One Day

At that fateful moment

When we gaze into each other's eyes,

Time will stop; the world will not turn,

The past will not have been.

We will live only in that moment.

Each second will be special,

Each hour a dream come true,
Each day a new beginning.

At that moment

The distance will be closed

And forever will be ours:

But for now we can only whisper

"One day..."

© 1998 TDH

Love Story

All my life I dreamed of what true love should be

But I'd begun to think it wouldn't come to me

Then I met a man who touched me deep inside

But he wasn't mine, so my love I had to hide.

The spark of love lay smoldering within my heart

For many months, while he and I were far apart.

I never dared to hope he'd felt it, too

And was also feeling lost and blue.

Then I returned and saw him with his wife

So I was sure I'd never have him in my life

But then one night when we sat talking alone

He told me of the love for me he had known

From that moment, the spark erupted into flame

As we discovered our dreams had been the same

The more time we spent together, the more we knew

We had to find a way to make the dream come true.

For now we get together whenever we can--

We've love to share and our future to plan.

Soon the path will be clear for him and me

And our love at last we'll allow the world to see.

© 1990 TDR

Sacrifice

We've been together six years now, and I've always been the one to change my plans so you can make your dreams come true.

Now I'm finally trying to get something for myself,

and I find how unimportant my needs are to you.

No matter how often you may tell me that you care,

Your actions will continue to make a liar out of you.

If you really cared what I am going through right now,

You'd be staying right by my side,

not going far away from me for weeks on end,

leaving me with no support.

© 1989 TDR

So Close

We came so close

To making our dream come true;

It was right in front of us,

Waiting for us to reach out

And embrace it, turning it to reality,

Yet we hesitated again.

Still too afraid to try,

We turned away from it--

And each other--

Then wondered why

We still felt so alone.

© 1988 TDR

Roller Coaster Love

Our love is like a constant roller coaster ride--

One minute we're sitting on top of the world, lost in our happiness,

Then we plummet to the depths of despair and find ourselves with broken hearts and broken dreams.

Yet we're not willing to stop there and simply give up--

We pick up all the pieces and give it another try.

Isn't that what love is really all about?

It's knowing that, even through the hard times,

there's someone who will reach out their hand

and help you find the courage you need to go on--

The strength it takes to keep reaching for the stars.

© 1983 TDD

Gather My Love

Gather My Love

Gather my love like so many flowers

Collect the moments till they become hours

Moments, hours, drift into days

Gather my love in so many ways

Smile at me, hold me, kiss my lips

Caress my skin with your fingertips

Love me now as you have from the start

Love me with every beat of your heart

As we stand under the twinkling stars above

Look in my eyes and vow your love

Say you'll always be with me

And our love will everlasting be

On bright summer days with the sun up above

We'll gather up dreams as we gather our love.

© 1978 TDD

Dreams

Dreams

All alone I sit and dream of you

I find memories of things we used to do

My mind goes back to those days gone by

When we thought love was for only you and I

Days of love when the sun shone so very bright

And the stars came out for us each night

I cry when I hear a song you used to sing

Because of the memories they can bring

I hear your sweet voice ringing clear

And it's almost as though you're standing near

Sometimes I wonder, as I dream of you

If it could be you think of me, too.

Do you remember the moments we shared?

Do you remember you said you cared?

When we meet it seems a hundred years have passed

Since we two vowed our love would last

Sometimes I cry and sometimes I smile

But still I miss you all the while

Someday we may meet once more

And I will love you like before.

© 1978 TDD

The Many Sides Of Me

The Many Sides Of Me

If only there was a way for everyone to see

All the people deep inside me, struggling to be free

I live so many lives there in my mind

The one I really want is difficult to find

There's the me who's wife, mother, lover and friend

The me with a singing career, on a tour that never ends

The me who is an actress, playing parts upon the screen

And the me who is a doctor in a hospital neat and clean

Maybe someday the perfect life will fill my mind

And I'll be happy ever after, until the end of time

Until that day, I'll live within my fantasies

Dreaming of all the lives that make up me.

© 1977 TDD