"One True Kiss Away"

"One True Kiss Away"

©️ by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

<All Rights Reserved>

[Vs1]

Your empty bed's covered with roses

Hoping they'd someday grow

Your hunger for love's attention 

An arrow looking for a bow

[Vs2]

You really don't mind lame excuses

For you they're just like a game

A riddle without any answers

'Cause you think love hides your name

[Vs3]

But memories of lost love cuts you,

Cuts deep down to the bone

Each morning a colder sunset

Icy heat is all you have known

CHORUS

You've given your heart a fresh coat paint

But it peels like it did yesterday 

What's in the mirror is a broken saint

But redemption's one true kiss away

[Vs4 / BRIDGE]

You've rolled the dice, at least once or twice

But they ended up on their edge

Just like the love you've only known

Clinging to it's slippery ledge 

CHORUS

You've given your heart a fresh coat of paint

But it peels like it did yesterday 

What's in the mirror is a broken saint

But redemption's one true kiss away

“Over The Mountains" (Recorded)

“Over The Mountains” (Recorded)

Copyright by Frank DeCenso, Jr.

[Vs1]

He met her on a highway run,

When they were both eighteen;

She left home for the great unknown -

He left home with a dream...

They met up in a small café,

Outside the Lincoln line;

They talked for hours, then they left,

Toward the west they'd ride...

CHORUS

Over the mountains

Moving toward the coast

Fell in love more each mile

Deeper in than most

Over the mountains

Sitting really close

Singing music he had made

Chasing spotlight's glow

[Vs2]

He told her all the hopes he had,

Of singing in L.A.;

He had a friend who told him that

He’d make it big someday...

Smiling as they drove out west -

Her hair flowed with the wind;

He sang to her each song he wrote,

And then she'd join right in...

CHORUS

Over the mountains

Moving toward the coast

Fell in love more each mile

Deeper in than most

Over the mountains

Sitting really close

Singing music he had made

Chasing spotlight's glow

[BRIDGE]

She held his hand and said that she’d

Forever be his fan;

No matter what the future held,

Together would be right...

Together always can 

CHORUS

Over the mountains

Moving toward the coast

Fell in love more each mile

Deeper in than most

Over the mountains

Sitting really close

Singing music he had made

Chasing spotlight's glow

"I'm Not That Tough"

 “I'm Not That Tough”
©️ by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

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[Vs1]

Your kisses fall upon me like new raindrops on a desert land,

And all I know is I need one more taste;

Your beauty still bewilders and I'm swept into your gentle arms,

As painted autumn skies light up your face…

CHORUS

My memories may haunt me

Someday when you're gone

Cause we both know I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

[Vs2]

In candlelight your face glows and I’m captured by your golden gaze,

And all I want is found inside your eyes;

The fireplace makes shadows as we dance into the sands of time,

This autumn night won't end but it can try…

CHORUS

My memories may haunt me

Someday when you're gone

Cause we both know I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

[BRIDGE]

If I could I'd move the mountains 

Or at least I would try,

To hold you close...till we're out of time...

CHORUS

My memories may haunt me

Someday when you're gone

Cause we both know I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

I'm not that tough

Not that tough at all

"Running Off The Edge"

"Running Off The Edge"

©️ Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

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[Vs1]

If I only had one wish,

One more dime to throw;

And the sands of time looked back,

With nowhere to go;

I'd wish that all the years we spent,

Beneath cloudy moons;

Were not just memories,

That left us too soon...

[Vs2]

When I look into the sky,

On starlit summer nights;

I can't help but wonder if,

You're in arms tonight;

Both our shadows used to blend,

With no space between;

I was just the lucky one,

With you my living dream...

CHORUS

Our memories can never hide,

They're paintings fully drawn in time;

The day we both, made the pledge -

Have colors running off the edge...

[Vs3]

We thought that we'd grow old,

And we'd be standing here;

But life can make drastic turns,

With no one to steer;

Now we've gone our own ways,

And maybe it's a test;

We have answers we both know,

Can still be what is best...

CHORUS

Our memories can never hide,

They're paintings fully drawn in time,

The day we both, made the pledge,

Have colors running off the edge...

[OPTIONAL BRIDGE]

Let's think about decisions,

Broken or just bent -

There's still time to turn around,

With promises that we have never spent...

CHORUS

Our memories can never hide,

They're paintings fully drawn in time;

The day we both, made the pledge,

Have colors running off the edge...

[OUTRO]

We can make that pictured paint,

Back up off the ledge...