1 Songs of late night radio Have become the only friends I know They are a light in the dark Lately I have no desire To see the sun or feel its fire Loneliness has left its mark CHORUS Turn it up I remember this song Turn it up it doesn’t feel that long Since I was young Now my life is playing on late night radio Late night radio V2 After midnight when I’m all alone Memories of lost years long ago Are revealed for all to hear Music we used to share When we were so unaware That an end could be so near CHORUS Turn it up I remember this song Turn it up has it really been that long Since I was young Now my life is playing on late night radio Late night radio MUSICAL BRIDGE V3 I look back on my misspent youth When I had nothing to lose Little did I know All the friends and family now long gone Floating by on air waves with each song On late night radio Late night radio Late night radio ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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MIRROR Writer: Ricki E. Bellos V1 You’re not looking for answers Just someone to blame For another betrayal And this ice in your veins You live without feeling And say it’s enough Where is love Where is love CHORUS Look in the mirror what do you see Behind the fear just out of reach Cut through the lies you keep telling the world What do you see when you look in the mirror V2 It comes down to this moment You can’t tell what’s right Life’s lost its meaning You’re fresh out of fight You suffer in silence At the end of the road Where is hope Where is hope CJORUS Look in the mirror what do you see Behind the fear just out of reach Cut through the lies you keep telling the world What do you see CHORUS Look in the mirror what do you see Behind the fear just out of reach Cut through the lies you keep telling the world What do you see You hold the key What do you see when you look in the mirror ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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MY KIND OF GIFT V1 I've been daydreaming a Hallmark scene It’s the one where all around me Lights, carols, pretty gifts and homey touches And you that make up my favorite Christmases CHORUS You’re the only gift That I want when I wake Through the rest of my day Long into the night With our love free to fly Wherever we are Under moon and stars You’re my kind of gift V2 Now the family’s here and you’re by my side A joyous noise that I don’t mind It’s not the presents or the sweets that I’m craving It’s you and these memories we’re all making CHORUS You’re the only gift That I want when I wake Through the rest of my day Long into the night With our love free to fly Wherever we are Under moon and stars You’re my kind of gift BRIDGE Later I may have a surprise or two I’m wrapped up with love from me to you CHORUS You’re the only gift That I want when I wake Through the rest of my day Long into the night With our love free to fly Wherever we are Under moon and stars You’re my kind of gift My kind of gift ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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ON THE EDGE V1 We sit on the edge As the day unwraps Its lights and shadows There, over the ledge Lies the laughter And all sorrow we will know BRIDGE We run from the truth Grasp at beauty and youth Fear an end we cannot deny Beg for a new hand of cards But dying is easy It’s living that’s hard V2 We sit on the edge As the night unfolds Its wings before us We’re holding our breath As we long to hold This life that turns to dust ©Ricki E. Bellos (BMI)
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