How to Count the Ways

How to count the ways that I love you
Not enough fingers to show
Not enough words in the world to let you know

How to count the ways that I love you
Not enough fingers and toes
Not enough words in the world to let you know

So darling I’m keeping it simple
A couple of easy chords
A couple elementary words just to say that

Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so
Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so

How to count the ways that I love you
Not enough flowers to grow
Not enough words in the world to let you know

How to count the ways that I love you
Not enough ribbons and bows
Not enough words in the world to let you know

So darling I’m keeping it simple
A couple of easy chords
A couple elementary words just to say that

Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so
Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so

Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so
Darling I hope that you know that
Darling I love you so much

Lost Treasure

There I was hoping I could lift your soul the way I thought you lifted mine so high
There I was hoping I could fill your cup the way  I thought you filled mine up to overflowing
Little did I know 

Did I weigh you down, did I hold you back
Did I drain you ‘till you reached the bottom
No, baby that was you
I’d feel the same way too
If my heart was divided, my mind was divided, my time was divided
If I lived with the weight of the secrets you hold and the lies that you told

Did you think I cared to be your burden
Did you think I cared to be a load
No, I did not care to be your burden
No, I did not care to be a load
Of course I had dreamed that you would carry me,
But dreamt II was light as a feather and precious as gold
A treasure to hold

There I was thinking you felt the sun the way  thought it warmed me too
As it was shining down so bright on me when I was with you
There I was thinking
Wherever you were next to me the grass was growing so so green
But you were looking on the other side
Oh was it greener on the other side

Did you think I cared to be your burden
Did you think I cared to be a load
No, I did not care to be your burden
No, I did not care to be a load
Of course I had dreamed that you would carry me,
But dreamt II was light as a feather and precious as gold
A treasure to hold

I could never be a burden
I could never be a load
I am as light as a feather, I’m precious as gold
And I know that I know, gotta know I’m a treasure to hold
Clearly you didn’t know

‘Cause once you strike gold
Find treasure of your own
You never let go, no you never let go
And no other glittering, sparkling thing can ever compare
to the treasure that you call you own

I am as light as a feather, I’m precious as gold
And I know that I know, gotta know I’m a treasure to hold
Too bad you didn’t know

Cause babe you lost me
You’re never gonna get this treasure back

Take It With You

You offer me nothing but your closed up fist
Betrayer’s kiss, the you say this
“I don’t love you anymore”

Look down and my journal’s open on the floor
What’s it for and where is yours
Something dies inside my soul

Take it with you, take it where you go
Take it with you, don’t need it anymore
No no

I offered you everything, my open hand
My true love’s kiss, then I said this
I will love you evermore

Looked up and your eyes were closed
In tears they opened
We kissed, you wrote your vows into the sand
And you have held my heart since then

Well please don’t take it with you, leave it when you go
Don’t take it with you, I’ll need it to move on, move on

And how is it that time and space could grow between us love
Are words just not enough to rely on
Or is it once they’re spoken out loud
You just can’t take them back

But written in the sand they’ll wash away
And words we keep in sacred places are secrets we have kept
But once they’re read by eyes unmeant
The pages are defiled and left for dead
And stolen secrets burn inside our heads

And so you’ll take them with you
You’ll take them where you go
You’ll take them with you
They’ll haunt you evermore

Evermore . . .

Homeless Prayer

There’s no warmth for me down here
Not a thing for me, but coldness and fear
I’ve no place to rest my head
 All I take with me to bed are my saltless tears

Not a penny to my name
I can’t spare a morsel from this borrowed plate
All my hands hold is this cardboard sign
All the help that it can find brings me back to the same

I think of how I used to be
And where it is I’d like to be
I try and try to make a change
The results are all the same
Well clearly this is not my time,
but I wish that it were yours
I just want to come home

A feast before my enemies
A mansion on the streets of gold
A refuge from these strangers’ eyes
and the judgments that they hold
Only ‘cause they don’t know

Not my story
Not my name
Not my shame and not my pain

I try and try to make a change
The results are all the same
Well clearly this is not my time,
but I wish that it were yours
I just want to come home

A feast before my enemies
A mansion on the streets of gold
A refuge from these strangers’ eyes
and the judgments that they hold
Only ‘cause they don’t know

I just wanna come home . . .

Daddy's Song

Daddy daddy I remember
When daddy daddy the only love letters
I wrote, were the ones I wrote to you
The ones I wrote to you

Paper cutout hearts and polaroid pictures
Chocolate kisses and crayon art
Sticker stamps that held no postal value,
but the value of a heart
The value of my heart

Daddy daddy have I grown too old?
Daddy daddy have I grown too bold
Daddy tell me I will never outgrow

The value of a heart
My value in your heart
Paper cutout hearts and polaroid pictures
Chocolate kisses and crayon art
Sticker stamps that held no postal value,
but the value of a heart
The value of my heart

Daddy daddy I will fall in love someday
Daddy daddy you know I can’t wait
But daddy daddy he will never replace
The value of heart
Your value in my heart

Paper cutout hearts and polaroid pictures
Chocolate kisses and crayon art
Sticker stamps that held no postal value,
but the value of a heart
The value of my heart

I Do

From this our very first step
I promise you my last breath
Days bright as fields of daisies
And the nights you drive me crazy
Love I promise you
Love I promise you, 

In sickness and in health
In poverty or wealth
On days you make me sad
On days you make me glad

I do, I do
I do, I do
Love I promise you that
I do, I do

When it’s me and you alone
To the time that children fill our home
Through the family mess and stress
To the time they leave an empty nest
Love, I promise you
Love I promise you that
I do, I do
I do, I do
Love I promise you that
I do, I do

From the time you’re young and beautiful
To the time you fade and you grow old
I will love you past your skin and bones
To the center of your soul

To have and to hold in your joy, in your sorrow
Like I love you today, I will love you tomorrow
For better, for worse, Oh love I’ll put you first
I will love and I’ll cherish you
Forever cherish you

I do, I do
I do, I do
Love I promise you that
I do, I do

See You Later in the Sky

Well heaven knows that you have seen some long, hard days
And heaven knows that you have suffered senseless pain
Heaven knows that there were times you didn’t think you had the strength to face
But heaven knows that God looks down
And shows us grace

Maybe grace looks like a miracle sometimes
A turnaround that brings the dead to life
But I am learning sometimes grace looks like the end
That is until we meet again

Where you’re going you’ll see clearly
Where you’re going you can hear me singing
Where you going there is no pain
Where you’re going there’s no suffering
So no, this isn’t a goodbye
It’s see you later in the sky
It’s not so sad as it may seem
‘Cause you are better off where you are going

I know this world is not our home
And though some days I’ll feel alone
You haven’t left me on my own
I’ll carry you inside my soul
You’ve left the earth, you’ve not left me
And when the time is right, we’ll see
You got home early, you’re waiting for me
You’re waiting for me

Where you’re going you’ll see clearly
Where you’re going you can hear me singing
Where you going there is no pain
Where you’re going there’s no suffering
So no, this isn’t a goodbye
It’s see you later in the sky
It’s not so sad as it may seem
‘Cause you are better off where you are going

I’ll see you later in the sky

Empty Promises

Why do you believe when I say
I’ll never let you down again
I’m errant and I am human
Of course I’ll let you down again

I can’t think why I would tell you
I’ll never let you down again
“Sorry” just don’t seem like enough
And then I let you down again

You know I don’t want to lie to you
And I hate to have to hide from you
But I just don’t want to let you down
And there’s no easy way out

I guess you keep coming back for more
‘Cause love roots faith deep within you
Please don’t hold onto that faith no more
I don’t want to break what’s in you

Can you still love me without that faith
You know that I love you, don’t you
Despite my every countless mistake
You know that I love you don’t you?

You know I don’t want to lie to you
And I hate to have to hide from you
But I just don’t want to let you down
And there’s no easy way out

I’m sorry, I’ll try to change
No guarantees or empty promises
I’m sorry, I’ll try to change
No guarantees or empty promises