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1. Barabajagal

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
She came, she came to meet a man
She found an angel
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now

He very wise in the herbal lore's
Got young cure now
She came, she came to free the pain
With his wild flower

Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was his name now

Fine, fine, fine, fine, Acelandine
Be prepared for her
Tea, tea, tea, tea to make her free
While incense burned

In love pool eyes float feathers after the struggle
The hopes burst and shot joy all through the mind
Sorrow more distant than a star
Multi-colour run down over your body
Then the liquid passing all into all (love is hot!)
Love is hot, truth is molten!

True, true, true, true the song he sang her
While the leaves cooked
Ting, ting, tang little bell he rang her
Sleepily she looked
He filled, he filled a leather cup
Holding her gaze
She took, she took a little sip
While this song he sang
(While singing this way)

Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was my name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was my name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was my name now
Goo, goo, goo, goo, Barabajagal
Was my (his) name now...

2. Superlungs My Supergirl

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
You see this kind of chick
In every town
Whenever there's a scene
She's always hanging around
She's so naïve and innocent
Stares at you with awe
She's only fourteen
But she knows how to draw

Supergirl
Supergirl
Supergirl
Supergirl

Supergirl, she's my supergirl and I love her
Supergirl, she's my supergirl and I love her
Supergirl, she's my supergirl and I love her
Supergirl, she's my supergirl and I love her

She never gets involved
With blowing her cool
She's too busy painting sky
With her classmates in school
Teachers they ignore her
They would if they could
She ain't quite grown up yet
But her credence's real good

Supergirl (hey!)
Supergirl (hey!)
Supergirl (hey!)
Supergirl (hey!)
Supergirl (hey!)
Supergirl (hey!)

3. Where Is She

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
Springtime for me has gone
Where is she?
Waking in the blue dawn
Where is she?
Someday I'll say to her
"I am here"
Smiling, her words will be
"I am cheer"

I know she'll wait for me
Well, I know she'll wait for me to come to her

Springtime for me has gone
Where is she?
Waking in the blue dawn
Where is she?
Lazy, adorn and adorn
She will be
Drowsy sleepy with blue
I am here

I know she'll wait for me
Well, I know she'll wait for me to come to her

4. Happiness Runs

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
Little pebble upon the sand
Now you're lying here in my hand
How many years have you been here?
Little human upon the sand
From where I'm lying here in your hand
You to me are but a passing breeze

The sun will always shine where you stand
Depending in which land
You may find yourself
Now you have my blessing, go your way

Happiness runs in a circular motion
Thought is like a little boat upon the sea
Everybody is a part of everything anyway
You can have everything if you let yourself be

Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs

Happiness runs in a circular motion
Thought is like a little boat upon the sea
Everybody is a part of everything anyway
You can have everything if you let yourself be

Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs

Happiness runs in a circular motion
Thought is like a little boat upon the sea
Everybody is a part of everything anyway
You can have everything if you let yourself be

Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs
Happiness runs, happiness runs

Why-o? Because
Why-o? Because
Why-o? Because
Why-o? Because

Happiness runs in a circular motion
Thought is like a little boat upon the sea
Everybody is a part of everything anyway
You can have everything if you let yourself be
You can have everything if you let yourself be
You can have everything if you let yourself be
You can have everything if you let yourself be...
(Little pebble upon the sand)...

5. I Love My Shirt

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
Do you have a shirt that you really love
One that you feel so groovy in?
You don't even mind if it starts to fade
That only makes it nicer still

I love my shirt, I love my shirt
My shirt is so comfortably lovely
I love my shirt, I love my shirt
My shirt is so comfortably lovely

Do you have some jeans that you really love
Ones that you feel so groovy in?
You don't even mind if they start to fray
That only makes them nicer still

I love my jeans, I love my jeans
My jeans are so comfortably lovely
I love my jeans, I love my jeans
My jeans are so comfortably lovely

When I take them to the cleaners
I can't wait to get them home again
Yes, I take them to the cleaners
I'd rather wash them in a stream
(Scrub a dub dub dub)
I'd rather wash them in a stream
Know what I mean

Do you have some shoes that you really love
Ones that you feel so flash in?
You don't even mind if they start to get some holes in
That only makes them nicer still

I love my shoes, I love my shoes
My shoes are so comfortably lovely
I love my jeans, I love my jeans
My jeans are so comfortably lovely
I love my shirt, I love my shirt
In fact I love my wardrobe

I love my shirt, I love my shirt
My shirt is so comfortably lovely
I love my shirt, I love my shirt
My shirt is so comfortably lovely...

6. The Love Song

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
I'm not very fancy in the mid of air
I'm not proud to say I am a-merely 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 guy's song

When [...] 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 a-merely 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 guy's song

Come on, everybody, get your hands together, let's dance, let's [...] let's do the vulture! Yeah, baby, the vulture! [...] Twist it, twist it! [...] Come on, sweet baby, don't tell me I'm through, oh! Won't you baby, won't you baby [...] Won't you baby, won't you baby, with my life! Oh, baby! Come on, come on, come on! One, two, three, baby! Ha! Two, three!

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!

Hark awhile and listen to the love song
Hark awhile and listen to the love song
Hark awhile and listen to the love song
Hark awhile and listen to the love song...

7. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
Dear Susan, I know you love me so
But I want to hear it in my ear
You know I'd be there working at my craft
Had it not been for the draft
Dry up your tear and feel no fear
You're here with me like I'm there with you

To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting

I'm writing alone beneath a tree
The smell of the rain on the greenery
Our fathers have painfully lost their way
That's why, my love, I'm here today
Hear me when I say there will come a day
When kings will know and love can grow

To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting

Susan, I know you love me so
But I'd like to hear it in my ear
You know I'd be there working at my craft
Had it not been for the draft
Dry up your tear and feel no fear
You're here with me like I'm there with you

To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy supposedly hating
To Susan on the west coast waiting
From Andy in Vietnam fighting

8. Atlantis

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
The continent of Atlantis was an island
Which lay before the Great Flood
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean
So great an area of land
That from her western shores
Those beautiful sailors journeyed
To the South and the North Americas with ease
In their ships with painted sails
To the East, Africa was a neighbour
Across a short strait of sea miles
The great Egyptian age is but a remnant
Of The Atlantian culture
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends, from all lands, were from far Atlantis
Knowing her fate
Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth
On board were the Twelve
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, the magician
And the other so-called Gods of our legends
Though Gods they were
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice, and let us sing, and dance
And ring in the new
Hail, Atlantis!

Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be
Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be
Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be

Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be
Way down below the ocean
(she may, she may, she may, shey may)
Where I wanna be, she may be
My antediluvian baby, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
My antediluvian baby
My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh, yeah
I wanna see you some day
Oh, my antediluvian baby
My antediluvian baby, oh
I wanna see you
My antediluvian baby
Gotta tell me where she gone
I wanna see you some day
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh, yeah
Oh, club, club, down, down, yeah
My antediluvian baby

9. Trudi

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
OK, everybody! [...]

I can see by your eyes you're a good girl
And the sparkle of the ring on your hand
You got a friend called ramblin' Trudi
Oh, Johnny never looked you like that

Won't you go to bed with me
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey
Won't you go to bed with me
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey

(Oh) I can see by your eyes you're a sad girl
(Oh) And the little chain around your neck
You got to [...] down a ramblin' sunset
Oh, Johnny never looked you like that

Won't you go to bed with me (oh)
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey (oh)
Won't you go to bed with me (oh)
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey, yeah (oh)
(Sing more)

I can see by your eyes you're a good girl
And the sparkle of the ring on your hand
You got a friend called ramblin' Trudi
Oh, Johnny never looked you like that

Won't you [...] (oh)
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey (oh)
Won't you go, oh, to bed with me (oh)
Won't you take a chance, babe, hey, yeah (oh)

Trudi motoring (sing more)
Trudi motor away (sing more)
Trudi motoring (sing more)
Trudi motor away

Trudi would you, could you, would you, Trudi
Would you, could you motor away for me
Trudi, Trudi, would you, would you, could you
Trudi, Trudi, Trudi motor away
(Oh) Trudi motoring
(Oh) Trudi motor away
(Oh) Trudi motoring
(Oh) Trudi motor away

(Oh) Trudi motoring
(Oh) Trudi motor away

10. Pamela Jo

Words & Music Donovan Leitch
Donovan Music/Peermusic
I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?
The words are very easy to follow
So you can know Pamela Jo

She loves to go to railroads on rainy days
Dream about the distant land, so she says
The tracks are very easy to follow
Why don't you go, Pamela Jo?

She looks just a little like a circus child
She just can't wait to let her hair grow wild
She's got very top, top secret charms
She works all day to get her papers filed

She's easy to play on piano or juke
She had a hard time when first she was took
But still she's been a model child, an open book
So now you know Pamela Jo, oh, yeah!

I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?
The words are very easy to follow
So you can know Pamela Jo
(So now you know Pamela Jo)
OK, Alan, let it out!

She looks just a little like a circus child
She just can't wait to let her hair grow wild
She's got very top, top secret charm
She works all day to get those papers filed

She's easy to play on piano or juke
She had a hard time when first she was took
And still she's been a model child, an open book
Oh, so now you know Pamela Jo, oh, oh

I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?
The words are very easy to follow
So you can know Pamela Jo, ah, ah
(So now you know Pamela Jo)

I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
(A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(The words are very easy to follow)
Ah, ah, ah, ah...
(So now you know Pamela Jo)
You know Pamela Jo, oh, yeah
I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?
The words are very easy to follow
So you can know Pamela Jo, oh, oh
I'll sing you a song called Pamela Jo
A girl with a sweet melody, don't you know?
The words are very easy to follow
So now you know Pamela Jo...