Beyond the Dream

Pepper Hartley

Beyond the Dream
Performed By Pepper Hartley
Album UPC 884501954495
CD Baby Track ID 12365128
Label Pepper Hartley
Released 2013-07-31
BPM 146
Rated 0
ISRC ushm81320784
Year 2013
Spotify Plays 0
Writers
Writer Jonathan Bruce Hartley
Pub Co Jonathan Bruce Hartley
Composer Jonathan Bruce Hartley
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Rights Controlled Master and Publishing Grant
Rights One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain original
Country United States - Maryland

Description

An exploration of life, love, dreams, and the universe with clever chords and melodies to maximize your pleasure.

Notes

Writing and recording in his home studio, singer-songwriter Pepper Hartley has put together his third album. Just to give you an idea of the variety of tracks, we open with a synth-rock song about life lessons, next is an acoustic-rock song about how harmony in love can spring from differences, and then a simple song about practical jokes. Later we get to rockin' with songs about flying an airplane and the frustration with all of the choices in today's world. All over the place, but all great.

All songs written, performed, and recorded by Pepper Hartley.

Hot Pepper Lyrics

"Learning Life"

I'm learning to take my life the way it comes to me
I can feel it right now
I'm looking past all the things that always made me feel down

Forget the little stuff, made me feel angry
There's so much joy to be had
If I'm late or I misunderstand, it's not bad

I'm gonna listen, I'm gonna hear
Every little sound that enters my ear, right now

It's not a test if I'm always the one who's right
I can be humble like you
Come on why don't we forgive and forget what we do

I can be happy this moment in time and space
No matter where it began
I'll just help all my friends work their way through the plan

I'll try to relax, I'll breathe real deep
I will be kind, still as sleep, right now

Every person, my friends and my family,
are teaching me what to do
I want to tell them I love them and my love is true

"Differences Harmonize"

all day long you're running to and fro
I don't care where you go when you are here
I know your life is busy making plans
I wonder if those plans will keep you near

mountain fire against the valley breeze
as east and west converge in disarray
your dark eyes flash, ideas come on so fast
I can't keep up with you even in play

I hear the wind, the birds they talk to me, I feel the warm sunshine,
the stillness sets me free, right now

yin and yang, we are earth and moon
the difference harmonizes every time
brazen drums amidst discordant horns
against the gentle flute and sweet bell chime

I hear the wind, the birds they talk to me, I feel the warm sunshine,
the stillness sets me free, right now

making love we're fast and furious
or slow with tenderness to entertain
give and take, there's always compromise
we get the best of both, there we remain

"I Got You"

I think that you're the one who stapled my sheets
Filled my 'frig' up with a ton of dog treats
But the table has turned, you'll be finding out soon
And you'll be singing a whole different tune
I got you

Last time you see I was easily had
And now your manners have gotten quite bad
You can't stop with the jokes and you can't stop the pranks
Now it's your turn, you won't get my thanks
I got you

When you get home today, I'll be there
I changed some things around, everywhere, do you dare?

There's salt in sugar, your books are glued shut
The hot and cold are switched, your clothes are all cut
Dog mess in the cabinet, bananas on stairs
Pop corn in closets, grease for your hair
I got you

When you get home today, I'll be there
I changed some things around, everywhere, do you dare?

There's nothing like a friend, now wouldn't you say
Never a moment you could call a dull day
Is a truce in the future or maybe a war
Don't be too angry when you fall through the floor
I got you

"Transitions"

Grow in time, mark the way
Mountains rise with words you say
Flowers bloom and come of age
When, oh, when will you step off the stage?

Glistening stars in deep black night
Worlds alone and wings in flight
Staring eyes upon my face
How, oh how, can we keep up the pace?

I want to tell you how much hope I feel
But I come down again, I said it's really real
I know that when you find me, I'll find you

So long the road down to the shade
No hexagram when dues are paid
The blue sky fades to orange and red
Where, oh where, have all of us been led?

I want to tell you how much hope I feel
But I come down again, I said it's really real
I know you've been there baby, I've been there, too

Don't look down, don't look back
Don't cry out for things you lack
You've gone so far, no time too late
Why, oh why, did you just contemplate?
Why, oh why, do they still fluctuate?
Why, oh why, don't we just navigate?

"Got To Run Away"

I told you then, I said it anyway
I know that you could make me true
but when i see you comin' I got to run away, yes I do

so many years I played it on my own
I like to keep the freedom still
and when I see you comin' I got to run away, yes I will

I like your smile, I like the way you move
I like the things you do when you touch me
but then I get to thinking - I wonder what I'll do
if I'm not free

give it a chance or throw it all away
give you a kiss or send you home
now when I see you comin' I got to run away, all alone

I like your smile, I like the way you move
I like the things you do when you touch me
but then I get to thinking - I wonder what I'll do
if I'm not free

you look so sweet, your voice is silky smooth
you've got it all figured out
but when I see you comin' I got to run away, there's no doubt

"Heaven's Flower"

Look into my eyes, maybe you will see
Beyond the moment's time, the door that fits your key.
You see what I've become, the quiet of my days,
The sharpness of my mind rebels a thousand ways.

I have seen it, and I know that it's true,
You don't believe it, you'll still find that you do.

Once upon a dream the future is so wide,
But all horizons close, no timeless place to hide.
A nova star is born, a dust cloud gathers in,
Distances so large, we find all these within.

I have seen it, and I know that it's true,
You don't believe it, you'll still find that you do.

Swirling on back through time or ahead where I gaze,
You can sail with me now, see the colors that gleam as they burst through the haze.

No finite limits here, a mind can visualize.
Time and space become the way to mesmerize.
Silver specks of light grow with every hour,
Sooner than we think, heaven's open flower, heaven's open flower.

I have seen it, and I know that it's true,
You don't believe it, you'll still find that you do.

"My Life, My Love"

When I came and saw I told you
All the notes I play won't be blue
All my life, my love, my life's been true

I could see you thought you knew me
No simple song I sang could foresee
All my life, my love, my life's been free

You felt the rhythm and I took you home
And I'm still playin' to your metronome

Contrapuntal modulation
Intervals with no translation
All my life, my love, my life's begun

There's more to phrasing than just how you breathe
Harmonic series as melodies interweave

Form improves with each rehearsal
Your leading tone, my cadence modal
All my life, my love, my life's been full

"To Fly With You"

Line up, centerline
Push the throttle on in
Feel the engine fine
Now we're rollin' again
I want to, I want to,
I want to fly with you around the world

I got to climb so high, see the clouds below
There's clear blue sky past a new rainbow
I tell you, I want to,
I want to fly with you around the world

And then I zoom on by
Just gotta cruise, just gotta fly

I will not stall, I won't spin my wings
We cannot fall, hear the wind, it sings
I want to, I tell you,
I want to fly with you around the world

The world so tiny so far
Everybody so cute ridin' in their cars

Don't want to come down, but I got to land
With a little frown and a gentle hand
I tell you, I tell you,
I want to fly with you around the world

"Pantheon"

I always tried to live
I always tried to be there for you
But sometimes it's so hard
To believe I know what's true
Forgive me when I say
I feel I've gone astray

Thoughts revolve in time
Seemingly they point to my dream
The evidence is there
But I don't see the fabric or scheme
I don't demand the proof
Yet you remain aloof from me

One will get you three
And three will get you fifteen or more
A human mind invents
A pantheon of scores and scores
You know I love you still
It's a fight against my will each day

"Too Much Choice"

Got too much choice, pulled every way
I've lost my voice, not much to say

Turn on the tube, flip channels now
Feel like a boob, (can't stop) don't know how

Need to shop, see doors and doors
I'm gonna pop, too many stores

Need a book, see aisles and aisles
I take a look, then get all riled

Need a car, try on for size
Can't get far, I'm paralyzed

Need a girl, look in the ads
Got to hurl, there's every fad

This world got me down
This world spinnin' round'

"Too Much Choice"

Got too much choice, pulled every way
I've lost my voice, not much to say

Turn on the tube, flip channels now
Feel like a boob, (can't stop) don't know how

Need to shop, see doors and doors
I'm gonna pop, too many stores

Need a book, see aisles and aisles
I take a look, then get all riled

Need a car, try on for size
Can't get far, I'm paralyzed

Need a girl, look in the ads
Got to hurl, there's every fad

This world got me down
This world spinnin' round

"Beyond the Dream"

I dream at night, it's such a fright
When I lie down, all the thoughts and things that come around

Tears in my eyes, I realize
Words that I've said, but I didn't really say instead

I can wave my arms and fly beyond the dream

Chased down dark halls, pressed close to walls,
Colors that throb push me on and out into the mob

I can wave my arms and fly beyond the dream

I fall behind, it's in my mind
When I wake up, the climb to real is so abrupt

"Come To Me"

I know they could never understand you
They try to make you see things through their eyes
They don't know you're different and your need is grown up
I'm here to listen to your needs and listen to your cries

Come away and live with us forever
You'll see that we have found a better way
There's love in everyone and you're important to us
There's sunshine all the time and you'll be growing every day

They have hurt you many times before
We will never cause you any pain
Just tell me that you will do all the things I ask you
Our arms are open wide, join us in happy refrain

You gotta come to me
You gotta come to me
If you want to get through
To the one who loves you

All songs copyright Jonathan B. Hartley

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