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Red Card
© Jake Sinclair

I'm outside your house in the night
I'm your secret admirer
the note in your locker
a red card cut just like a heart
valentine, stay with me don't die

take me for granted or tell me a lie
take me to your room
we'll make out in the night

my love, your skin is like drugs
hold me, hold me, hold me, i'm afraid
you're heroin, you're cocaine

tell me a secret let's get in a fight
i've seen the way you looked at other guys.
but come on, get closer
i'll feed you a line
stay with me don't die

Be Mine
© 2006 Aaron Esposito

good evening miss, im glad you showed up
may i have a kiss, or should i give it up
im not sure how youre feelin, i guess its all in time
but will you be mine?

if you would be so kind
will you be my valentine
please be mine

i dont know what to say, words escape me
i will hope and pray, maybe thats the key
you caught my attention, your beauty so divine
will you be mine?

if you would be so kind
will you be my valentine
please be mine

a girl like you is hard to find

Unless there’s Roses
© 2006 Seth Johnson

You can never go wrong with roses
unless she’s allergic
You can never go wrong with chocolates
unless she’s lactose intolerant
You can never go wrong with kisses
unless she misses the feelings that go with the atmospheric wishes.

V-day lands a week from payday
Maybe French fries are better than fondue anyway
Teddy I’ll get him for you when I’m ready
which will be a week from now cause Johnny won't pay up.

You can never go wrong with compliments
unless he’s already confident
You can never go wrong with personal space
unless you invade their personal space
unless your idea of personal space includes no personal space.

Who needs roses anyway

Puppy Dog Heart
© 2006 Benjamin Esposito

Sorry to bother you
but I think you've got something of mine
I don't mean to impose
but I'd like a moment of your time
I see you've found my little friend
I was careless and left him untied
Looked away for a second
now he's snuggled up here right by your side

I've got this sappy, happy, utterly cuddly puppy dog heart
and it seems he's taken a liking to you
Please don't blame him, shame him, I haven't quite tamed him
He's just a small pup
But it seems he's taken a liking to you

Well they say that hearts need to socialize
To keep the blues at bay
A walk in the park would be like paradise
So come on girl, what do you say?

Moonlight
© Susan Enan

You and me
And a small mystery
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight
Ever high
Bought together by
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight

Blowing a kiss
On each side of this
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight

Oceans wide
I see the other side
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight
It's never that far
I still can see our
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight

Blowing a kiss
On each side of this
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight

Blowing a kiss
On each side of this
Old moonlight, moonlight, moonlight

Safely
© Andy Fitts

not everyone knows
how good you are to me
its a mystery
to the family

rock n roll and drugs
aren't good enough for me
it's a trinity
and there's one your missing
sing

the curses are a blessing
and if its all i got to do i'm dressing
my body in a bullet dodging
garment costing far less than too much
to bring me home safely back to you
safely back to you

Lipstick Cigarette
© J. Steinmeier

I see all my lovers
Under covers
Poppin tic tacs
I see what your getting at
With the perfume
Late night dance tracks
I see elements of
Lust wrought with, respect and
I need space and confidence
Dollar 50 cents
for a cigarette

All the Boyz
Just make noise

I’ve been here before I
Can’t see how
Can’t see why
I’ve been In the throes of
The apocalypse legs, lips, and eyes
You may think you’re onto me
Play’n hard to get
Lipstick cigarette
I am terrified of
Pretty eyes and
Good chocolates

All the Boyz
Just make noise
You should try
You and I

Please don’t cry
All the time
All the time
Valentine

Quicksand
© Matthew Shaw

today I figured out
that I am the asshole
that plagues your life
I'm surprised you hadn't realized
that our love's like quicksand
and we're sinking so slow
how careless we were
so close to the end
how selfish I've been
I wish we both weren't
waiting for something better
to come along
the middle of this couch
is like a bottomless pit
and we're sinking so slow
how careless we were
so close to the end
how selfish I've been

These Days
© Scott Teague

these days are gone
of finding lovers you don't keep
more of the same
you drink until you cannot speak

so happy lover's day
i'll bet it's filled with sex and booze
but you cannot stay
this bed is not made for two

let's drag it out
taking drugs and getting drunk
charity fucks
and nothing which is important enough

when lover's lie awake
dreaming of someone else
you know it's not the case
that they won't settle for second best

so happy lover's day
i'll sleep beside no one else
you can't complain
but i guess it takes more than a kiss

let's drag it out
taking drugs and getting drunk
charity fucks
and nothing which is important enough

these things exist
to you and to me
we spent these days
living in dreams

Fate of the Underachieved
© Mike Hall

Such a big shot
feeling the blade as it runs right
through your skin
Such a long way to fall down.
And on one hand
you got me so fired up again
Take a deep breath sit down

These aren't the words of a wise man
And you'd never ever stop
You replace growth with stumbling blocks
Finally found a way to get through it
But all the wheels are chalked
Standing's better than falling apart

Staring in the mirror with blood shot eyes
Thinking I wouldn't last lest a breakthrough would
come
I made a list of things left for you
Aiming at myself with a weakened mind
Said fire when ready till empty
Only see the worst in me now shoot

Such a big shot
I blame it all on the lack in the will of man
And if all hope would be bound
Such a long race
I've kept my eyes on the distance as it stands
It's crushing my empty hands
Crushing my empty hands

Staring in the eyes of weakness like it never ever was
You were guessing I would soon give up
Pulling off the blinders still can't see which way is
lost
Only wishing I'd find the end

There is no fear in love, there is no fear in love,
there is no fear in love.

You had said that will was never enough
I don't want it to be so hard
You had said that will was never enough.

Love Song
© Reva Williams

this is a love song sung to you
by me my love
the past is caught up in a tide that found the sea
and it is morning in my memory
you look so freshly born
I guess you are
I guess we both are
aren’t we
and winter turned a quick shade greener
while you’ve been away
don’t be fooled
it isn’t spring
I am waiting at the window for tomorrow
for a thousand things

every month I watch the blood run dry
the blood of you and I
when will we be three or four or five
I say let’s become a multitude to increase the chance
that we or us or someone that we’ve loved
will survive
as you grow older I am growing older too
when will you skin hang down and faint
I’ll rest my cheek there
as my eyes grow dim and my body becomes aged
hold my face between your old man’s hands
and I won’t care

Dirt and Cigarettes
© Haley Shaw

drink it up love,
the wine is sweet love,
on young and eager lips,
i'll take you in love,
hands on skin love,
we're here again.

moments like these are few and far
between the lines of right and wrong
and all along
we'll bear the punishment
maybe it's reckless, fruitless
but i am undone by the scent of you...
dirt and cigarettes
and warmest rain

hallelujah
hallelujah
hallelujah

moments like these are few and far
between the lines of right and wrong
and all along
we'll bear the punishment
maybe it's reckless, fruitless
but i am undone by the scent of you
dirt and cigarettes
and so much pain

hallelujah....

Dangerous Roads
© Patrick Plunkett

Its just a hop, a skip and a jump and I'm gone
'cause I'll fall in love if I stay here too long
and then what if
what if we wake up to soon
'cause the time we have is so short and your heart's all out of room

It's a dangerous road
that I'm headed down
It'll get you too if you keep hanging around
It's a dangerous road
and I'm jumping on
and I don't think you ever knew you were in this song

Get up late, drink in the sun and get burnt
We can talk about old times, forget all the things that we've learnt
Then what if
what if we wake up to soon
'cause the time we have is so short and your heart's all out of room

It's a dangerous road
that I'm headed down
It'll get you too if you keep hanging around
It's a dangerous road
and I'm jumping on
and I don't think you ever knew you were in this song

Maybe I'm just too blind
to see the picture hanging right before my eyes
And while I wait for more
I'm gonna stop a while and ask myself what for
I'm gonna stop a while and ask myself what for

It's a dangerous road
that I'm headed down
It'll get you too if you keep hanging around
It's a dangerous road
and I'm jumping on
and I don't think you ever knew you were in this song

i cannot wait
for what might await
i'm secretly waiting

so darling, come around
i'll be waiting around
i'm just waiting around
i am waiting around
don't wait
don't wait

i have secrets to share
so dear let's care together
let's care let's care let's care let's care
let's care together

impending extrapolation that never happens
impending extrapolation that never happens

Was it the Hallelujahs sang
All the prayers that had been prayed
Or the church bells that rang

Was it a moment set aside
With only them in mind
That they did not decide upon

And God told all his angels
"Gather in and watch what I begin"

With all the streetlights in a row
He hands her his coat
The rain is cold in San Francisco

He asks her for her hand
She looks so beautiful
she knows with him she'll stand

And God told all his angels
"Gather round and see what they have found"

Singing Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelujah to the King

With all of us in view
Of all that God will do
Making one from two

He reaches out His love
And covers over us
Oh Lord we want to thank you, to thank you

And God told all his angels
"Oh what fun to see what I have done"

Singing Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelu, Hallelujah
Hallelujah to the King

What would I give to be your siren song,
Be your siren song
In the night?

What would I give to be your angel
Your coat of armor
Shining bright?

I would give you
My warmest blanket
The best hiding place
There ever was

What would I give to silence these voices
That ring in the night?

Be your defender,
Your bravest pretender
That stands your guard?

I could take you to mystic meccas
The greatest depths
There never was

What could I say to you?
What could I say to show you?
I could write
A thousand lines
And never live to tell
Never live to tell

I would bear your beautiful burdens
Your greatest disturbance
I’ll wear it well
I would turn my wizened cheek
Never the meeker
Til now

So what would I give to be your siren song
Be your siren song?

all songs used by permission.