Selected Song Lyrics
by Gina Quartermaine
Prelude
to Passion
Prelude to Passion
Different dreams at night
Whisper to me in vain
Dark nights of passion running
Around through my brain
An intense kind of heat
Tossing me in my sleep
Unconscious secrets only I have to keep
And yet the more they move me
Like a distant undertow
They follow me wherever I have to go
In every direction, they never seem to cease
This yearning for you never gives me any peace
A prelude to passion this I can’t deny
This is only the beginning of a sweet lullaby
A prelude to passion nothing more can be said
Just a prelude going around in my head
In the senselessness of night
The overwhelming tide
Of wishes and desires while laying on my side
Look what love has done to me and my soul
It’s a love that I can no longer contain
A prelude to passion
This is only the start
Of something that has been bursting inside of my heart
A prelude to passion
It started with a kiss
And explodes in a moment
Like this
Gina
Quartermaine
1st prize
International Narrative Song Competition, Romantic Love Narrative Lyrics 2006
Purple Heart
Moonbeams on my shoulder
Stars in endless streams
casting broken shadows
in the madness of my dream
In this forsaken hour
I'm forced to pack my bags
Love can make you hopeless
or tear you into rags
Shadows drifting, fading,
nighttime devour
I meant to say goodbye
but I haven't got the power
Give me a purple heart
I've earned it for my life
Loving can be hard
like the sharp edge of a knife
Give me a purple heart,
something for my soul
I can't play the loser role
The light behind the curtain
soothing like a sigh
Time stands still uncertain
Will I laugh or will I die !
Give me a purple heart
I've earned it for my life
Love can be hard like the
sharp edge of a knife.
Gina Quartermaine
Poetry Society of America
Mary Carolyn Davies Award