Celeste

Album: Sunshine Superman (1966)
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  • Here I stand acting like a silly clown would,
    I don't know why Would anybody like to try
    The changes I'm going through ?
    A hidden lie would fortify
    Something that don't exist
    But it ain't so bad, I'm just a lad,
    So many more things to do,
    I intend to come right through them all with you.

    My songs are merely dreams visiting my mind
    We talk a while by a crooked stile,
    You're lucky to catch a few.
    There's no magic wand in a perfumed hand,
    It's a pleasure to be true.
    In my crystal halls a feather falls
    Being beautiful just for you
    But that might not be quite true, that's up to you.

    Dawn crept in unseen to find me still awake
    A strange young girl sang her songs for me
    And left 'fore the day was born.
    That dark princess with saddening jest
    She lowered her eyes of woe,
    And I felt her sigh, I wouldn't like to try
    The changes she's going through
    But I hope love comes right through them all with you. Writer/s: ALBRECHT MARCUSE, DONOVAN LEITCH
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Sara from Silver Spring, MdScott McKenzie of "San Francisco" fame covered this a year later and Donovan added acoustic guitar to that version.
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