I'm Coming Home

what a long time has passed since i wrote a song for you. i realize it's hard for me to write songs when i'm happy, when lots of things are happening, when we're busy living life. but once in a while things happen around me that make me take a step back and discover again just how much you mean to me, and i thank God for touching our lives with each other.

you make me look forward to each new day, and then look forward even more to coming back home. i pray i will never take you for granted, and that i will always have a song to sing for you.


it's been raining since the morning
and it isn't getting better
think i'm catching a cold
i'm slipping underneath the weather
but it doesn't really matter
cos i'm coming home to you

i'm the last one to leave
and everybody's had their dinner
i'm not hungry anymore
and after all it's past eleven
and it really doesn't matter
cos i'm coming home to you

i'm coming home
i'm coming home
i'm coming home to you

the taxi's don't stop
could it be that i'm invisible
decided to walk
i think that it might just be possible
that sometime in the morning
i'll be coming home to you

i think you must have gone to bed
i wonder if i'm in your head
and i can't wait
to come back home to you

i'm coming home
i'm coming home
i'm coming home to you

nothing in the world can bring me down now
nothing in the past or the days to come
cos nothing makes me smile
like the way you smile at me

nothing in the world can bring me down now
nothing in the past or the days to come
and nothing can conspire
to make me happier

i'm coming home
i'm coming home
i'm coming home to you

though the daylight's gone
but it won't be long
till i come back home to you

come out and play

don't just stay here in the corner of the room
please come out and play
i wanna hear you sing

about the rain, about the summer
about the wind, about the flowers
there's so much to see
if you just come with me

and i will hold your hand
you know that home is where
the heart is you and me
we'll be wild and free

in the night
we'll be bright lights
though we be blind
we'll be alright

when there's a storm
there'll be rainbows after
all is said and done
we'll be heroes everyone

so don't be afraid to let it go
let's run into the wind and let it
blow your mind
it's more beautiful
than you'll ever know

and don't be shy just let it show
your heart is a book don't let it
close inside
there're nothing you have to hide

for i will find you
if life forgets you
so don't you worry
there's no hurry it's hardly
closer to the morning
the stars are shining
and though it's cold outside
i'll be right beside you

so don't just stay here
in the corner of the room
please come out and play
i wanna hear you sing

when you wake

i look into your bedroom door
and i don't make a sound
i see you curled up in your blanket
with that peaceful smile

sleep my little child
and the world can't do you harm
sleep my little child
and tomorrow will be a charm
and when you wake
i will be around

there's so many things i wanna say to you
but just so little time
seems like yesterday you were still learning to walk but
now it's time to fly


sleep my little child
and the world can't do you harm
sleep my little child
and tomorrow will be a charm
and when you wake
i will be around

to watch you fly
to watch you fly
away across the sky
and when the nights they grow cold
you know where to go
when you feel all alone
you can always come home

where you'll be
safe and sound
and when you wake
i will be around

you

it's you who waved at me
from far away one day
and it's you who got me
worrying what am i to say

to you when all that
i could think of was the way
that you made everything
around you seem so plain

it's you who filled my mind
at the start of everyday
and it's you who painted rainbows
on everything that's grey

and it's you who made it worth the while
to walk a hundred miles
if only just to see you smile

cos you can chase away the blues
with a smile or two
and you can break my heart in two
when you're not around

and there's absolutely nothing
i can do to keep my heart
from falling hopelessly
in love with you

and it's you who'd walk with me
before the morning light
and it's you who'd listen to
the songs that i would write

and it's you who looks at me
and tells me i'm ok
cos you won't ever have me
any other way

cos you can chase away the blues
with a smile or two
and you can break my heart in two
when you're not around

and there's absolutely nothing
i can do to keep my heart
from falling hopelessly
in love with you

and you know i can't wait to
sweep you off your feet
and hold you in my arms
as long as i can breathe

cos you have made it worth the while
to walk along that aisle
so i can always see you smile

cos you can chase away the blues
with a smile or two
and you can break my heart in two
when you're not around

and there's absolutely nothing
i can do to keep my heart
from falling hopelessly
in love
i'm hopelessly in love
i'm hopelessly in love
with you

if it's not broken

i met a girl in her monday best
she wore a latte and a cigarette
she had a painted face and violet hair
armed with an ipod and a vacant stare

i asked her if she'd like to quit
she said it's her life so just live with it
i said one day you'd wish you'd listen
when it's too late and she said

if it ain't broken
don't fix it
if it ain't missing
don't find it
if it ain't open
don't break in
if it ain't spoken
don't say it

i saw her again in another life
she was someone's mother and someone's wife
i asked her if i could borrow a light
she said if you'd let me stay the night

i made up a lie
she started to cry
i said i could try to help
if she would tell me why

she said nothin's broken
so don't fix it
nothin's missing
so don't find it
if it's not open
don't break in
if it's not spoken
don't say it

i watch her go
and we both know
that there was something there
long ago

but we were young
and now we're old
and if we had once more chance
i'd tell her so

that if it ain't broken
don't break it
if it ain't missing
don't lose it
if it ain't open
don't leave it
if it ain't spoken
just scream it

waiting for the song to play

if a rose by any other name
still smells as sweet
why do we keep on
trying so hard

and if birds of one feather
always flock together
why do we keep on
drifting apart

if the world's a stage
why do we have to pay
to be like puppets on a string
waiting for our song to play

and if life is a box of chocolates
why do we fill our pockets
with things that
other people throw away

hey hey
please come out and play
hey hey
let's run away

and if one man's meat
is another man's poison
i'll be your wine and
you'll be my medicine

and if the grass is greener
on the other side
well it might
doesn't hurt to be sometimes colourblind

if the world's a stage
why do we have to pay
to be like puppets on a string
waiting for our song to play

and if life is a box of chocolates
why do we fill our pockets
with things that we don't really
want to taste

hey hey
please come out and play
hey hey
let's run away

though the path is long and narrow
would you take the road less travelled
with me
and though it's hard to face tomorrow
there's a light beyond the tunnel
you'll see

hey hey
please come out and play
hey hey
let's run away

你的爱 (for my grandpa)

你的爱，它飘过来
像一阵春风
我不能躲开

你的爱，像一片海
它无边无际
它无忧无虑

你的爱，我不明白
我这么坏
你却看不出来

你的爱，让我明白
我哭了以后
就笑得出来

因为我拥有你的爱
因为我拥有你的爱
因为我拥有你的爱
你永远不会离开

i'm not letting go

when the alarm is ringing in your face
would you wish that it would go away
would you think it's just another day
or would you think of me

when you see the sun climb up the skies
would you think that it is no surprise
or would you pause awhile to close your eyes
and try to think of me

and when you walk alone
would it help to know
that there's a smile that you can turn to
when your lines are getting old

and though it doesn't show
i wish you would come home
but if you rather stay a little longer
i'll still be here tomorrow
still be here tomorrow
cos i'm not letting go

when you fall asleep
do you ever wish
that the one that you kiss
is more than a dream
if there's anything that i could wish for
it's that you'll dream of me

well, don't ever be
a casualty of gravity
you have wings of an angel
and the world at your feet
but if you ever want to come back down here
won't you think of me

cos when you walk alone
would it help to know
that there's a place that you can go to
when your hands are getting cold

and though it doesn't show
i need you to come home
but if you rather stay a little longer
i'll still be here tomorrow
still be here tomorrow
cos i'm not letting go

the first song that anyone has ever written for me

this song made me happy. and even happier when i realized how nice it sounds on the guitar!

<如果可以>

你不要再哭泣，这是新的一天，
请不要在脸上下起雨，
让大家都狼狈

如果你觉得，好疲惫
挂上一张笑脸
不如你再靠近一点点
让我给你安慰

如果可以,我给你快乐，
如果可以，这双手就让你握着。
如果可以,我不会让你走的，
不管你去到那里，我都会在左右守着。

请不要再伤悲，时间刻刻溜走，
还有那么多美好季节
等我们去享受

放开无聊的回忆
抛开你的过去
你不需要再难过
因为我会等在这里

如果可以,我给你快乐，
如果可以，这双手就让你握着。
如果可以,我不会让你走的，
不管你去到那里，我都会在左右守着。

我会逗你笑
若你让我留下
我会帮你把
所有眼泪擦掉
我会陪着你
过双人游
and everything will be
just fine

when we land

will you catch me if you can
if i tell you where i'll land
and maybe you'll find me
or maybe i've already left

will you hang on to the phone
while i take the last train home
is it too much to ask of you
or should i be travelling alone

can you see me if i wave
while i'm sinking, would you save
me or tell me you're sorry
but there's nothing left to make you stay

will you take me for a ride
when there's nothing left to hide
across mountains we'll be speeding
or are we still seeking inside

will you teach me how to run
so i can beat you to the sun
when it's finally rising
so you can't leave me here when it's dawn

will you take me as i am
will you break me or will you bend (all the same)
in two worlds we're spinning
the closer we're falling
the harder it gets
to stop us colliding

and when it's done
will we learn
will it hurt
if we crash and burn

and it's gonna stop raining
if we don't keep on dancing

will you catch me if you can
if i tell you where i'll land
and maybe you'll find me
or maybe someone else will.

fortune teller 2

if i were a beggar
i could go down on my knees
without you thinking that
i've fallen for you
and i'm praying for
just a moment or two

and if i were a dancer
i'll trace your name with my toes
across the stage in every theater
so you'll never miss a show

and if i were a soldier
i'd be at the front of the line
so i can come home with a purple heart
and just be closer to you

and if i could
i wouldn't be another
silly boy you don't remember
and if i could
i would make the world a better place
so it can never take the smile from your face

if i were a postman
i'd put a smile on every letter
but i'll stick a stamp right over
so you won't know any better

if i were a seamstress
i would sew my little heart
into the corner of your pocket
so we'll never be apart

and if i had a boat
i'd sail to the end of the world
and return with a pot of gold
and hide it in your purse so
you'd see a rainbow
every where you go

and if i were a fortune teller
and my crystal ball could give me answers
it'll know that i would never ever fall
in love with any girl but you

and if i could
i wouldn't be another
silly boy you don't remember
and if i could
i would make the world a better place
so it can never take the smile from your face

the pianist and i

some days i let my mind
run into yours
we say hello but do not speak
otherwise
we drown
out the noise --
white
with the occasional black
key that hammers
a little too loudly
on its hidden string
wound tight around thoughts
that think too loudly
but do not know
any better
judgment abstains in protest
while we
kiss
in the company of
tired hands
and wind-blown caution.

sun in my eyes

this is a new song that is just starting to bubble up from that tiny little corner of my mind that still believes in every little moment that we shared, because that's what everything is about isn't it? and here's hoping that someone out there will read this, and find enough promise in these few lines to want to help me complete this song, or maybe write a happy tune for me. :) i know you want to.


there's a little bit of sunshine i think you left behind
when you left me in the middle of a word i can't
remember if you said goodbye
or if it's just the wind
feeling sorry for my eyes
but i know that i'll be fine
cos it doesn't matter
as long as we are better off
in time
where time is a function of the
life that we allow ourselves to live
is to breathe, is to grieve, is to believe
that we are worth the love that we were given
even though though we've been forgotten
we can sing ourselves a new song
la la la la
la la la la

and even though we dance
to the rhythm of a different anthem
please don't take it that i feel
any less naked than you do when
we lift our eyes and gaze up at the stars
they are shining for us
to remind us that someone is out there
and watching us from where we stand
we can be
a million miles away
but it's ok
cos the sun will still be coming out today
la la la la
la la la la

better or worse

i'm a tree in the forest
and you are far across the ocean
if i fall, would i make a sound
if you're not there to listen

i am free as a bird
with no cares or woes to mention
but i need a destination
so i'm flying down to where you are cos

we both know it doesn't matter
if it's for the worse, or for the better
it's quite enough to have to hold
so hold my hand and take me home

i'm a word, i'm a sentence
i'm a page, i'm a chapter
but i'll never become a story
till you open your eyes and read me

i'm a bee, you're a flower
i'm a seed, you are the farmer
i am mud, you are a potter
so pick me up and make me whole cos

we both know it doesn't matter
if it's for the worse, or for the better
it's quite enough to have to hold
so hold my hand and take me home

and we won't second guess the future
cos we have fate between our fingers
so don't look back no more
i'm sure we have the answer

love song for ourselves

so we learn to breathe cos it's hard to see
the world from beneath our mother's skin

and we learned to cry when we waved goodbye
and opened up our eyes to live, to die

and we learn to dance so when we're on the ground
it doesn't have to look like we have fallen down

and we learn to dream cos that's the only way
to make the world seem better than it seems today

and we've grown so beautiful
we've grown so beautiful
we've grown so beautiful

and we learn to lie cos the truth takes sides
and words are the safest places to hide

and we learn to leap before we start looking
cos life's too deep and getting deeper by the second

but i think we'll be ok cos it's a lovely lovely day

cos we've learned to live between the lines that they have written
even though we hardly rhyme but we're poetry in motion

and we learn to love love love is what we're made of
all this time that we are given is our chance to make a difference

do i make a difference to you?

and we've grown so beautiful
we've grown so beautiful
we've grown so beautiful

if you let me

don't you cry baby
cos it's a brand new day
so please don't ruin it for everyone
by letting it rain

but if you find it too hard
to put a smile on your face
why don't you come on over
cos i'll be making your day

if you let me
i will make you glow
if you let me
these hands are for you to hold
if you let me
i won't let you go
and it don't matter where you are
i'll never ever be too far

please go easy on sorrow
there no time to lose
we've got so much to see tomorrow
let's just put on our shoes

and leave those memories behind
though he's got somebody new
but there's no reason to be down
cos i'll be hangin' with you

if you let me
i will make you glow
if you let me
these hands are for you to hold
if you let me
i won't let you go
and it don't matter where you are
i'll never ever be too far

and i will make your day
if you let me stay
i will help you take
those tears away
i'll accompany you
for two's company
and we will be ok
cos nothing's in our way
we'll stay this way
forever and a day
we'll be ok
and nothing's gonna change
we'll be
ok :)

but it's ok if the songs beat out of time
and it's ok if your words run off the line
and it's fine if she's long gone from your life
cos sometimes it takes a broken heart
to help you feel alive

thank you

because you made me move
like the wind across the hills

because you taught me how to smile
when i'd forgotten how to feel

because you showed me i could love
when i had nothing left to lose

because you made me dance
because you made me sing
because you showed me i could live

don't ask

don't ask me why
i'm sitting here all alone
don't ask me why
i don't pick up the phone
don't ask me why
i don't look so well
don't ask me why

don't ask me why
i'm ten feet off the ground
don't ask me why
i'm dancing like a clown
don't ask me why
you'll never make me tell
don't ask me why
cos you know me too well

don't ask me why
i'm trying so hard
don't ask me if
it's time to give up
don't ask me when
i think it's too late
don't ask me why

and don't tell me that
it's just another day
don't tell me that
it's gonna be ok
don't tell me now
that you'll be on your way
don't tell me now
cos i need you to stay

don't tell me that
i'm in way over my head
don't tell me now
that i should take a rest instead
don't tell me that
i don't have a chance in hell
don't tell me

don't ask me why
i'm standing in the rain
don't ask me if
i still feel any pain
don't ask me why
i don't try to save myself
don't ask me why
cos you know me too well

well you know
that movies make me cry
and i know
that you're always so afraid to try
and you know that i run away from spiders
and six legged creatures and small things that fly

well i know
you can't carry a tune
and you know
when i dance i trip over my shoes
but it's just fine
cos it's just the two of us
and there's no one else here
and lovers don't mind

we're doing just fine
cos lovers don't mind

and i know
you don't remember the day i was born
and you know that i always leave the lights on
and it's funny how long we can fight over nothing
cos i never give up and you never give in

but i know it's just a matter of time
we kiss and make up
you know it'll be good
the moment we wake up
i know when you're faking
you know when i'm making it up
when you're down you bake
when you give i can take

and we're doing just fine
cos lovers don't mind