"Overjoyed" lyrics
"Overjoyed"
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 say 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
Thanks to dross714 for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Stevie Wonder
This song was originally recorded for Stevie Wonder's concept album "Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants" but was left off the album.
This track reached number 8 on the Billboard R&B charts and number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts in the USA.
These lyrics describe a man's feelings when he was dreaming of a woman for a very long time and put much efforts to build a "sand castle" of his love, but his dream still hasn't come true. He still waits for a chance to expresses his feelings.
The liner notes for the song say that "crickets, nightingale & additional bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves" were used as the "environmental percussion".
The first performance of this song took place on the episode of Saturday Night Live on the 7th of May 1983, when Stevie Wonder was the host and musical guest.
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album:
"In Square Circle" (1985)
live album:
"Natural Wonder" (1995)
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