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On a Lonely Night

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

 

On a lonely night like this

What am I supposed to do?

Should I read a book and wait for you?

Should I pour myself a drink or two?


On a lonely night like this 

What am I supposed to do?

Should I write a song that’s just for you?

Should I find a guy for a night or two?


On a lonely night like this

All the silence makes me blue

I’m alone but I am true

Now I’ll learn to start anew

When the darkness passes through

There will be a better hue.


On a lonely night like this 

What am I supposed to do?

I’ll figure out how to live without you

I’ll figure out how to live without you.


 

Consolation

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

 

I’ll be discovered after I die

I’m so excited might even cry

To each rejection

I have no objection

I’ll be famous, just not now.


I will be treasured after I’m gone

Those who survive me will say “She won”

Though it seems I’m losing

Really, I’m choosing

I’ll be famous, just not now.


And the stars will come down from the sky and embrace me,

And the sun will be shining all winter in Maine,

And my ticket will win half a bill at the lottery,

And the world will be peaceful and kind and tranquil…


Don’t get discouraged, you will succeed

It’s gonna happen at its own speed

Just don’t give up trying

Hope is never dying

You’ll be famous after you die…


Don’t cry.


 

It Happens Like That

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

I run out of love
It happens like that
There’s nothing to say
It just goes away…

You say the wrong words
You take the wrong turn
On the road to my heart
It happens like that.

You smile the wrong smile
You wear the wrong style 
You fail to see
You chose the wrong key.

You tell the wrong tales
You miss the details
We frequently spat
It happens like that.

What happens to love,
where does it go when it’s gone?
What happened to us,
the “us” we loved?

I remember the days
We were both in a daze
We were happy, it’s true
Love was new.

There were trips and champagne,
Gone were all sorts of pain
But it’s different today
It’s all gone away…

I ran out of love.

It happens like that.
 

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Last Night

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

Last night when the sky was clear
Last night when you held me tight
I saw worries disappear
I was filled with dazzling light.

Last night when the stars were dancing
List’ning to a lullaby
I gasped seeing such a beauty
Was it dream or simply you and I...

         Wake me up with kisses
        Wake me up with love
        With beautiful embraces
        And a tender touch

        Tell me that you love me
        Tell me you’ll be here
        Even when the clouds
        Appear to stay,

        Tell me that you love me
        Tell me you’ll be here
        Even when the clouds
        Are here to stay.

Last night when the stars were smiling
Watching how you hold me tight
Last night love was so enticing
I hope it stays that way until I die.
 

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Razor's Edge

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

I am exhausted, I am confused
All of my talents have been misused
I am a nuisance, I am a sham.

I am compulsive, I am deplete
My charms and my promise are now obsolete
I am so brittle, I’m an eggshell.

I am on a razor’s edge
Each day it’s my life I hedge
I am coming down with the rain
Making puddles of pain.
I am on a curvy road
I am on a slippery slope
I am speeding through the ice
It’s the end, I roll the dice.

“How are you feeling?” “Where are you from?”
Simple questions enerve me
Good folks don’t deserve me
I am a nuisance, I’m an eggshell.

I am on a razor’s edge
Each day it’s my life I hedge
I am coming down with the rain
Making puddles of pain.
I am on a curvy road
I am on a slippery slope
I am speeding through the ice
It’s the end, I roll the dice.

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Cloudy (With a Chance of Rain)

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

How can you predict the weather
Always changing like my mood
Co-dependent on you and your love
Co-dependent on your smile.


When you’re near it’s always sunshine
When you’re far it’s stormy skies
When you don’t let me be in your world
When you’re absent, like tonight...


I’m feeling lonely
I’m feeling chilly
I’m feeling cloudy
With a chance of rain...


Have you heard about the weather
Always changing like my mood
Co-dependent on you and your love
Co-dependent on your smile.

 

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Easy to Forget

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

It seemed so good when I dreamed it
It seemed so perfect in my mind
But then I saw the light, the fool I was
Cause I already had the thing I dreamt about.

It was so easy to forget
Easy to forget
The thing I lost by waking up
It was so easy to forget
Easy to forget
What I lost by waking up.

Does it happen to you,
Do you ever get up and just wander why…
Why do dreams so incredible, tenable
Turn out so trivial when you wake up?

It was so, it was so easy to forget.
 

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Don't Know Why

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

Every day my trouble starts anew
Every night I wonder what to do
Every time I try my fears to defy
I fail and I don’t know why

Every day I worry to extreme
Every night I have a simple dream...
I dream I’m floating in the sky
And then you come along and teach me how to fly

Can we really make it happen, baby?
Can you please say “yes” and not just “maybe”?

    Why is it that every time my love is very near
    All the trouble and the fear, they simply disappear
    Why is it when trouble’s here I’m always searching for your eyes?
    Can you tell me why I seem so strong when I appear
    But the truth is that inside I’m always full of fear...
    How does worry find me, dear? Can I just tell it “goodbye”?

    I don’t know why...

Every day my trouble starts anew
Every night I wonder what to do
Every time I try my fears to defy
I fail and I don’t know why

             Why is it that every time my love is very near
             All my troubles and my fear they simply disappear 
             Why is it when trouble’s here I’m always searching for your eyes?
             Can you tell me why I seem so strong when I appear
             But the truth is that inside I’m always full of fear
             How does worry find me, dear, why can’t I tell it “goodbye”...

I don’t know why.
 

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Grey Season

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

The leaves fell down, the trees, all brown
Like skinny monsters staring
The raindrops splash and my hopes crash,
They’re ending.

When the pale sky never goes away
It brings such gloom...How can one enjoy the day?
When the rain blurs all the lines
How can I not lose my way?


It’s the grey season
And for no reason
I think I’ll cry
All I do is sit and sigh...

It’s the grey season
Must be the reason
The sun, so shy,
Left and didn’t say “goodbye”...


All the rain in the pale sky
That’s here to stay...Maybe I should go way
All the gloom, pending doom, all the grey... 
Will there be another day?

                   
It’s the grey season 
And for no reason
I think I’ll cry
All I do it sit and sigh

It’s the grey season
Must be the reason
The sun, so shy,
Left, and didn’t say “goodbye”.


It’s so grey,
How can I not lose my way...
 

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Disclosure

Music and Lyrics by Katherine Kostoff

You haven’t called in a while
And I don’t want to impose
My always steady desire
To know how it goes.

You wait for good things to happen
Before you reach for the phone
But sometimes in life nothing happens
That’s just how it goes.

I know what it’s like to not win
I know what it’s like to not be proud of yourself
I know what it’s like to not sleep at night.

Now that you’ve heard my disclosure
Now that you’ve seen for yourself
My little heart’s own exposure
Just pick up the phone, don’t cry all alone.

I know what it’s like to not win
I know what it’s like to not be proud of yourself
I know what it’s like to not sleep at night.


I know what it’s like to wait for your dreams
I know what it’s like to push yourself to extremes
I know what it’s like...

to dream, to hope,
to lose, to cope,
to fall, to fail,
to try again, try again...

I know what it’s like to keep chasing a dream.

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