Never Trust a Broken Heart

Never trust what a broken heart can do
It leaves you lonely
Leaves you feelin’ blue
Never trust when your heart and your mind collide
It’s boom or bust when part of you has died
What your broken heart will do – to you

Never trust that pain deep in your soul
Only trust those things you can control
Try to feel your feelings deep inside
They keep you reeling, but you just can’t hide
What your broken heart will do – to you 

(Solo)

Never trust what a broken heart can do
It leaves you lonely
Leaves you feelin’ blue
Never trust a broken heart
Never trust a broken heart
Never trust a broken heart

©2022 Marc Alan Platt BMI

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Never Trust a Broken Heart

Artist: Lisa Nemzo

20 EMPTY ROOMS Lisa Nemzo/Marc Platt © 2013 Dream Wild Songs ASCAP/ Impossible Songs BMI

Mom is crying alone in the night Dad keeps busy and out of sight A shattered family trying to survive Unimaginable - barely alive  No more laughter echoing down the halls Sudden memory of learning to crawl No graduation, no wedding cake No more birthdays just the heartache   Chorus: Twenty empty rooms Silence fuels the gloom Time just stands still In twenty empty rooms  In the silence they hold each other tight Night turns to day- and day into night We never know what it takes to heal To comfort what must seem unreal  Chorus: Twenty empty rooms  Bridge No words- they say Will ease this pain Nothing - will ever be the same  Chorus: Twenty empty rooms

20 Empty Rooms

For A War (THey Can Only Fight)

Mr. Lonely

I can’t sleep at night/Bad news keeps running thru my head
I never sleep that tight/The world is falling like a ton of lead
It’s death by a thousand cuts/Just waiting for the tide to turn
So I flip off the news, I simply refuse/Cuz I can’t stand to watch it all burn

Mr. Lonely gets so nervous
Mr. Lonely headed for a fall
Mr. Lonely knows we don’t deserve this
If we could only have it all

I know I cannot change the world (Mr Lonely)
I know I can only change my world  

Can with get this right?
Who will be the one?
Can the future be that bright?
Or will it all just come undone?

Mr. Lonely gets so nervous
Mr. Lonely headed for a fall
Mr. Lonely knows we don’t deserve this
If we could only have it all

I know I cannot change the world (Mr Lonely)
I know I can only change my world (Mr Lonely)

©2023 Marc Alan Platt

Mr. Lonely

It’s Fathers Day Again

If I were young again
I’d change around my plans
And listen to my old man
Because I miss the man
It’s Father’s Day again

We’d go round and round
Never finding common ground
Now I’m lost and haven’t found
The Answers he’s not around
It’s Father’s Day again

It’s Father’s Day again
He’s not here to defend
And I can’t make amends
It’s Father’s Day again

Will time heal all these scars?
Or is this who we really are?
So close and yet so far
Because I miss the man
It’s Father’s Day again

It’s Father’s Day again
He’s not here to defend
And I can’t make amends
It’s Father’s Day again

C 2023 Marc Alan Platt

It's Father's Day Again Marc Platt

Sirens

Emergency sirens blaring away
Telling us to shelter at home
Is it the end of the world
Or just another day to fear the unknown 

I hear the sirens
Then deafening silence
I hear the sirens 
I just wonder where it all went wrong 

Feel the panic level starting to rise
But I know I’m not alone 
Mothers and fathers gather their kids 
Get in their cars and head out of town

I hear the sirens
Then deafening silence
I hear the sirens
I still wonder where it all went wrong

My phone keeps ringing off the hook 
I guess they all want to say goodbye
I just don’t have it in me tonight
I sit there paralyzed
I hear the sirens
Then deafening silence
I hear the sirens 
I just wonder where it all went wrong 
I wonder where it all went wrong….. 
©2024 Marc Alan Platt

Sirens

Evolution Revolution 

Well the things that seemed so important 
Don’t mean that much to me now
The evolution revolution 
Have taken hold somehow

Things have changed
And not for better
Things have changed
But not forever 
It’s an evolution revolution now

I will be resistant and consistent 
With all my heart allows 
Trust that evolution revolution 
Will protect us somehow

Things have changed
We need God’s assistance 
Things have changed
Now we are the resistance 
It’s an evolution revolution now

Evolution Revolution
Silence is no solution
Evolution Revolution
It’s all about the execution
Silence is no solution/Evolution Revolution now

©2024 Marc Alan Platt BMI


Evolution Revolution

Don't Need No Kings

A "Real" Man, Woman and child have rights. Stand up for those rights in a civil way.

A Real Man_Marc Platt

"Singing My Truth" are observations about disruption on our city streets here in Los Angeles.

Singing My Truth

Find The Light
Someone help me find the light?
Please someone help me find the light?
Find the light in the deep blue sea
Find the light in you and me
Find the light and we’ll be free - Can’t you see?
Help me find my God tonight?
Cuz I need God’s help tonight?
I’ll find God in the truth I’m told
I’ll find God when I’m out in the cold
I’ll find God in the young and the old – Good as gold
(Solo)
Someone help me find the light?
Please someone help me find my God tonight?
An existential oversight
Can you help me find the light?
Can you help me find my God tonight?

c 2018 Marc Alan Platt

Find The Light

Coulda been/Woulda been 
Shoulda been…someone
Shoulda been/Woulda been
Coulda been…someone
I coulda been a star (Coulda been someone)
Never got that far (Shoulda been someone)
Then I gave it away (For nothing)
Now I know today…I coulda been someone

Coulda been/Woulda been 
Shoulda been…something
Shoulda been/Woulda been
Coulda been…something
Coulda been for real (Woulda been something)
But I could not deal (Shoulda been something)
Seems I lost the bet (Coulda been something)
But I’ll never forget… That I coulda been something)
(Solo)
Coulda been/Woulda been 
Shoulda been…somewhere
Shoulda been/Woulda been
Coulda been…somewhere

I coulda been a star (Coulda gone somewhere)
Never got that far (Shoulda gone somewhere)
Gave it all away (For nothing)
Now I know today…I coulda been someone



©2018 Marc Alan Platt

Single

Coulda Been Someone

Paul McCartney recorded a lot of material in 1969 that was rehearsed, but not recorded by The Beatles. Those tracks ended up on his excellent "McCartney" solo effort. "Junk" is one of my all-time favorite McCartney tracks. Here is my cover of his instrumental version. Just one guitar.

Junk (Instrumental)

She’s a walking, talking bundle of fire in the night
She’s every man’s worst nightmare when she wants to fight

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

When she keeps her distance/Don’t know what she feels
In an instant she’s resistant, it’s part of her appeal

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

Bridge:
Can’t get Candy off my mind
Her brightness overwhelms me blind
She tastes like candy…

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

©2019 Marc Alan Platt/John Ferriter

She Tastes Like Candy

Marc Platt recording of classic Nislson track "One."

One (by Harry Nilsson)

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
You play your hand, you make no excuse.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

When you’re young, you make your own breaks
The higher the pressure, the higher the stakes
In the end you do whatever it takes
To keep your nose to the ground.

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
You’re free to do what you gotta do.
But you don’t kick a man when he’s down.

It’s a sad, sad situation/To see a good man on the way down
It’s all about reputation and now it’s all over town. 

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
Even big winners sometimes lose.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

Down down down
You don’t kick a man when he’s down

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
Even big winners sometimes lose.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

©2021 Marc Alan Platt

Don't Kick A Man (When He's Down) Marc Platt

Marc Platt has been a singer-songwriter playing in and around Los Angeles since 1980. He fronted Los Angeles Power-pop band The Real Impossibles in the 1980's and had chart success with that band and several other projects since. His new record 'Big City'

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