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Back To Basics Album

Jeff Pike
Jeff is an amazing story teller, a poet, songwriter and lyricist. This page is dedicated to Jeff's "Lyrics" from his album "Back To Basics". 

THE COMPLETE LYRICS FROM THE ALBUM "BACK TO BASICS"

Jeff Pike Back To Basics
The Road To Paradise
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike


If I could press rewind on the pages of my life.
As crazy as it seems, I would change all my dreams.
Here I stand in front of you; after all we’ve been through.
Asking you to believe. Take my hand and come with me.
​

I’m on the the road to paradise. Only you by my side.
I’m through chasing dreams that I can’t 
!nd. With so little time.
I’m gonna live. Leave the past behind. Gaze into that morning sunrise.
Plant my feet 
!rmly in the sand. Take that !rst stride.
On the road to paradise.


It’s a long, long way from tomorrow to today.
Strong winds are all we need to sail across our sea.
We’ve been a long, long way on the shores of yesterday.
Now there’s you and me. Finally free


To take the road to paradise. Only you by my side.
I’m through chasing dreams that I can’t 
!nd. With so little time.
I’m gonna live. Leave the past behind. Gaze into that morning sunrise.
Plant my feet 
!rmly in the sand. Take that !rst stride. Just you and I.
On the road to paradise.


Copyright 2011 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
Just A Little While Longer
Lyrics by Jeff Pike and Scott Nickerson
Music by Jeff Pike


It seems like a long time I’ve been traveling down this road.
Not a lot to go on. No extra money to blow.
But I got tickets in my pocket to take me down to somewhere hot.
For 5 days I’ll live like a King, then I’m back in the same old spot.


Now I see I’ve been alone even when I thought I knew
What love was for, what lay in store before my heart found you.
Then it hit me like a ton of coconuts falling from a tall palm tree.
For the 
!rst time in my life I found the one for me.

Just a little while longer, said a voice inside my brain.
Just a little while longer. Some things are about to change.
Settle in and settle down. Take some time to look around.
You’re only gonna have to wait a little while longer


I never really knew just how to love.
I never really felt the pain.
I never knew what I was dreaming of.
Til for the very 
first time I opened my eyes
Threw fear aside and then realized that..


CHORUS

I’ve seen a lot of water pass on out to see.
And looking back I now can smile at the man I used to be.
In my wildest dreams I never knew what love could bring.
I was so sure I had it all when I didn’t have a thing.


CHORUS

Copyright 2003 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
Believe In Me
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

Drifting through a world filled with hopes and dreams.
Looking for the love to tear away the seams.
I'm a spinning wheel standing still in time.
Searching for my future in fantasies and rhyme.

Cold and empty years have passed with me and you.
When in my heart I knew what I must do.
You sacrificed but I paid the price.
Now I'll listen to your rules.
But I'll keep my own advice.

For you've got to believe in me.
For no one else has seen me like you do.
When my back was against the wall.
I needed you to break my fall. 
When faith and hope have pulled me through.
Believe in me so I can believe in you.

I see that in your heart there was never room for me.
Bitter words have rocked our lives like angry tides at sea.
We can't look for time is never really on our side.
When it was black you called it white.
Never a peaceful night. Will we ever touch you?

CHORUS | CHORUS

Copyright 1991 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
Fade Away
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike and Rick Cook

I got my suitcase and I'm packing.
Soon I'll be walking out your door.
Can't think of anything that ain't been said before.
Something deep inside of me says get up off the floor.
It's been too long and the feelings gone.
Fade Away, Fade Away

I got your letter here this morning.
It says you won't be coming home.
Says it'd be much too hard to look into my eyes.
Her new life's a calling her now. No time to cry.
It's been too long and the feelings gone.
Fade Away, Fade Away

What makes two lovers drift apart this way?
Other arms lie waiting but the memories surely stay.
It turned out wrong.
And now the feelings gone to stay.
Fade Away.

Got this lonely, lonely feeling.
Like I'm blowing in the wind.
Like a gambler who hopes his hand will win.
Luck will come my way. Yes love will come again.
It's been too long and the feelings gone.
Fade Away, Fade Away Fade Away.....

Copyright 1991 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
New York's In My Heart
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

Stolen kisses in secluded doorways. Walks through Central Park.
Hugs on roof tops. Late night Chinese Dinners.
Cab rides after dark.

This rendezvous for me and you will be a wonderful new start
My journey ends. Our love begins.
New York’s in my heart.

Imagine no more lonely heartaches as we walk hand in hand.
We’ve come together in stolen moments.
Beside you I will stand.

CHORUS

We never dreamed. We never knew that love could be like this.
With just one kiss we found a love we never knew we missed.

SOLO
CHORUS

Stolen kisses in dim lit doorways. Hand and hand in Central Park.
Gazing out over the water knowing we’ll never part.

This rendezvous for me and you has been a wonderful new start
Our journey ends. Our love begins.
New York’s in our heart
My journey ends. Our love begins.
New York’s in my heart


Copyright 2013 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
Paradise At The End Of A1A
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

We’ll watch the sun go down and then we’ll paint the town.
The moon and stars above might let us fall in love
Just you and me strolling by the sea.
Watch the night time turn to day.
Paradise at the end of A1A.
Palm trees, swaying. Steel drums, playing.
Night spots are ringing those sweet songs that their singing.
Nursing a bottle of wine.
We’re caught up in the rhythm and the lime.
Oooh, we’re lost in the sound of the sea.
Your eyes are dancing. We need some romancing.
Put away your troubles their 1,000 miles away.
We’ll put o
! to tomorrow what we won’t do today.
No you won’t find
 this in Atlanta, Ga.
Paradise is just a step away.

CHORUS

Time moves slow, but it’s time to go.
But of course I didn’t make it very far.
Sidetracked by a few drinks at the bar.
Didn’t even fi
nd my old rent a car.
Ah, to hell with what they say, I’m gonna stay.

CHORUS

Paradise at the end of A1A.

​
Copyright 2013 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
Robbie
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

Robbie was the one I told my dreams too.
Robbie was the one who always cared.
We swore we’d be around.
In those years I thought I’d found
That’s what God intended friends to be.

Robbie was the one I never lied too.
From our childhood days we were always side by side.
I never thought there’d come a day
When we’d go our separate ways
Without even sharing a goodbye

Robbie, in youth how carefree time can slip away.
Though we’ve drifted far apart
Can we still believe in our hearts
That growing up meant losing yesterday.

For lately now it seems I’ve had this feeling
For life to be the way it used to be.
Now the days they’re hard to fi
nd
And this world looks so unkind.
And I feel my soul pulling away from me

Robbie are you there? Are you happy?
Do you ever miss the days of you and me?
I saw your picture yesterday
And it carried me away.
​

Robbie, it’s me....calling...you
Copyright 2013 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
The Future That Remains
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

Can we see the truth in the future that remains?
Can we still feel the love in the never ending rain?
Will the lies and tears outweigh the happy years?
Will we still feel the pain in the future that remains?

Looking in your eyes love is hard to find
With the past so close behind.
When you’re on this side of the highest wall to climb
The grass is never green, unless you look behind.

Looking at us now, afraid and all alone
Do we bare the shame to face life on our own?
Will the lies and tears outweigh the happy years?
Will we still feel the pain in the future that remains?

Looking in your eyes trust is hard to find.
With the past so close behind
When you’re on this side of the highest wall to climb
The grass is never green, unless you look behind

Copyright 2013 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
There's An App For That
Lyrics by Monte Tolar and Jeff Pike
Music by Jeff Pike


I’m stuck in my cube.
My boss is too rude, screaming at me on my e-mail.
Time is too short to 
!nish all my reports.
Hmm, I feel like I’m in jail.
Fax coversheets, deadlines to meet, the network is once again down.
I need to disconnect from this internet. Find a way to turn my life back around.
There’s an app for that. There’s a cure you see.
It’s the sun, the sand, the lone palm tree.
There’s an app for that. The tropical breeze.
Get o
" the grid. Crash on the beach.
Give yourself some room to breathe.
Conversation is broke. Privacy a joke.
The world knows your life before you do.
Phone lines are out. Now all it’s about is just stroking your Google and Yahoo.
Between IM and Facebook, Twitter and Outlook, I’m lost in this digital age
I need a real download before I unfold.
A jailbreak from my 
!re wire cage

CHORUS

I need a shower of laughter to wash o" the pain
With soap made of smiles from island rain.
If knowledge is power I’ve nothing to gain.
Get me out of town before I go insane.
There’s an app for that. There’s a cure you see.
It’s the sun, the sand, the full Monte.
There’s an app for that. The tropical breeze.
Get o
" the grid. Crash on the beach.
Give yourself some room to breathe.
Hmm...Give yourself some room to breathe.
Turn off
 your I-Phone. Spend some time alone
Unplug your laptop. Put on your flip flops.


Copyright 2013 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
I've Always Loved You
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Pike

I’ve always loved you long before I knew you.
Your dreams have been in my heart.
Now I stand before you, and ask to love you.
Can we make a new life? A new start?

Afraid and alone. How could I have known?
The pain that would pass to keep real love at last.
I’ve always loved you, long before I knew you.
Buried deep in my soul.

A lonely lifetime of secluded wonder
Had left me cold with no hope Broken and alone. How?
How could I have known?
How could I understand?

On this day I promise my love.
Mountains to climb. Races to run.
Side by side we’ll hold our heads high
And never lay down alone again.
This game of love we will win.
We will win in the end.

On this day I promise my love.
The only crime I’ll be guilty of
Is holding your heart away from the pain
That this cold world can bring.

Walk with me in the sand
Hand in hand...


Copyright 2011 - Jeff Pike Music/BMI
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    • Lyrics >
      • Back To Basics - Album
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      • There's Always Tomorrow (Single)
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