I Have to Dream
What lies before me – What stands between
No one can tell me what I have seen
Some see the tarnish I see the gleam
I have to wonder I have to dream
One dream can change you – One dream can make
All the difference one heart can take
I dream of flying I’m in mid-air
I have to wonder what’s out there
The sky’s the limit today’s the day
Heavens are still there when skies are gray
Some days are better than they seem
Some days are better because you dream
On rainbows to rainbows On starlight to star
To Dream isn’t that what tomorrow’s for
Only a dreamer knows what I know
What it’s like to wonder and then let go
On rainbows to rainbows I know what I seem
I have to wonder I have to dream
I HAVE TO DREAM ©2001 Hinton/Solem/Vannelli Wide Brim Music,Go Deep Music,Rockwood Music, BMI
One by One (Day by Day)
Day by Day Sun to Sun
Be with me One by One
Side by side In Unison
You and me One by One
You are the colors I see when I’m dreaming
You are the name on my lips when I’m cold
You are the island that keeps me from drowning
You are the only tomorrow I hold
Day by Day Sun to Sun
Be with me One by One
Let’s hide away when day is done
We’ve got to get away – steal away
We’ll only find our way One by One
You are the colors I see when I’m dreaming
You are the name on my lips when I’m cold
You are my rose in the snows of December
You are the only tomorrow I hold
Let ‘em talk and say
When it’s said and done
That Day by Day you were mine
And we were One by One
ONE BY ONE(Day by Day) w/m JD Hinton, Rick Solem ©2000 Wide Brim Music, Go Deep Music BMI
Long Way From Home
Some places airplanes don’t fly
Some places roads don’t go by
I needed you to remind me
Everything I want’s behind me
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way I’m on my way home
Up here the stars every night
Get lost in the shower of light
I let the big city blind me
What I came to find is behind me
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way I’m on my way home
I know a door that won’t lock
It’s open I don’t have to knock
And I know where you can find me
Standing with this all behind me
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way from home
I’m a long way I’m on my way home
LONG WAY FROM HOME w/m JD Hinton, Mike Turner ©1997 Wide Brim Music, Treble Hook Music BMI
My Time Has Come
The rumors in the street
Are taking aim at me
Whispers of defeat are out there humming
Night will hide its face
The sun will take its place
In a moment’s grace my morning’s coming
My Time Has Come My Time is Here
This is the hour I hoped would appear
No running from No time for fear
This is My Time My Time Has Come
The city doesn’t give
This town never did
They hit you where you live like drummers drumming
The waters never part
But this is from the heart
This is where I start and keep on coming
My Time Has Come My Time is Here
This is the hour I hoped would appear
No running from No time for fear
This is My Time My Time Has Come
I just believed a little more
Than all the ones who always swore I’d fall
I just believed a little more
Than all the ones who always swore I’d fall
I can’t control what people think
But those who blink Always miss it all
My Time Has Come My Time is Here
This is the hour I hoped would appear
No running from No time for fear
This is My Time My Time Has Come
MY TIME HAS COME w/m JD Hinton, Mike Turner ©2008 Wide Brim Music, Treble Hook Music BMI
Beautiful Joe
THrow me a lifeline Throw me a smile
Call me to just say hello
My one in a million everyday hero
You are my Beautiful Joe
One cup of water One extra mile
For those days when kindness is slow
My once in a lifetime everyday hero
You are my Beautiful Joe
When I needed yes You told me yes
When I needed no You didn’t go
Well…
Here’s to the teardrops in the champagne
You’re the one I came to know
My once and for always everyday hero
You are my Beautiful Joe
Beautiful Joe w/m JD Hinton ©2013 Wide Brim Music BMI
If There Was a Next Time
Carousel was turning Dreams began to spread
Music was for dancing and nights that lay ahead
I remember yearning things I left unsaid
Take a look around Take a Good Look Around
Drove down San Vicente to the ocean bluffs again
You know where to find me I know where we’ve been
Ocean waves are breaking Tide is rolling in
Take a look around Take a Good Look Around
If there was a NEXT TIME If it could be spring –
My Eyes would tell you everything
If what really matters Is waiting to be found
I promise you NEXT TIME The real time Around
Every sunset’s different Every kiss is too
I don’t need a witness No one else is you
I stared across the water A hundred shades of blue
Take a look around Take a Good Look Around
If there was a NEXT TIME If it could be spring –
My Eyes would tell you everything
If what really matters Is waiting to be found
I promise you NEXT TIME The real time Around
NEXT TIME (Good Look Around) w/m JD Hinton ©2012 Wide Brim Music BMI
Mulholland Drive
You should have been here The fog burned away
And left me most of the day
I stopped for lunch and Stayed for dessert
It’s June and this is LA
What I was waiting for wouldn’t arrive
But I like to hope for the best
Wish we could head Up to Mulholland Drive
Put down the top and go west
Wish we could head Up to Mulholland Drive
And let the road do the rest
Red bougainvillea covers the hill
Beauty leaves nothing until
Winters are warm and Summers are blonde
Out here where time can stand still
I thought if you Would just somehow arrive
But I like to hope for the best
Wish we could head Up to Mulholland Drive
Put down the top and go west
Wish we could head Up to Mulholland Drive
And let the road do the rest
Little by little the shadows arrive
And I’m still alive with the best
I guess I’ll head up to Mulholland Drive
Put down the top and go west
Wish we could head up to Mulholland Drive
And let the moon do the rest
MULHOLLAND DRIVE w/m JD Hinton ©2012 Wide Brim Music BMI
Nobody Knows But Me
I was busy when the future came
Looking darkly through a glass
We were introduced I loved your name
And the future came to pass
Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows what you open and close
Nobody knows but me
You’re a shadow in the south of France
I’m a painter seeking light
We are passengers of circumstance
We are travelers tonight
Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows what you open and close
Nobody knows but me
Hold me Let me go No Hold Me Hold me Let me go No Hold Me
You turn me around and back around
Kiss me Let me go No kiss Me Kiss me NO NO NO No Kiss Me
Am I lost or found – Is up the ground
In the alleys where the truth is told
Where the liars never sleep
You were really only mine to hold
You were never mine to keep
I surrendered for a hotel kiss
Gladly traded all my dreams
I’m a prisoner no one will miss
For the sounds a lover screams
Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows what you open and close
Nobody knows but me
NOBODY KNOWS BUT ME w/m JD Hinton ©2013 Wide Brim Music BMI
Angels Are Here
When all is said and done You’ll know what I mean
They even took the sun The moon and the stars away from me
I couldn’t buy a spark But in the dark I see
I know about the wall If everywhere you look’s a wall
I know what it’s like To call and call and call
That’s when I turned and saw I hadn’t seen it all
ANGELS ARE HERE ANGELS ARE HERE AGAIN
ANGELS ARE HERE I THINK THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN
The road I want to find The bridges are there
Every road of mine Just vanished in air
You have a face so kind I’ve seen you somewhere
ANGELS ARE HERE ANGELS ARE HERE AGAIN
ANGELS ARE HERE I THINK THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN
ANGELS ARE HERE ANGELS ARE HERE AGAIN
ANGELS ARE HERE I THINK THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN
I know I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know I know
ANGELS ARE HERE w/m JD Hinton ©2008 Wide Brim Music BMI
Tryin’ to Get It Right
Some women are comfortable Some women are lean
Some women are wonderful Some women are mean
Some women invisible Some women are seen
I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right
Some women are givers Delighted to bring
For one who delivers There’s one who will sting
Some give you the shivers Some leave you to sing
I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right
Some women are crossable And cross every line
Some women impossible Impossibly fine
No shortage of women Hold on to your spine
I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right
The riches I’d have from The bridges I’ve burned
If I had a buck for Each lesson I learned
Some women will gitchoo I always returned
I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right
Some tens – an eleven An answer to prayer
Some women are heaven If you can get there
All over the world (are) Women who care
I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right I’m Just Tryin’ to Get it Right
There’s all sorts of women I know a few kinds
There’s lots of good women Beautiful minds
There’s lots of good reasons To pull down the blinds
I’m just tryin’ to get it right I’m just dyin’ to get it right
More right than wrong With women along I’m just tryin’ to get it right
©2009 Wide Brim Music BMI w/m JD Hinton
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