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Music was as much a part of my childhood as playing sports and hunting with my dad.  My mom played the piano and organ, and both my sister and I grew up with piano lessons and later for me trombone.  Playing stayed with me through college, and that coupled with my fondness for writing inspired me to begin writing songs (both music and lyrics).  After Graduate School I wrote many, but the following were recorded and received some airplay on local radio call in shows and bars around town.  I'll try and upload the audio later, but you can find the story behind the lyrics in my blog.

If The Morning Never Came

  Renee'

If the Morning Never Came
Would I leave all fears behind
Could I see beyond the wall
We built of jealousy and pride

We're the victims of a game
That started long ago
Twilight sings a love song
But we soon forget the notes

Can we hear the music inside

Chorus
Say goodbye with each daybreak
Hard to whisper so hard to take
All I can do is bear the pain
And wonder if we'd be alone
If the morning never came

Our worlds seem unrelated
Yet sharing space and time
We watch the same horizon
But part with each sunrise

​The morning breeze is empty
No smile to start the day
We left with words unspoken
It seems we're both afraid

Now it's time to conquer the fear

Chorus
​
 copyright 1988 Barton D. Kesner, ASCAP


City lights pass far below
Miles stretch as I go
I touch your hand in my heart
Think about the time we spent
Hide my tears in the dark
And I ask, were we real

Marking time til I see you
I wonder if you feel it too
Minutes pass it seem like days
Want to call, but can you hear
Voices sound far away
So I ask, was it real

Chorus
Oh Renee'
I'm feeling what words can't say
I wish you were here today
By my side
Oh Renee'
Your smile is so far away
I dream of a time you'll stay
Close to me
Do you remember the night, remember the night
Oh Renee'

​Was it love we felt that night
Or were you kissing me goodbye
Precious moments in your eyes
Do they last or slip away
Try to keep thoughts alive
And I hope, they are real


Chorus

​copyright 1988 Barton D. Kesner, ASCAP




With You

Another day has turned to dusk
I remember times we spent alone
Watching stars from a moonlit lawn
Holding hands until the dawn

Oh but I
Don't understand, what do the memories mean
Could it be
Something began, and I'm just now beginning to see

Chorus
I want to spend another crazy night with you
I want to see if wishful thinking can come true
All I ask for is a sign
And hear you say I want to be with you

I try to imagine how you feel
You're on the thin edge of somewhere
A hazy world of love and pain
Letting go of one to love again

Precious times
Holding you tight, we're a moment away
If you want
More than tonight, I'm hoping you won't be afraid

Chorus


copyright 1989 Barton D. Kesner, ASCAP

Distant Heart

I'm lying here alone
I can only hear my heart
Since words you whispered soft
Are silent in the dark

I still recall the nights
we played beneath the moon
spent in sweet embrace
You forgot so son

But my thoughts still turn to you
I'm just not strong enough to face the truth

Chorus
Distant heart
Close to hear to far to touch
Distant heart
I never thought I asked for much
Distant heart
All I wanted was a chance
Now I lie here calling distant heart

You look the other way
but you never said goodbye
I could learn to let you go
If I knew the reasons why

Silently I wonder
if feelings really change
Does unfulfilled desire
Mean passion still remains

But I'm fooling myself
I just can't forget the way you felt

Chorus

Now I'm asking if your lonely too

copyright 1989 Barton D. Kesner, ASCAP
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