Making Sure

I say I love you
You say you love me too
Well, how do I know I said it right?

I know that I love you
And I think you know I do, well
How can I make you sure tonight?
I want to make you sure

I’m not a great dancer
But I get on the floor
I don’t often take chances
But since I met you I’m taken more and more
You’re taking me places I’ve never been before
I hope you know that I love you
That’s what this song is for

I bring you flowers
You bring me endless joy
Well, how can I let you know you do?

I tell you my stories
I tell you my tales of war
Well I hope that you know it’s all for you
I do it all for you

I’m not a great dancer
But I get on the floor
I don’t often take chances
But since I met you I’m taken more and more
You’re taking me places I’ve never been before
I hope you know I love you
That’s what this song is for

I’d bring you the winter
If I could be(at) Jack Frost
A breeze every summer
If the April wind didn’t always get lost
I’d pull down the stars and
Put them in your hair
I’d lasso the moon down
If you hadn’t hung it there

Stuck On You

I've had my mind stuck on you
Constantly in review
Of all the moments spent with you and
All the words you said
Rattle round like pebbles in my head

I've had my words stuck on you
Tell all my friends what we do
All the times I make you laugh
And times you roll your eyes
Tell me will they ever realize

Lucky me
Lucky you
Lucky we
Things fell into place
Stuck on you
You are too
A dream come true

I've had my eyes stuck on you
All of the ways that you move
Something grabbed ahold of me
And it won't let me go
Guess I'll stick around here for the show

Lucky me
Lucky you
Lucky we
Things fell into place
Stuck on you
You are too
A dream come true

I've had my life stuck on you
63 years stuck it through
Many days together and the
Memories we share
Wherever you've stuck me I've been there
Wherever you stick me I'll be there

More Time

I used to think that someday I’d be playing ballrooms
And T.V. spots
Singing ‘bout the girls I used to think I loved
And lost
I dreamed of signing albums
Barely broke a thousand
Selling at half cost

I've written songs that even I don't now remember
I thought I would
Songs I never even played for anybody else
But life came out to greet me
I never gave it up completely
Keep them on my bedroom shelf

I don't need no money
Not another dime
It's not the way I planned it
But now that you are mine
I just need more time

Like every other kid, I knew that I'd be famous
And they'd all see
Someday all my stupid little dreams would all come true
But now I can't imagine
That life just ain't worth having
And forget the money, too.

Cause I don't need no money
Not another dime
It's not the way I planned it
But now that you are mine
I just need more time

Cause money I can spend
And fame will run out too
But time's the only thing, my dear
That I can spend with you

Cause I don't need no money
Not another dime
It's not the way I planned it
But it's better all the time

I just need more time

Secret Dream

I dropped you off outside your house
And drove out into space
Right on past the asteroids
Constellations we would trace
Through the supernovas
And all the planets too
Driving in my pickup truck
Like it was Sputnik II

I rearranged the Milky Way
To fit our secret dream
I put the pieces into place
For every in between
And when I landed then I knew
That no time had passed at all
For all the leaves up on the trees
Still had yet to fall

And you were sleeping in your bed
Soft as dreams inside
Twirling through the galaxies
While daylight left to hide
You spun the oceans into paint
Made a canvas of the sky
Where did all our memories go?
We'll meet them, by and by

You took my aging mindfulness
And spun it to a web
Of all our sharing consciousness
Inside our twisted heads
Your dream and mine are not so far
The truth is in between
In your head or in my car
Let's dream our secret dream

News To Me

Do you remember when you told that story
’Bout the lady who was rude to you that day at work?
Well I was listening, so please don't worry
But let me explain my smirk

You see you called me on the telephone right after it happened
And you told me all again when you got home that night
But don't you worry because darling that's when
I make sure I have the details right

I'll keep on listening to all your stories girl
Whether it's the first time or it's forty-three
I have all day so there's no need to hurry girl
Honey it's all news to me

Tell me ‘bout that minivan out on the highway
Who was driving 20 under in the passing lane
Or the coffee that you drank this morning they made my way
And how you spilled it and it left a stain

Remind me of the salad that you had for dinner
Or the way the sunset looks on highway 52
Honey no matter what I'm still a winner
Because the tales are coming from you

I'll keep on listening to all your stories girl
Whether it's the first time or it's forty-three
I have all day so there's no need to hurry girl
Honey it's all news to me

I could tell you about my day
But I'll wait a little more
I don't really have much to say
Darling I would honestly just be a bore

So tell me how you haven't seen a shooting star
Or how your mother met your dad when they were only kids
Tell me how you learned to drive a car
And honey I will tell you this

I'll keep on listening to all your stories girl
Whether it's the first time or it's forty-three
I have all day so there's no need to hurry girl
Honey, it's all news to me
Baby, it’s all news to me
Honey, it’s all news to me

Again, My Love

The fog sets in at twilight as the bus pulls me away from you
Again, my love
I listen to the starry singer, playing hearts upon the wings
Again, my love
And just as sun has started rising, I think back on trouble
Flying in, my love

But streams run to the water
And morning's getting hotter,
And all the worries once we had have slipped away
Just like the Starry Sky.

Evenings on the terrace reading books on Rome and Paris as
We have before
I sit and let the music of the birds and windy weather take me
Out to shore
Floating from the backyard to the deep and blue and black far into
Stratosphere

But air gives way to vaccuum
And visions going black soon,
And still I hold you closely as the music carries
Us into the night.

Color all around us bleeding into life and plants unseed
Again, my love
Oranges and reds give way to grays and silent deads, the cold
Blows in, my love
And Christmas morning brings us quiet happiness we couldn't buy it
When, my love

The fall goes on forever
In gray and windy weather
And everything we thought we knew is truer than
It ever was before.
And all the worries once we had have slipped away
Like all the ones before

Maybe It Will Snow This Year

Read the paper
On the porch
Bad news never bothered me
I’ve seen it all before

Christmas carols
On my street
Have my coffee
While they sing
Winter feels like sleep

Take my picture
With the silly reindeer ears
Maybe it will snow this year

Walk the fallen
Leafy road
Can you hear the world slow down?
Or is that just getting old?

Put the tree up
Catch your eye
Send a smirk then back to work
Man, I don’t deserve that smile

Take my picture
With the silly reindeer ears
Maybe it will snow this year

Doghouse

Can you feel my hand
On your shoulder tonight?
I can’t understand
How it feels so right

When she looks over
And she's surprised to see me here
It's like I fall into, a deeper blue
And tell her next year

”Daddy lost his job
On the railroad last night”
He's only had one job
His whole entire life

And somehow she feels like
Mama's gonna pull us straight through
But she can't heal, what we all feel
Dad's soul is a little bruised

The rain falls hard
On the doghouse we’re in
Dad sold his car
Can we take a spin?

Some things just don't make sense
And daddy knows it better than all
But knowing won't change it
How strange the rain will still fall