Dave-Michael Valentine

Wonder of Your Love Dave-Michael Valentine

Wonder of Your love

I remember the very first time you walked down that lane
And I thought to myself, I’d never be the same
Everything about you caught my eye, calling my name
And I started to sing to myself this old refrain

And I can’t help but consider you, as I contemplate the wonder of your love
Everything that you are and you do, cries out the awe and wonder of your love

I can’t sleep beneath these stars in the night
Knowing that you’re out there wandering tonight
There will be no end to this endless plight
As I watch the sunrise giving way to daylight

And I can’t help but consider you, as I contemplate the wonder of your love
Everything that you are and you do, cries out the awe and wonder of your love

Just when I think that we’ll make it
I imagine my heart, how you’ll break it
Guess I’ll never understand why
Being without you still makes me cry

I saw you again as you were, just yesterday
And I thought to myself that today might be the day
That you’d realize that your life might be astray
And that you might find the answer looking my way

And I can’t help but consider you, as I contemplate the wonder of your love
Everything that you are and you do, cries out the awe and wonder of your love

How to Say the Words

I forget how to speak, if I could only say how I feel
But I don’t know how to say the words
Feel my knees getting weak, if I could just close this deal
But I don’t know how to say the words

Saw you walking down the street, made my heart skip a beat
You heart strewn along your sleeve
You’re the one I want to meet, let me sweep you off your feet
And assure your lover never leaves

I forget how to speak, if I could only say how I feel
But I don’t know how to say the words
Feel my knees getting weak, if I could just close this deal
But I don’t know how to say the words

I wish you could only know, that I’d never let you go
‘Cause I would lose you for all time
That’s the worst thing I could do, knowing how much I’d love you
I’m but a paralyzed mime

This is your last chance ask her to dance
I’m stuck in paralytic prose
This is your last chance ask her to dance
Only my hairdresser knows…

I forget how to speak, if I could only say how I feel
But I don’t know how to say the words
Feel my knees getting weak, if I could just close this deal
But I don’t know how to say the words

Saw you walking down the street, made my heart skip a beat
You heart strewn along your sleeve
You’re the one I want to meet, let me sweep you off your feet
And assure your lover never leaves

I forget how to speak, if I could only say how I feel
But I don’t know how to say the words
Feel my knees getting weak, if I could just close this deal
But I don’t know how to say the words…

Thank You for Saying that You Love Me Dave-Michael Valentine

Thank You for Saying that You Love Me

You’ve show me things that I’ve never seen
Opened my eyes so that I could believe
Shown me things I’ve never seen before
You think I’m begging you for something more…
We’ve gone places that I’d never been
And I’d do it all over again
We’ve had our cake and we ate it, too
But that’s all that we’re gonna do
We’ve shared things that I’ve never shared
And gone where others have not dared
We’ve danced and we’ve played our guitar
And sung songs to the brightest star
But there are limits to what we can share
As long as we both breathe this air
When I think that you can really see
Then you say that you love only me

Thank you for saying that you love me
Understand that I can’t love you
I appreciate all you’ve done for me
But I’ve got another to whom I must be true

I don’t want to see your broken heart
Or spend one more minute apart
Why can’t you simply understand
That we follow the path that was planned
If we rise above all this pain
To see our lives continue to remain
I don’t want what we have to end
Why can’t you accept it and be my friend?

Thank you for saying that you love me
Understand that I can’t love you
I appreciate all you’ve done for me
But I’ve got another to whom I must be true

(Interlude)

We’ve shared things that I’ve never shared
And gone where others have not dared
We’ve danced and we’ve played our guitar
And sung songs to the brightest star
But there are limits to what we can share
As long as we both breathe this air
When I think that you can really see
Then you say that you love only me

Thank you for saying that you love me
Understand that I can’t love you
I appreciate all you’ve done for me
But I’ve got another to whom I must be true
Thank you for saying that you love me.

Cannibal Girls Dave-Michael Valentine

Cannibal Girls

I had a friend who used to hang out in clubs

He liked variety in the girls he’d meet

’til he met a cannibal girl in the shrubs

who reduced my friend to hamburger meat

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

Ever know a man who suddenly disappeared

Without a word to friends or relatives?

You might think it’s absurd or weird

Stay away from where the cannibal girl lives.

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

Sure, you’ll get what you’re looking for

but you’ll get more than what you bargained for

Just when you couldn’t ask for more

You’ll be that girl’s soup du jour

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

Cannibal girls are a feast for the eyes

they say everything that you want to hear.

Every now and then another man dies

You might be a side dish for a year.

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

(guitar noodling)

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Cannibal Girls find out where you hide

Cannibal Girls look so damn cute

Cannibal Girls skin off your birthday suit

Cannibal Girls, they’ll eat you alive

Momma never told you about cannibal girls.

Where’d the War Be? Dave-Michael Valentine

Where’d the War Be?

I’ve got nothing to hide. Look inside my empty pockets.

I’ve got some insecticide, some heat-seeking rockets.

Bombs and guns galore. Guns and ammo abound.

To prove I love you more; can’t you hear the sound?

(rifle shot)

Where’d the war be

without me giving you all this artillery for this military coup?

Tell me, where’d the war be

Without the stuff that you need?

Looking at your history; don’t think you can make it without me.

How about missile fire? Planes for fight in air?

I’ve got some razor wire to reach from here to there

Gonna need some land mines – make sure the trip wire’s set

Talk about explosions – Baby, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

Where’d the war be

without me giving you all this artillery for this military coup?

Tell me, where’d the war be

Without the stuff you need?

Looking at your history; don’t think you can make it without me.

You got to have some napalm, to assure you win the race

And how about a nuclear bomb, just in case?

No to forget the bio – logical weapons, I meant to say

Nothing like a fatal disease to spoil a perfect day!

Where’d the war be

without me giving you all this artillery for this military coup?

Tell me, where’d the war be

Without the stuff that you need?

Looking at your history; don’t think you can make it without me.

I’ve got nothing to hide. Look inside my empty pockets.

I’e got some insecticide, some heat-seeking rockets.

Bombs and guns galore. Guns and ammo abound.

To prove I love you more; can’t you hear the sound?

Nightmare Dave-Michael Valentine

Nightmare

O’ God, this is a nightmare… Please help me wake up

This can’t be. How could You let this happen to me?

Please help me wake up.

No. That’s not her. It can’t be. Please help me wake up

She’ not my daughter. She can’t be.

Let me wake up.

She’s been beaten, she’s be bruised. She’s been bleeding, she’s been shot.

My daughter… this is not.

Is it?

(Yes, I’m afraid it’s her.)

O’ God, this is a nightmare… Please help me wake up

This can’t be. You wouldn’t let this happen to me.

Please let me wake up.

O’ God, this is a nightmare…

Contemplate the Mysteries Dave-Michael Valentine

Contemplate the Mysteries

Look my way and you will find that you’ll find I’m worth the time

The future’s full (of) uncertainty, look with your heart and you will see

The colors of the ties that bind and The Reason behind the rhyme

You’ll see life’s frivolity and get a glimpse of what could be

Contemplate the mysteries, all of life’s uncertainties

Ponder majestic fantasies, our interlocking destinies

Together we will extrapolate consciousness of love and hate

We will drink from the well unbound from heaven or hell

Universally intertwined we’ll leave our past well behind

Soaring above the physical plane, where other humans still remain

Contemplate the mysteries, all of life’s uncertainties

Ponder majestic fantasies, our interlocking destinies

We will reunite as one, a fusion that can’t be undone

Having the possibility of exceeding our humanity

Serenity bestowed upon we who bask within the Son

Take a chance and you could see we could have eternity

Contemplate the mysteries, all of life’s uncertainties

Ponder majestic fantasies, our interlocking destinies

There’s Something Dave-Michael Valentine

There’s Something

There’s no reason to be suspicious of you, you always return home

I know you love me, you tell me do. Why am I sleeping all alone?

Hours go by slower, days even slower still.

Could I have made you fuller, or did you have your fill?

And I wonder where you are tonight

I sure hope you’ll be alright

I know you love me, you say you do

I hope you love me like I love you

But there’s something… There’s just something…

Believe me, I couldn’t leave you. What did I ever do?

Come back and please believe me, I think that I still want you

I saw you just the other day, I wasn’t sure, you just walked away

Who it was for sure, I’ll never know. I hear you see you wherever I go.

And I wonder where you are tonight

I sure hope you’ll be alright

I know you love me, you say you do

I hope you love me like I love you

But there’s something… There’s just something…

There’s no reason to be suspicious of you, you always return home

I know you love me, you tell me do. Why am I sleeping all alone?

Hours go by slower, days even slower still.

Could I have made you fuller, or did you have your fill?

And I wonder where you are tonight

I sure hope you’ll be alright

I know you love me, you say you do

I hope you love me like I love you

But there’s something… There’s just something…

There’s just something… (I don’t know what it is)

There’s just something…

CDs by Dave-Michael Valentine

Bootleg

Diverse, wide-range of assorted unreleased recordings, unavailable on other CDs. Includes demos, promotional releases and test recordings.

Songs Include: Little Miss Operator – One Step Away – Daddy, Where R U? – Freedom – Hurt Me – Sex Music – You Ain’t Good Enough – Concrete Jungle – Marriage Proclamation (wedding song) – Hit And Run – The Marryin’ County Blues – Shmooze Shuffle – Someone Else’s Woman – When I’m With You

MSRP: $18.99

Dave And Tom

Chronicles songs performed with Tomas A. Sulik at Visual Cuisine Studios in Salem, Oregon. Production noticably different that other projects thanks to Sulik’s influence. Featuring a wider variety of musical styles.

Songs Include: One Way To Two – Wonder Of Your Love – Lonely Lady – Marryin’ County Blues – Revenge – When I’m With You – Hit And Run – Retail Sore Blues – Island Girl In The City – Someone Else’s Woman – Wedding Song – Goin’ Home Blues – Shmooze Shuffle

MSRP: $18.99

Carpenter’s Apprentice

Reunion of Valentine’s band, Carpenter’s Apprentice yields updated recordings of earlier songs performed by the band. Some say the old recordings are better than the newer ones. Check out the more contemporary sounds and judge for yourself.

Songs Include: Mirror Image – I’ve Got A Love – Love Tag – I Can’t Get Enough – Little Miss Operator – Red Carpet – Find My Way – Top Secret – When I’m With You – X-Ray Vision – There Is A Beggar – Letter To Dad – What Would You Do?

MSRP: $18.99

StratUsFear

Following divorce and estrangement from his offspring, an explosion of emotion, creativity and observational expression resulted in the audio statement that is Valentine’s StratUsFear. Questioning life on this planet and interactivity with the opposite sex.

Songs Include: I Want To See – We’ll Always Have Each Other – Cannibal Girls – Hurt Me – I’m A Fugitive – Live And Let Die – Concrete Jungle – What You Do For You – They Say He’s Cool – California Girls – I’m Not From Here

MSRP: $18.99

Raiders of the Lost Tapes

While working on in-studio projects, Valentine released this collection of 12 songs that found themselves without homes, yet were requested by concert-goers. Valentine rocks out w/acoustic guitars, bass and drums.

Songs Include: One Good Reason – UNIR Meant 2B – If The World Ends Tomorrow – Where’d The War Be? – I Should Have Known – Just Two Days – Letter From Mexico – Life On The Line – Out Of Here – Rebound Blues – See Inside You – Saying That You Love Me

MSRP: $18.99

One Family Under God

Valentine teams up with his offspring to express reverent joy and a familial belief in God.

Songs Include: Wedding Song – It’s A Happy Day – This Is The Day – Without Faith – Joy Is The Flag – Lead Me To The Rock – Father, I Adore You – Spring Up O’ Well – They That Trust In The Lord – Ho, Ho, Hosanna – The Joy Of The Lord – Kindness – Gentle Breeze – Joy – Love, Love, Love – Living Fire – This Day

MSRP: $12.98

Top Secret

Album project three years in the making that reveals some of the most intimate and revealing songwriting. Subject matter includes feelings of abandonment, rejection, independence, unworthiness, the death of a loved one and the ability to move on.

Songs Include: Top Secret – Little Miss Operator – There’s Something – X-Ray Vision – I’m An Adult Now – Every Time I Try To Help – Where’s Annie? – Good Life – Nightmare – Departure – Talk To Me – Everyone Needs Jesus

MSRP: $18.99

Spiritual Graffiti

The title of this collection of original songs penned by Valentine is perfect due to the variety of content. There is an extreme variety of tunage appiled. Perfect for fans and non-fans alike.

Songs Include: When I’m With You – Find My Way – I Can’t Get Enough – On The Prowl – New Life – Turnin’ Myself In – How To Say The Words – You Ain’t Good Enough – My Bride To Be… – SCUM – We Can Change The World

MSRP: $18.99

One Step Away

DMV’s foray into a more electric sound. A folk/rock full-tilt boogie’ll have you tappin your toes and singing along, whether you like it, or not, with some psychadelia thrown-in for good measure.

Songs Include: Letter To Dad – Contemplate The Mysteries – What Would You Do – Red Carpet – There Is A Beggar – Where I’m Goin’ – One Step Away – I’ve Got A Love – I Wonder – Seasons Change

MSRP: $12.98

Crawling Out

Acoustic irreverent reverence. Heartfelt sarcastic look at the world through the eyes of a skeptical believer.

Songs Include: Daddy, Where Are You? – The Great Grape Jam – In The Son – A Better Day – Mirror Image – Mary’s Little Rock-N-Roller – When I Get Down – Come On In – Together Again – What No Man – Thank You, O’ Lord

MSRP: $12.98

What’s It To Ya?

Acoustic early recordings. Light-hearted, meaningful, sincere early effort of Dave-Michael Valentine.

Songs Include: One Way Warrior – Look In My Eyes – Empty Nest – Searched the Whole World – She’s A Good Girl – Thanks To the War – When I Look In Your Eyes – Why Not Me? – Quick Song – I Want To Know Him – Slpash, Splash, Splash

MSRP: $12.98

Today Dave-Michael Valentine

When I look at life all around, I hear the sweet, silent sound
You say, Okay, I’m yours today
I’ll take time and ask myself why you and I will reach for the sky
I’m yours, you’re mine, our lives in time
Our two lives will become one, standing ‘neath the hot noon-day sun
We play, we say, for fun today
We’ll laugh and have a good time, we’ll frolic in rhythm and rhyme
We’ll show we know our love will grow today

We think we know what tomorrow will bring
We laugh, we sing, we shout about everything
I wonder if it’s all to good to be true
All I know it that I like spending today with you
Today

When I look at life all around, I hear the sweet, silent sound
You say, Okay, I’m yours today
I’ll take time and ask myself why you and I will reach for the sky
I’m yours, you’re mine, our lives in time
Our two lives will become one, standing ‘neath the hot Sunday sun
We play, we say, for fun today
We’ll laugh and have a good time, we’ll frolic in rhythm and rhyme
We’ll show we know our love will grow today

Today is all I ask for. I’d be a fool if I asked for more.
Today, we say, We have today.
If everyday could be like today, I’d give my life just to say
Today is just another ordinary day