Tuesday, October 19, 2010

IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES















SOMETIMES WE WANT SOMETHING TOO MUCH
BEYOND OUR REACH, BEYOND OUR TOUCH
WE DREAM, WE CLING, WE BUILD, WE BREAK
WE LOVE, WE RISE, WE FALL, WE ACHE.

COULD IT COME TRUE?
COULD IT GRAB THE LIGHT FROM THE BLUE?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU COULD DO?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU SHOULD DO?


IN SPRINGWOOD WHERE LIVE’S ARE CARVED IN STONE
BENEATH THE TREES WHERE I WALK SO ALONE
TO THE SULLEN ANGEL LOOKING DOWN FROM THE HILL
SHE SPEAKS, I WHISPER, SO DESPERATE, SO STILL.

COULD IT COME TRUE?
COULD IT GRAB THE LIGHT FROM THE BLUE?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU COULD DO?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU SHOULD DO?

I GOT A SCARLET LETTER HIDDEN IN MY SOUL
I GOT MILES ‘FORE I SLEEP, I GOT MILES TO GO
TO THE CROSSROADS JUNCTION, TO THE MIDNIGHT CRAWL
TO THE DEPTHS, TO THE HEIGHTS, TO NOTHING, TO ALL...

COULD IT COME TRUE?
COULD IT GRAB THE LIGHT FROM THE BLUE?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU COULD DO?
HAVE YOU DONE ALL YOU SHOULD DO?

IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES
WORDS AND MUSIC BY WM. BATES. WMS
OCTOBER 2010
T21MUSIC ASCAP