Song Lyrics
All songs © Kate MacLeod, Courier Music, ASCAP
unless otherwise noted.
Recordings: Lost and Found and Blooming
(I Love You is) Sometimes a Sound
on K2's Lost and Found
I love you, I love you
I hear you say I love you
You want to say I love you
You want for me to say it, too
But I love you is sometimes a sound
A better sentence could be
How do I love you
How do I know you
How do I lift you up
How do I not let you down
If I love you is mostly a sound
I might have lost some of my hearing
From listening to noise too long
You can turn a head with a word
But turn a life around with a love that's strong
Now what about the playground
And the children of any town
And the barroom and the courtroom
And the music of the wedding gowns
If I love you is sometimes a sound
Could be that the words are just too easy
Could be that some of the meaning is lost
Could be someone's interpretation
Could be a subject of fiction or too high a cost
I love you, I love you
The whole world says I love you
Meanwhile someone waits and waits
And waits and waits for love
Because I love you is sometimes a sound
The still small voice that moves me
Is softer than a heart that pounds
And the sweet chords of our longing
Become distorted when we bring them down
I love you, I love you
I hear you say I love you
You want to say I love you
You want for me to say it, too
But I love is sometimes a sound
A better sentence could be
How do I love you
How do I know you
How do I lift you up
How do I not let you down
If I love you is mostly a sound
My Forsaken Love
on K2's Lost and Found
Now since you've gone I've grown so old inside
I need a walkin' cane
And grieves the spirit that we knew
In our own timeless way
CHORUS: That I may hope to someday see
Once more your shining face
Now gone from me, somewhere far
From my forsaken love
My friends they always ask me why
Someone like me is alone
And I must give that same reply
My love's been here, now gone
I never will understand
What took your heart away
For what beneath the heavenly stars
Did our love not embrace
Lark in the Morning
on Lost and Found and Trying to Get It Right
I sing of love lost
Losing the time, letting it go free
Lark in the morning, another day before me
I know that your love
Wasn't born on a promise for me
Lark in the morning, let it go free
REFRAIN: But my eyes, my eyes
Take me back to the scene of love
I grow so weary with no word from a lover
Lark in the morning, another day before me
Your love is gone, most likely to some other
Lark in the morning, let it go free
REFRAIN: But my eyes, my eyes
Take me back to the scene of love
My eyes, my eyes, take me back
I see no others and my nights are no more fun
Lark in the morning, another day before me
I'm making peace with losing a loved one
Lark in the morning, let it go free
REFRAIN: But my eyes, my eyes
Take me back to the scene of love
My eyes, my eyes...
Where the Magic Happens
on Blooming
I want to go where the magic happens
Where the future smiles on me
I learned a lesson hard
When one day I let it go
It fell glistening through my hands
From my sparkling hands
CHORUS: Now I’ll go where the magic is
I can feel it on a day like this
No hesitations
Though who can guess
The rhyme or reason
I want to go where the shining is endless
And the innocent decree
I’ve had enough of the serious stuff
That’s been laid on me
And on hard working hands
And on my sparkling mind
CHORUS
Sometimes it’s where I least expect it
When 1am is breathing
Anywhere that a miracle can happen
That’s somewhere that I want to be
And anywhere that we are
Don’t need a falling star
CHORUS
The Day is Mine
on Blooming
I was born on a spring day
The wind was howling change
Through the lover’s lives
A crocus was peaking trough the snow
The moment met
With the opening of my eyes
CHORUS: Someday I will turn
My gaze into a tunnel of light
Until that time
When I am swept away
The day is mine
Now every step I take
Is a wild one
That I make willingly
I cannot leave without accounting
For my stay
And my dancing feet
What I do with a minute or two
How I raise my stakes
A little higher
Who I love when the sun goes down
How I hope to wake
Inspired
Blooming
on Blooming
On the side of a hill
I see in blazing colors
What was not here yesterday
And may not be tomorrow
Someone to love
The evening primrose
An apple blossom
A wild bush and a sparrow
All have risked the frost
to find their place in the sunshine
A promise or a loss
With the coming of the springtime
And everything is blooming
Blooming, don’t go
From the highway
The hills are glowing
To be so bold
To think that this is true love
We’ll drive for miles
For a smile the morning
And then imagine
Where we are going
I have risked the frost
To find my place in the sunshine
I have loved and lost before
But still believe in springtime
Everything is blooming,
Blooming, don’t go
And if we have
Fresh air
Longer days
And room for growing
We could buy an acre
And set it free
See a fawn
And love that newborn feeling
And feel the frost
To know the warmth of the sunshine
I will love and lose myself
To wear the colors of the springtime
And everything is blooming
Blooming, don’t go
Branded Heart
on Blooming
I thought I knew us well
Baby Face and Angel
But the lawlessness of loveliness
Took us by the halo
CHORUS: And I will never know
How such a good love
Could deal such a cruel blow
While this question mark
On my branded heart
I have come to know
I loved your hair cascading
And I remember times of waiting
But now I feel the burning seal
From the last thing that you gave me
Bridge: I bought a car and I tried roam
I tried to move my heart alone
But I discovered time
And collected mine
Maybe this small town can help me
CHORUS
Riding the White Horse Home
Based on book of same name, by Teresa Jordan
on Blooming
This story’s trying to make me cry
Or is this the chinook wind in my eye?
Was it the father’s fighting sons
The Iron Mountain mortgage
Or the passing on that won?
Oh the people buried there
Their silver spurs were
Always passed down to someone
They fixed the old corral
They saved the orphan calf
They built the hall where we had fun
CHORUS: We knew the land, so well
We knew each other well
I dream of riding my white horse
While nothing would keep fate
From taking the ranch away
Oh well, the ladies moved away
The local store and the station, they burned down
My Daddy broke another leg
I had my graduation day
Yet only the hog back hills will stay here
A drifting soul I did become
Until I wrote down my memories of my loved ones
Now my new love is (he's) sure the one
He knows where I come from
And we ride horses when we’re near some
I remember baking with my Mom
And the little stone under my tongue
How they kept thirst away when I was young
Now I love the life I have
And I have plenty of days to face
But I sure miss the old home place
Road to Heaven
on Blooming
Road to heaven
Where are you taking me today
The past is waning
And I wake to turn another page
I see the sun rise
Every morning through the glass
Some days are easy
Some days they take all that I have
CHORUS: Am I ready
Love is shaking like a leaf
I’m going somewhere
I’ll go anywhere
This road will lead me
I’ve learned a few things
I’ve learned to let go of the time
Letting go is faith
Light snow that falls forever from the sky
Going up hill may be hard
But the view is worth the climb
And the more that I can give away
The lighter is this load of mine
Bridge: I’ve got to mend my coat
And make it ready for the day
Day of ice, made of fire
Made of hope, made of clay
Any minute
I could be taken away
I hope to see you my friend
Before the closing of the day
CHORUS
Something Left You Living
on Blooming
Theodore thinks he is a king
No subtle thing
If there are no kings anymore
Heroes rap at my door
They tell me what
They think they can do for me
Watch the romance sting
The costumes bring
A look, of grace, style to the war
CHORUS: The merchant counts your change
Your minutes too are levied
The only sign (to Vals)
Is nearly missing
You could have died that day
But something kept you living
Left you living
Books might tell a tale
Of fame and glory
But they could be all wrong
A mother’s super vision
Is sometimes hidden
Behind a skirt too long
Now, you work ‘til midnight
You buy the story
The bag of honor is yours
CHORUS
Some might believe
The trees are singing
And some are here for sport
Light can play a trick
You choose you’re right
You choose you’re wrong and you’re bored
CHORUS
Flowers scent the air
The babies stare
The more the beautiful
Please don’t tread on me
I mind my business
And I want some more
My Teton Home
on Blooming
Snow drifting across the road
The car is following the taillights
Of the one ahead
There is no scenery through the falling snow
The winter has laid the forest
Into a quiet bed
My friends wait patiently
They just want to see me
Safe and warm
But I can find my way
Through anything
To my Teton home
The mountains break up the messages
But you know I’m still with you
Even out of sight
The weather changed in a minute
They made us stop for an hour
For the dynamite
But an hour is nothing
It’s only there to remind us
Of our place in all
And I will make my way
Through anything
To my Teton home
White winter decides to go
The clouds begin to move
The fog to disappear
There the Tetons stand above us all
The cutting edge
Unmistakably severe
They are my northern star
I know where they are
When I am lost
And I will find my way
From anywhere
To my Teton home
Return to Rawlins
on Blooming
CHORUS: Return to Rawlins
That’s what the sign says
You cannot go further
For the ice and the snow
And the rest of the reasons
I cannot go further
Are reasons that
Only God knows
I tried to leave it
My truck stop on the highway
My pit stop for the hungry
That high lonesome snow
But I was born here
Beneath the skies of heaven
In a mile markin’
Carbon County home
I know that I’m better
Than the mud on my leather
And I’d like to go traveling
And to give m regards
To a star-lit town
Where I could go far
With my good looks
My wit, and my charm
Bridge: But who’d keep an eye
On the dreams of my darling
And who’d keep an eye
On my friends in a storm
They would miss
My truck and my timing
My good looks
My wit, and my charm
CHORUS
A Smile Worth a Million
on Blooming
I’ve seen the mansions and what a fortune can buy you
But by the time I make a fortune it won’t be worth a piece of coal
CHORUS: But all I have to do now
Is sing a little tune
And I’ve got peace of mind
And a smile worth a million
I’ve walked a path that I’ve heard leads to wisdom
But by the time I get there I could be tired and old
Well things could be different if I’d made some different plans
Been called a different name or had been dealt a different hand
As Far as the Heart Can See
Co-written with Robert K. Wolf
on Blooming
Look at you
So much like me
Yet your time
Is not like mine
As you stare at your horizon
Go untethered
Go undaunted
Know a light will shine
Chorus: As far as the heart can see
As far as the soul can say
I know my little bird will fly
As far as the wind can sigh
Don’t forget
This chain of gold
Wrap it around
Your rear view mirror
Take it now
For luck in leaving
With the money from your summer job
And some words from me
Bridge: Regardless of the long and short
The broken hearts
The slamming doors
I hope you will be brave and bold
CHORUS
All songs © Kate MacLeod, Courier Music, ASCAP
unless otherwise noted.