Lyrics

All songs © James Somers

“When I Make You Smile”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “When I Make You Smile”)

I took the longer way home today

maybe a wrong turn along the way

but I made it home,

yea I made it home

I took a wild ride across her world

brought a new smile to a lonely girl

then I made her cry,

and I dont know why

now I’m searching for new ways to make it feel right

lost like a star on a stormy night

passing my time here without any plan

certain to make you a stronger man

saving my breath ’till I walk that last mile

waiting this long just to see your face

when I make you smile

I spent my younger years flying high

always so sure I could touch the sky

but I never did,

and I never will

I always do things the harder way

it made me the person I am today

and I wouldn’t change,

no I’ll never change

“Where I Feel The Eyes Upon Me”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “When I Make You Smile”)

Where I feel the eyes upon me

I look out along the sea

and while I fight to save the moment

holding out for what could be

You know I struggle as I stand,

I struggle but they push me down this road they paved for me

But I’ve seen waves on every seashore

and I wake to hear the sound

of the next one as it crashes in

leaving nothing on the ground,

except a castle in the sand,

just a castle where I feel the eyes upon me

Take my hand I’ll lead you from the stormy sea to the place I hide

We’ll be young again,

and I’ll be free

as we watch our worlds collide

Take my hand I’ll lead you from the stormy sea to the place I hide

We’ll be young again,

and I’ll be free

and the skies will open wide

Where I feel the eyes upon me

as I fight to stand my ground

wishing for the day a girl like you

would choose to hang around

’till the tides roll out to sea

leaving castles in the sand

and leaving you and me

So if I feel your eyes upon me

as I look out on the sea

All we’ll need is just this moment

borrowed from eternity

We’ll build a castle in the sand

just a castle where

I’ll feel your eyes upon me

“Why I Like Her Around”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “When I Make You Smile”)

She calls from a pay phone

just killing some time

She dares me to find her

while she hangs on the line

so I hop in my car

driving ’round ’round ’round

but the girl on the line’s

nowhere to be found

She waits on my doorstep

when I finally get home

She laughs when I tell her

to just leave me alone

She lays in the grass,

and pulls me down down down

and I can’t recall why I like her around

We walk on a hillside

with the wind in her hair

She looks to the mountains

like I’m not even there

like stars in the night,

falling down down down

and I can’t recall why I like her around

She walks in a garden

with the spring in the air

There’s just something about her

even when she’s not there

So I watch from afar, gazing down down down

and I seem to recall why I like her around

“How I Feel”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “When I Make You Smile”)

I feel the heat rising off the street

I feel the ground shaking under my feet

I watch her walk, and I watch her talk

I feel my body shaking right in my seat

See, I can tell by the way she stands

that she’d be worth her whole list of demands

She said it fast, boy I know your kind

you watch my body but you don’t see my mind

I said baby please, as I watched her breath

you know you’re cute but girl you got to unwind

’cause I can tell by the look in your eyes

that this attitude is no big surprise

So we can dine and see movies

or take a walk in the park

if you would just let me have

my own way in the dark

you got a problem with that

well girl you’ll just have to deal

’cause when the morning arrives . . .

this is how I feel

I get a rise from those “dreamy eyes”

I hold her waist and hope she doesn’t get wise

to my thoughts, and my bad desires

I keep them hidden in the perfect disguise

For she might tell by the things I say

how hard I’m trying just to get my way

I feel the heat, when she’s by my side

she’s in the drivers seat but I wish she’d just ride

I’m in my place, when she’s “in” my face

she makes the rules and I just got to abide

but I can tell by the way she sits

how much I love her little “sass and her wits”

so we can talk and be friends

and plan our future all day

if you would just send a piece of

that body my way

you got a problem with that

well girl you’ll just have to deal

’cause in the heat of the day . . .

this is how I feel

We can grow and communicate

and share our feelings all day

if you would just give your man

another roll in the . . .

Hey I could even sit through

an opera or some awful ballet

if you would just tell me

some of that love’s on its way

you got a problem with that

well girl you’ll just have to deal

’cause no matter what I say . . .

this is how I feel

“Storm In The Mirror”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

The sound of your voice promised to be

a mirror reflecting this side of me

but like all promises this one must break

and I’m left here with one moment to take

away a lifetime of high hopes and dreams

our very future ripped at the seams

so don’t go trying to make it all right

’cause there’s a storm in the mirror tonight

Now I’m that kind who loves from the start

at first sight you stole me and my heart

It only took you a short while to say,

you love me too but not in that way

but for one summer in ’82

it was just me and it was just you

you can’t tell me that it wasn’t right

’cause there’s a storm in the mirror tonight

I know it should have rang a bell

when they sang, “only time will tell”

well time has told me a thing or two

and one of them is I won’t be with you

but still my heart it bleeds for you

and all those dreams that could have come true

and I sure hope you’re doing all right

’cause there’s a storm in the mirror tonight

“Right Out Of My Mind”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

Down by the water, we walk together

I’ve got this feeling; it’s now or never

This feeling drives me, right out of my mind

Up by the city, we live together

She makes me feel like, we’ll last forever

This feeling drives me, right out of my mind

I lay in the evening, thoughts rush through my head

But I can’t begin to doubt when, she comes in to bed

When we’re together, boy it’s forever

But when it’s over, it’s even better

You know she drives me, right out of my mind

I wake in the morning, with an ache in my heart

I know I could never leave her, and that’s a good start

She says she loves me, sometimes she hates me

But bottom line is, she’d never trade me

And that just drives me, right out of my mind

You know she drives me, right out of my mind

“Cutie’s Pub”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

Old man mentioned that forgotten street

where as young boys we would come and meet

we’d run away from home to be with others like our own

and spend the night at Cutie’s Pub

Girls they come and girls they always go

and with my girls I would always go

for laughter and a song

and something warm to bring along

a small affair at Cuties Pub

But time has closed the doors at Cutie’s place

and stole from me the memory of your face

Now the names and faces all are new

and reminders of old times are few

but now and then my mind

drifts to another place and time

to be with fragments of some

old forgotten friends

to run away from now

to be with others who somehow

left their mark at Cutie’s Pub

“Song In My Heart”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

When did you come along,

and fill my heart with this song?

Was it always this magical?

Did it always feel so fine?

Were you with me forever?

Were you always on my mind?

When did you come along?

And baby would it be wrong,

if I can’t for the life of me

recall one single place or time,

when you weren’t in the rhythm,

when you weren’t in every rhyme?

’cause the song in my heart is you

and it plays with every beat

yea the song in my heart is you

and it makes my life complete

‘said the song in my heart is you

and I play it day and night

you’re the song in my heart

and that makes everything alright

when did you come along?

and baby would it be wrong,

if I asked you to stay awhile,

would that be misunderstood?

would you tell me you love me

or keep quiet like I should?

but I’ve waited too long

and like the words of a song

must be sang when the time is right

or the whole thing ends up wrong.

now I feel is the right time

to sing what you’ve known all along.

“Lady Of The Night”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

Her face was in the shadows

but her eyes could see the light

still I saw nothing coming when

she glanced at me that night

It’s not what I was looking for

I didnt have a clue

but once she had a hold on me

there was nothing I could do

and even though my heart and days

belong to someone else

when it’s the night

she’s what’s right

and you know that she will always be my

lady of the night

I can’t recall a payment

but I won’t forget the deal

no woman of the day could ever

have the same appeal

her eyes as dark as nighttime

and her body soft as dawn

just give me one more hour

before the daylight comes along

’cause even when the sun is bright

I long for that dark place

forget the day

say youll stay

’cause you know that you will always be my

lady of the night

but now all innocence is gone

as nights turn into years

and every single heartbeat fills

with passion, love and tears

I wish that we could fly away

and save our souls tonight

but this is real

how I feel

and you know that you will always be my

lady of the night

“Lucky Sandals”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

When I feel like I’m tired of real life, I

grab my sandals, my lucky sandals, and

if you feel it too, then I want to be with you, so,

take my hand and we’ll hit the sand, then we’ll

take a walk there, along the beach now,

where all those problems are out of reach now . . .

In the distance I see a Ferris wheel, it

keeps on turning like people learning, they

make the same mistakes, however long it takes,

but in the end they’ll say it doesn’t matter anyway,

but we’ll keep walking, along this beach now,

where all those people are out of reach now

I keep on dreaming about the beach now,

where all your worries are out of reach now

Look behind you, and see how far we’ve come,

then when you look at me you’ll

see your destiny, so

let’s just sit a while, before we walk another mile, then

hold my hand here and feel the sand here, ’cause

the boardwalk looks like a million candles and

I just kicked off my lucky sandals . . .

“The Bridge”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

Coming over the bridge that night

there was a stranger in the car I was driving

he played guitar and he wore black boots

but there’s a message in the song he was hiding

I thought of ways I could make him laugh

But all I got was a wave of emotion

I think he lost a love long ago

on an evening like this down by the ocean

and when I think of what it must have been like

to kiss your woman in the pouring rain

to hold her hand and swear you’ll never let go

and then to find out it was all in vain

I think he figured twenty years would be enough

to mend the pieces of a broken heart

and if he came back to the place where it ended

he could somehow make another start

but as we made it across the bridge

we felt the wind blow and it started to rain

and I looked up and I saw his face

and I watched it bring back all that pain

and I remember what it must have been like

to love a woman when you’re just seventeen

to kiss her body with the waves crashing in

and then to find out it was only a dream

“Drifters”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

You and I are drifters and we’re going down this track

the way out of that mess we left behind

and though we both know deep inside we’re never going back

we don’t know what it is we hope to find

the rain keeps pouring faster and our train it never comes

we never get to take that easy ride

the world is cruel my rambling friend

and sometimes so are we

but we both know the mission must be done

so take my hand and run with me

together we will see

without our dreams those tracks won’t see the sun

don’t understand the reason and perhaps we’ll never know

but somewhere back our tracks became as one

and I don’t know from where you came

or how far you will go

today at least we’re seeking the same sun

and when I hear that whistle blow you say it isn’t so

I turn my head to see that you are right

but I’m the one who keeps the train from being out of mind

even if it may be out of sight

“Someone Else’s Song”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

in a moment you may feel there’s

nothing left to say

but I’ve got something here for you

that no one would believe

they’d say they heard it all before

but never quite this way,

by now you’re probably wondering

what I’ve got here up my sleeve

someone else’s song was all I had until today

but someone else’s song can’t tell

the things I’m here to say

when I hear those songs of love I

think they could be true

but no one ever took the time

to sing them just for you

and when I hear those words of love I

think they may have lied

’cause no one ever mentioned

how you make me feel inside

come a little closer now and

hear the words I play

listen to the music that I

wrote for you today

we won’t forget those other songs

that helped us make it through

but now the world has one more and

it’s written just for you

“The Dreams I Left Behind”

Words and Music by James Somers

(From the album “The Dreams I Left Behind”)

ask me what I’m thinking of right now

and I’ll think of words to say,

and tell me what you’re feeling at this moment

I’ll think of words to say

but when I feel the raindrops fall,

or feel the sunshine on my face,

or when the gentle breeze begins to blow,

I’m swept off to another place

tell me that you need someone to hold you

and I’ll hold you in that way,

and tell me all the dreams that you’ve been hiding

they’ll all come true, someday

but underneath a starry sky

don’t look into my eyes,

’cause I’ll think of words to tell you why,

but there’s no way to disguise

the dreams I left behind

the dreams I left behind

ask me how I like our life together

I’ll think of words to say,

and let me hear you talk about forever

I’m with you all the way

but as the leaves begin to fall

ask me how I feel inside,

and I’ll think of words to tell it all,

and those words will surely hide

the dreams I left behind

the dreams I left behind