Hi fellow hive musicians,
Below is my very first entry for the hive open mic. I've listened to many of you performing some wonderful songs on here over the last few months.
For the theme 'My Happiness" I chose Stevie Wonder's 'Overjoyed' as it is about the happiness you feel when you meet someone and fall in love. I think the chord sequences and melody are just immeasurably beautiful and listening to his version make me feel happy inside.
The song is unusual in its inventive and jazzlike chord sequences but also because the original by Stevie Wonder, features a dripping tap sound as a metronome and rainforest type birdsong throughout.
I hope I have done it justice. Please ignore the few wrong notes here and there in the piano part. Since I had meningitis I struggle to keep up with so many key changes. Thank you so much for listening.
Here's a live recording of the original if you fancied listening to it...I have to say, despite the dripping tap and birdsong..I think it is just stunning.
lyrics
Over time, I've been building my castle of love
Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason
I've gone much too far for you now to say
That I've got to throw my castle away
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming
The sandman has come from too far away
For you to say come back some other day
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find, I had found what I've searched to discover
I've come much too far for me now to find
The love that I've sought can never be mine
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
And though the odds seem improbable
What do they know
For in romance
All true love needs is a chance
And maybe with a chance you will find
You too like I
Overjoyed, over loved, over you
Over you