Texas Love Songs

"Let Me Love You"

written in 1979
copyright 1993 by Michael Lee Steenbergen

Let me love you
like the stars and the moon love the sky.

Let me love you
like the sun and the rain love the earth.

Let me love you
like the tall mountains love the deep valleys.

Let me love you
like the foggy mist loves the great sea.

As you are...
As you were...
As you will be...
Let me love you as all of these.

"Dejame Amarte"

"Let Me Love You" * translated by Michael Lee Steenbergen
in Mexico City, El Hotel Bravo December 7, 1987
copyright 1993 by Michael Lee Steenbergen

Dejame amarte...
como las estrellas y la luna aman el cielo.

Dejame amarte...
como el sol y la lluvia aman la tierra.

Dejame amarte...
como las montanas altas aman los valles anchos.

Dejame amarte...
como la neblina ama el gran mar.

Como eres...
Como fuiste...
Como seras...
Dejame amarte como estas.

* written in 1979 in Austin, Texas

"EVERY SMILE"

words and music by Michael Lee Steenbergen 1978
copyright 1983,1993 by Michael Lee Steenbergen

{ VERSE 1:}
I've tried so hard to say in so many
different ways...
I wish that you understood I love you
and that...
I'd be good...
....good for you.

{ CHORUS:}
It's the truth that's behind every smile
beneath every mile we walk...
I'd like to hold your hand
and then stand in the sun...
I'd like to run through the sands of time
call you mine for just a while...
....see you smile.

{ VERSE 2:}
Walk with me one more mile and I'll make
you smile again.
I'll show you love that is pure
as fallen snow...
Please let's go...
....let love show.

{ CHORUS:}
It's the truth that's behind every smile
beneath every mile we walk...
I'd like to hold your hand
and then stand in the sun...
I'd like to run through the sands of time
call you mine for just a while...
....see you smile.

{ VERSE 3:}
If our paths do not cross once more
before the song is over...
Please remember me loving thee...
for eternity...
loving you.
Loving you...
...see you smile.

"Sing Love"

words by Michael Lee Steenbergen 1977
and music by David Lyons 1976
copyright 1982,1993 by Michael Lee Steenbergen

Sing love...
...it does not possess.
Sing love...
...it does not cry.
Sing love...
...once given birth.
Sing love...
...need never die.
Sing Love!

Bodies be mortal and must pass away.
Ashes they are and dust they'll stay.
Yet love's a creature all it's own...
crosses boundaries...
cracks the stone.
The walls we build, hard as rock,
cannot survive love's gentle knock

Love.
It does not possess...
It does not cry...
...once given birth need never die.
Sing Love!

Sing love...
...it does not possess.
Sing love...
...it does not cry.
Sing love...
...once given birth.
Sing love...
...need never die.
Sing Love!

STAY WITH ME

VERSE 1:

I could be pope or president
I could drive a Mercedes Benz.
I've been downtown in my limousine
and I know I'm going back again.

But darling if you asked me from your heart
where I really want to be
I'd tell you "I'm there" and don't want to go
Just stay here with me.

CHORUS:

Will you lay by my side in the night
Fill my heart and my soul with love's light
Will you lay by my side on a thousand starry nights
Will you lay down beside me tonight?

VERSE 2:

I've been around and up on stage
I think I was a superstar
But I feel just right in my broken truck
than impressing you with my fancy car.

My mother, she loves me for all that I am
all that I was and will be
and you changed my life from broken dreams
to a chance at reality.

CHORUS:

Will you lay by my side in the night
Fill my heart and my soul with love's light
Will you lay by my side on a thousand starry nights
Will you lay down beside me tonight?

Copyright 1993 by Michael Lee Steenbergen
All Rights Reserved

Typeset by Rock Mountain Productions January 10, 1993
Revised March 19, 1993