Prelude - Journey of Two Hearts

Bob Thompson - piano

Feel Your Love

I don't want to talk about it
Don't tell me what it's like
I don't want to hear another word tonight
And I don't have to search for meaning
I already think too much
Everything I need to know is in your touch

I want to feel your love
Let the power have its way
Let it lift me up
And carry me away
I want to stand in that beam
Til nothing else is real
Til the world becomes a dream
And all I know is that I feel your love

Drowning in your eyes I'm falling
And time is standing still
Silently surrendering beneath your spell
I have lost my way forever
I'm gone without a trace
Baby let me stay in this secret place

I want to feel your love…

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar, vocals
Bob Thompson - piano
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
Ammed Solomon - percussion
David Porter - laptop
Kim Parent, Britt Savage, Chip Davis - harmony vocals

I Can't Love Anyone But You           MP3 (2.3 MB)

I thought I saw you in a crowd today
But hey, that's nothing new
I walk this world
With only one girl in mind…

I can be enticed
By a beauty on the street
I can be enchanted
By a sweet thing I might meet
I could stay a friend
To a lover I once knew
But I can't love anyone but you

I have talked for hours
In a café on a date
I have felt attraction
And believed that it was fate
Until you know your heart
Oh the foolish things you do
And I can't love anyone but you

No one else can make me feel
That life is worth the living
No one's loved the part of me
That sometimes needs forgiving
Only you, only you…

All the guys I know
Seem to want to play the field
Searching different faces
To find some way to feel
Let them have their fun
I know one thing is true
I can't love anyone
Can't love anyone
I'll never love anyone but you

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Robert Frisch - Harvest Angel Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Bob Thompson - piano
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
David Davidson - violin solo

Strings arranged by Don Hart

String players on tracks:
Violin: David Davidson, David Angell, Pamela Six Fin, Mary Katherine Vanosdale
Viola: Kristin Wilkinson
Cello: Anthony Lamarchina, Sari Reist
Bass: Craig Nelson

Baby Let's Take The Chance           MP3 (1.8 MB)

I see your heart hiding
Peeking through your shy smile
And I think you know the secret
I've been keeping for a while
Girl I long to hold you
And whisper your sweet name
And you can go right on pretending But I think you feel the same, so

Baby let's take the chance on love
That we've been given
Why don't we trust our hearts and dance
When all we're dreaming of
Is right here in our hands
Baby let's take the chance

We're like two lonely wallflowers
Who know the band won't play all night
Still we hold back waiting
Afraid the moment's not quite right
We don't have forever
But if we let this pass us by We're surely gonna have forever
To regret we didn't try, so

Baby let's take the chance on love…

All my life I've played it safe
So afraid to lose
But now I'm prepared to risk it all on you
Say you feel it too

Baby let's take the chance on love…

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Bobby King - Bobby King Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Bob Thompson - electric piano
Jim Kimball - electric guitar
John Kessler - precision bass
Ammed Solomon - drums
Ken Tackett - percussion
Kim Parent, Britt Savage, Chip Davis - harmony vocals

In Return           MP3 (2.1 MB)

Listening to the whispers of the evening
Listening to you whisper in my ear
Painting vivid pictures of tomorrows
Tenderness dissolving all my fear

And I'm with you in a moment I have dreamed of
Naked to a flame that's meant to burn
But if I take this deeper love you offer
What can I give you in return

In return for your burning kiss
In return for your faithfulness
What can I give you in return
In return, am I worthy of
In return, your gift of love
What can I give you in return

Facing every lightning storm that blinds us
Bending til we fear that we might break
Thinking now and then we've reached our limit
Finding out there's much more love to make

In return for your burning kiss
In return for your faithfulness
What can I give you in return
In return, am I worthy of
In return, your gift of love
What can I give you in return

In return we embrace the day
Through the years every time we pray
We thank God for our love in return
In return til the day we die
We give up, then again we try
We celebrate our love in return

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Robert Frisch - Harvest Angel Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Jim Kimball - classical guitar
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
Ammed Solomon and Mark Davis - percussion
David Porter - trumpet
Doug Payne - saxophone
Kim Parent, Britt Savage, Chip Davis - harmony vocals

When You Talk To Me

When you talk to me
It comes right from your heart
Oh if you could see
How beautiful you are in my eyes
Passionate and wise
When you talk to me

When you whisper low
And quietly reveal
All your crazy dreams
Everything you feel deep inside
There's nothing that you hide
When you talk to me

Your voice is like music to my soul
No choice, I lose all control
As each word I hear Caresses my ear

When you talk to me In the midnight hush
In the candle glow
Can you feel me blush to my toes
I open like a rose
When you talk to me

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Robert Frisch - Harvest Angel Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocal
Kim Parent - duet vocal
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
Ron Sowell - harmonica

If I Could Say No To You

If I could say no to you
I could get on with my life
I could heal this heart of mine
And sleep all through the night
I could waken with the dawn
And live my dreams anew
If I could say no to you

If I could say no to you
I could be myself again
I could dare to be alone
In a way I've never been
There'd be nothing in this world
That I couldn't do
If I could say no to you

It doesn't matter how much I love you
I know you'll never
Love me in return
You only phone me
When you're feeling lonely
And I say yes
Cause I guess I never learn

If I could say no to you
I could get what I deserve
The chance to find real love
Hear the words I've never heard
I'd say yes to happiness
Stop being such a fool
If I could say no to you

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Robert Frisch - Harvest Angel Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Jim Kimball - electric guitar
Randy Gilkey - keyboards
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
David Porter - trumpet
Doug Payne - saxophone
Kim Parent - harmony vocals

Wings of Goodbye

If you look at me now
We're both gonna cry
Still I can't resist
One last look in your eyes
I'm grasping for words
Though I know it's too late
Words won't keep you from flying away

On the wings of goodbye
I know I had my chance
But I let your heart
Slip through my hands
So take all the love That I kept locked inside
Let it fly with you now On the wings of goodbye

Then a trembling embrace
A sweet final kiss
But bitter regret
Is all I taste on my lips
For what might have been
If I'd let my love show
I wouldn't be standing here watching you go

On the wings of goodbye…

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Ron Sowell - Story Circle Music (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Jim Kimball - classical guitar
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
Ammed Solomon - percussion
Kim Parent, Britt Savage - harmony vocals

Strings arranged by Don Hart

String players:
Violin: David Davidson, David Angell, Pamela Six Fin, Mary Katherine Vanosdale
Viola: Kristin Wilkinson
Cello: Anthony Lamarchina, Sari Reist
Bass: Craig Nelson

Reckless Devotion           MP3 (2.1 MB)

You never could keep a secret
Baby I've always known
You're watching over and letting me think
That I keep pulling through on my own
But like the sun pours her heart out
To the man in the moon
I'd be spinning in darkness
If it wasn't for you

And your reckless devotion
Your fearless embrace
The smile of redemption
When I lose my way
Standing beside me
My angel of faith
Your reckless devotion
Is my saving grace

For the gifts that you give me All you ask me to do
Is just to stay true to myself
The same as I stay true to you
Love was a light that I dreamed of
And prayed that someday I'd find
The brightest I could imagine
Was like a shadow beside

Your reckless devotion…

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Kent Agee - Sony/ATV (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - vocals
Bob Thompson - piano and organ
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums and percussion
Kim Parent, Britt Savage, Chip Davis - harmony vocals

Nothing To Hide

I don't have to act nice
I don't have to think twice
And I don't need to practice my lines

I'm not staying up late
Trying to keep my story straight
Cause I've got nothing to hide

I don't dodge any calls
Or walk hugging the walls
I've got no skeletons to deny

That old cloud of dread
Has departed my head
Cause I've got nothing to hide

I never used to know this
Discreet form of bliss
I was a bad actor in a bad play
Feeling not good enough
I thought life was a bluff
Till you showed up and showed me the way

Now I lie here with you
And the silence is true
As any words ever said

And whatever I'd say
You would love me anyway
You've shown me it's safe to confide
And that's why I've got nothing to hide

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)

Jon Wikstrom - acoustic guitar and vocals
Jim Kimball - electric guitar
John Kessler - fretless bass
Ken Tackett - drums
Ammed Solomon - percussion
Mark Davis - percussion
David Porter - trumpet
Doug Payne - saxophone
Jim Grosscup - trombone

Journey of Two Hearts

The journey of two hearts
Starts with one smile
One kiss, one touch
You search your lifetime
Then the moment finds you
So strange, so new
So deep, so true

The journey of two hearts
Is a wild ride
You laugh you fly
You hold on tight and never stop believing
You'll find your way
You dare to stay

Your heart will break in ways you can't imagine
Then soar to heights you'd never reach alone
The more you come to see
How close two hearts can be
The more the mystery

The journey of two hearts
Is a long road
Warm sun hard rain
But you're each other's only destination
You rise you fall
It's love after all
It's love after all

Jon Wikstrom - Ironic Juxtaposition Music (ASCAP)
Robert Frisch - Sony/ATV/Michael O'Rear Publishing (BMI)

Jon Wikstrom - vocal
Bob Thompson - piano