The Ballad of a Crystal Man Lyrics

...THE BALLAD OF A CRYSTAL MAN... by Donovan
*from 'Fairytale' (1965)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
Verse 1:
Walk along and talk along,
And live your lives quite freely.
But leave our children with their toys,
Of peppermint and candy.
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Verse 2:
Your thoughts they are of harlequin,
Your speeches of quick-silver.
I read your faces like a poem,
Ka-leidoscope of hate words.
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Verse 3:
On the quilted battle-fields of soldiers,
Dazzling made of toy tin.
The big bomb, like a child's hand,
Could sweep them dead just so to win.
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Verse 4:
As you fill your glasses,
With the wine of murdered Negroes.
Thinking not of beauty that,
Spreads like morning sun-glow.
Seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Verse 5:
I pray your dreams of vivid screams,
Of children dying slowly.
And as you polish up your guns,
Your real self be re-flecting.
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Interlude:
Verse 6:
Vietnam; your latest game,
You're playing with your blackest Queen.
Damn your souls and curse your grins,
I stand here with a fading dream.
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.
Outro:
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