Donovan

[fox69]

"Sidewalk (The Observation)"

"Sidewalk (The Observation)"



On the sidewalk the people are hustling and bustling
They ain't got no time so
They think on the thing that will fill in the space in
Between birth and death.

Do do do …

On the TV the people are mumbling and grumbling
They ain't got no hope so
They give out the news that the world's got the blues
S.O.S., S.O.S.

Do do do …

In the movies the people are identifying
They ain't got no season
To split for no reason and so they get by
On the great community lie.

Do da do …

On the sidewalk the people are hustling and bustling
They ain't got no time so
They think on the thing that will fill in the space in
Between birth and death, who're they kidding?

Do do do …

 

[fox69]

"Sing My Song"

"Sing My Song"



All you have to do is write a song
Not too smart now and not too long
Easy to listen to hard to forget
Then we'll cut it and press it
Release it while the words are still wet
All it really takes is to link a few lines
Hang em' on a hook and repeat a few lines
The words need not be committed
Though you'll be if it flops
So we're pickin' out your straight jacket
For the Top of the Pops
When I sing my song
My song of songs
I want the whole wide world
To sing along
Sing for me
I'll sing for you
I want the whole wide world
To sing it too
All they really want is
A witty little ditty
For the Broken hearted kids in
The broken down cities
Make it sort of simple
And make it sort of pretty
And take your time but hurry
'Cos the radio is hungry for your song
Sing my song
My song of songs
I want the whole wide world
To sing along
Sing for me
I'll sing for you
I want the whole wide world
To sing it too

 

[fox69]

"Skip-A-Long Sam"

"Skip-A-Long Sam"



Come run jump skip a long sam
a very happy man I am
to know you are well and you're doing fine
kind-of puts at rest my mind

How's your brush and your lady fair
not to mention your stained glass stair
flower pot on window sill
on top of honeycomb hill

Have you found the secret door
to let you down to the earth's deep core
you'll be back in time for tea
with a diamond to show me

Come run jump skip a long sam
a very happy man I am
to know you are well and you're doing fine
kind-of puts at rest my mind

How's your brush and your lady fair
not to mention your stained glass stair
flower pot on window sill
on top of honeycomb hill

 

[fox69]

"Sleep"

"Sleep"



Sleep now sleep
And so fade sorrow
Sleep beloved sleep
Sleep now sleep
Afar tomorrow
Sleep beloved sleep
You are home this night
Home of winter
Your home of autumn
Summer and spring
You are home this night
Lasting home
Eternal home
Your eternal home
Sleep of seven lights upon you
Sleep of seven joys
Sleep of seven slumbers on you
In your easy poise
You are home this night
Home of stillness
Your home of spirit
Being and bliss
You are home this night
Abiding home
Forever home
Your forever home

 

[fox69]

"Slow Down World"

"Slow Down World"




Slow down world
Major problem ahead,
You have been on the go
For a long, long time I know.
Take a rest from the race,
Why chase it?
Slow down world,
Take a tip from old times.
You've seen how greed
Consumes you with its need.
Take a rest from the race
Why chase it?
Happy is the man
Who rests when he can,
Let old man time's sand
Slip through his hand.
And happy is the gal
Who calls peace her pal.
If you want to be free,
You shall, you shall.
Slow down world,
Take a break for God's sake.
(Slow down)
You just can't stop your climb
Your money-mad climb up to the top,
Don't you just glance at the chance,
Why waste it?
Don't chase it,
Why waste it?
Happy is the man
Who rests when he can,
Let old man time's sand
Slip through his hand.
And happy is the gal
Who calls peace her pal.
If you want to be free,
You shall, you shall.
Slow down world,
Slow down world,
Slow down world,
Slow down world,

 

[fox69]

"Someone Singing"

"Someone Singing"


Oh, happy I am
Call on the new day
People and flowers
Are one in the same
They're all in a chain
At the beginning of a new world

Someone's singing and I think it's me
Someone's living and oh gosh it's me
And so you see...

Love is only feeling
Feeling for you
Love is only feeling
Feeling for me [x2]

Into your life
There will come friends
Maybe a wife
Who to you sends
Love with no game
Part of a chain
At the beginning of a new child

Someone's singing and I think it's me
Someone's living and I think it's me
So you see...

Love is only feeling
Feeling for you
Love is only feeling
Feeling for you [x2]

Oh, happy I am
Roll on the new day
Happy I am
People and flowers
Are one and the same
They're all in a chain
At the beginning of a new world

Someone's painting and I think it's me
Someone's living and oh gosh it's me
And so you see...

Love is only feeling
Feeling for you
Love is only feeling
Feeling for me [x3]

 

[fox69]

"Song For John"

"Song For John"



You're my singer
Lemme be your song
Celestial bodies
They get along
And I just want to sing along

You're my single
Lemme be your chart
If you never make the hit parade
You're number one in my heart
As long as I can play a part

Vegetarian by choice
Not by fashion
It's not so much what you eat
As what you balance on
And watch me balance on

Instrumental passage here
We're playin' it now
But you are not among us here
To play like you know how
Beg us to allow

You're my singer
Lemme be your song
No matter what you want to do
Let me pick along
I just want to sing along

Country ladies
Take us by the hand
Soft eyed and cotton clothed
Through Parrish meadowland
And John and I can be the band

 

[fox69]

"Song Of The Naturalist's Wife"

"Song Of The Naturalist's Wife"




Do I see you coming home
Coming home to me
Could it be you that I see
Coming home to me
From your day by the sea

Do I see your buckets full
Buckets full of shells
Could it be you that I see
Buckets full of shells
From your day by the sea

Do I see you weary weave
Weary weave your way
Could it be you that I see
Weary weave your way
From your day by the sea

 

[fox69]

"Starfish-On-The-Toast"

"Starfish-On-The-Toast"



Fine rock pooling coast
this starfish on the toast
the men in the crabbing boats they cry

Far across the harbor
and 'round the sandy cove
the shepard with his pipe and sheepy drove

big cloud tumbling high
the amazing flying sky
how the gulls are pillaging the town

fan faring daffodilly
trumpetingly small
all along the bathing hut wall

far across the empty beach
the tide has left this world
old men in tweed find study there

Holding whelks and periwinkles
tingling in his hand
little does he know they hold him too

Fine rock pooling coast
this starfish on the coast
the men in the crabbing boat they cry....

 

[fox69]

"Summer Day Reflection Song"

"Summer Day Reflection Song"



Cat's a-sleeping in the sun,
Eyes take heed the colours call.
Sunlight patterns touch the wall,
Red kerchiefs sail and fall,
Cat's a sleeping in the sun.
Dragon kite in the sky,
Wheel and turns, spin and fly,
Attacked by rooks and never fail
To cry the sound of fairy tales.
The cat is walkin' in the sun.
All the pebbles I have seen,
Precious stones for Colleen.
Every minute I pass through
With the grooves spent with you.
The cat is yawning in the sun.
Jewelled castles I have built
With freak feelings of guilt.
And the words stab to the hilt,
Pick the flower and it will wilt,
Cat's a-shifting in the sun.
Marionette dangles death
Insensitivity is fed.
By the TV wizard's wand
Once in the spell you're conned,
Cat's a-smiling in the sun.
Cat's a-smiling in the sun,
Eyes take heed the colours call.
Sunlight patterns touch the wall,
Red kerchiefs sail and fall,
Cat's a-smiling in to me.