Donovan

[fox69]

"The Love Song"

"The Love Song"



I'm not very fancy in the mid of air,
I'm not proud to say I am merry here.
I've found a girl and I love her so,
Groovy, groovy woman and she set me free.
Hark awhile and listen to this love song.
Give me for sometimes I wanted to
Take her to the woods and show her what to do.
She could see the stars if she's looking up,
Drink the sweet juice from a loving cup,
Show her what it is to make a love song.
Hey, have you ever seen the lonely ones
Putting down the lovers for having fun?
The very same thing that would set them free,
They should catch an evening with my lover and me,
Whoopee!
I'm not very fancy in the mid of air,
I'm not proud to say I am merry here.
I've found a girl and I love her so,
Groovy, groovy woman and she set me free.
Hark awhile and listen to this love song.
Hey, have you ever seen the lonely ones
Putting down the lovers for having fun?
The very same thing that would set them free,
They should catch an evening with my baby and me,
Whoopee!

 

[fox69]

"The Lovely Day"

"The Lovely Day"




Birds are singing sweet and low
From the trees that gently grow,
Soft and soothing breezes blow
On this lovely day.

To the meadows there go I
To wander as the butterfly
How the flowers please me eyes
On this lovely day.

I wish it could be always
Life is easy on such a day
I wish this peace on everyone
On this lovely day,

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On this lovely day.
I wish this peace on everyone
On this lovely day.

 

[fox69]

"The Lullaby Of Spring"

"The Lullaby Of Spring"



Spring has showered frae a drip
Splash and trickle running,
Plant has flowered in the sand
Shell and pebble sunning;

So begins another spring,
Green leaves under berries,
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries

In the misty, tangled sky,
Fast a wind is blowing
In a new born rabbit's heart
River life is flowing

So begins another spring,
Green leaves under berries,
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries

From the dark and wetted soil,
Petals are unfolding
From the stony village "Kirke"
Easter bells of old ring

So begins another spring,
Green leaves under berries,
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries

Spring has flowered frae a drip,
Slash and trickle running
Plant has flowered in the sun
Shell and pebble sunning

So begins another spring
Green leaves under berries,
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries

 

[fox69]

"The Magpie"

"The Magpie"



The Magpie is a most illustrious bird
dwells in a diamond tree
one brings sorrow and one brings joy
sorry and joy for me

The Magpie is a most royal bird
black and blue as night
I would that I had feathers three
black and blue and white

I saw the gentle Magpie bird
in the dusky yestereve
one brings sorrow and one brings joy
sorrow and joy for me....
sorrow and joy for me....

 

[fox69]

"The Mandolin Man And His Secret"

"The Mandolin Man And His Secret"



He came into town with his mandolin
Calling all the people and they came to him
He said I want to hear all that's pretty
He said I want to hear all that's nice

They laughed at him with his mandolin
They left him there with his funny grin
He said I want to hear all that's pretty
He said I want to hear all that's nice

The children of the town then came to him
Magically called with his mandolin
He said I want to hear all that's pretty
He said I want to hear all that's nice

They smiled at him with his mandolin
Their eyes like his were sparkling
He said I want to hear all that's pretty
He said I want to hear all that's nice

They said d'you want to hear all that's pretty
They said d'you want to hear all that's nice

La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

 

[fox69]

"The Mountain"

"The Mountain"



It was up some laughing river where I'd gone to spend the day.
I had such fantastic visions I could hardly stand to stay.
And I stood within myself and suddenly felt free,
And I stood above the burdens that puzzle you and me.
I became awareness that was shared with all around,
With the trees, the sky, the flowers, and the wind, the sun, the ground.
I heard the birds were singing and I found them same as me,
And I understood our sorrows and why they should not be.
I saw this plane of living, it was nothing more than faith,
A skin that covered glory, far beyond our love or hate,
A living crystal fairyland where loving is our grace,
A pyromanic garden that knows no time nor space.
I saw what we've been doing to it, saw it as insane,
Still a marching like good Christians with our wars, the sword, the flame,
To crush all those damned infidels, defend what should be shame.
And again I shared our sorrows and knew we all must bear the blame.
I see it all as part of us to know and share alike
With a universal willingness to know and do what's right,
To understand our brotherness and stop this awful race,
Let our children grow in peace, know their life shall not be waste.
First there is a mountain, then it seems the mountain's gone,
But then, if you take another look, why, it's been there all along.
We can be just like that river as it laughs along its way,
Or stand beneath the shadows that take the sun away.

 

[fox69]

"The Music Makers"

"The Music Makers"



People come from miles around to hear the music maker
Bring your friends and children too to hear the music maker
Leave the towns and villages and gather on the hillsides
Leave your worry, care and woe and get yourself some good times.

Have some fun out in the country
Celebrate your music in the open air
People dance for miles around to the music maker.

People, clap your hands and sing to my rockin' shaker
People, get your love together, dig a slow heart breaker
Trippy, hippy, Juicy Lucy, Krishna, nutty, soya, yogi
Rocker, skinhead, copper, cokehead, camper, freak and raver.

Have some fun out in the country
Celebrate your music in the open air
People dance for miles around to the music maker.

Have some fun out in the country
Celebrate your music in the open air
People dance for miles around to the music maker.

People come from miles around to the music maker
Bring your friends and children too to hear the music maker
Leave the towns and your villages and gather on the hillsides
Leave your worry, care and woe and get yourself some good times.

Have some fun out in the country
Celebrate your music in the open air
People dance for miles around to the music maker.

Come on, people
Come on, people
…

 

[fox69]

"The Observation"

"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.
Who're they kidding?
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.
Bless my soul.
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.
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?
Who're they kidding?

 

[fox69]

"The Ordinary Family"

"The Ordinary Family"



My father cut his toe off
In a rotary lawn mower
And my mother burst a blood vessel
When my younger brother went to jail.

So I told her not to worry
Not to get in such a flurry
We're just an ordinary family
With the usual calamity.

When I was just a virgin lad
My mother faked a suicide
Because she found the tell-tale sign
Of puberty upon the sheets.

So I told her not to worry
Not to get in such a flurry
We're just an ordinary family
With the usual calamity.

We always try to look our best
We always take care when we dress
We always wear clean underwear
In case we're in an accident.

When I become a married man
With children of my very own
Will I lay my inhibitions on
And criticise their sexuality?

Will I use them to protect respect?
Will I try to own them flesh and bone?
Or will I be their equal friend?
Encouraging their new ideas?

For the future lies within their hands
And the salvation of all these lands
Yes, the ordinary family
Is the only way to set us free.

Set us free, set us free
Set us free, set us free
Set us free.

 

[fox69]

"The Owl And The Pussycat"

"The Owl And The Pussycat"


Homesickness, it is driving me out of my mind
Homesickness, it is driving me out of my mind
Homesickness, it is driving me out of my mind.

Homesickness, tour-sick
Homesickness, tour-sick, tour-sick.

Home cooking, you know it treats ma belly kind
Home cooking, you know it treats ma belly kind
Home cooking, you're driving me out of my mind.

Homesickness, tour-sick
Homesickness, tour-sick, tour-sick.

Home coming, with a Vogue or two across my knee
Home coming, boom azoom azoom a boom boom be
Home coming, it's coming up soon 'cross the moon.

Tour sickness, tour-sick
Hey look at me.

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