Every songwriter has one song that is the most revealing of who they are, the "most them." This is Mark's song. It was written on a very special Martin Guitar in the corner of Tom Dundee's living room in the Roger's Park neighborhood of Chicago late one night after a long day's drive for Mark and Gary. It's a song about everything Mark is passionate about in life. And it is still, "the most" him.
Lyrics
Passions
Mark Elliott
I've got a passion for mountains, a passion for skies
The sound of a freight train stealing the night
And the dreams I get when my working day is through
I've got a passion for cars that used to be cars
Closing my eyes and watching the stars
And baby I've got a passion for you
Love and pain ain't nothin' but the marrow of my life
I might be an emotional man but I'm not in disguise
So if you'll take me as I am I think you'll find my love is true
And that I'm one of the passionate few
And I've got a passion for you
I've got a passion for highs a passion for lows
The midnight AM Radio
And the way it feels to finally shake the blues
I've got a passion for memories and lifelong friends
Morning kisses that never end
And baby I've got a passion for you
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I've got a passion for bets, a passion for breaks
But a habit of making big mistakes
I've been tossed around and spun beneath the wheel
But I know what I know I feel what I feel
I say what I say, and at least that's real
REPEAT CHORUS
©1992 Bluewater Music Corp., BMI