Donovan – Colours

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Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise,
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Blue's the colour of the sky
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
In the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.

Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
In the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.

Mellow is the feeling that I get
When I see her, mm hmm,
When I see her, uh huh.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.

Freedom is a word I rarely use
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Of the time, of the time
When I've been loved.

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Lyrics submitted by ralph mctell

Track duration: 02:31

"Colours" as written by Peter Schickele, Evgeny Yevtushenko

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:Yes, the version on Greatest Hits is much better than the folk version.
    Great, great song.
    Lyrically speaking the song is pretty much what you see is what you get except for the last verse which has a little bit more going on there maybe.
    Flag JamesLoveon July 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:wow. i. love. this.

    so simple, but multi-layered, concise lyrics. genius.
    Flag eating_for_youon November 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this Donovan song. It reminds me of spring time, when you notice all of the beauty blooming after winter.
    Flag seventhoceanon April 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah, it was perfect for that scene. Probably my favourite of the whole movie. The camera angles, the split screen, the actions of both characters.. fuck. It went so well with that scene.
    Flag brighteyes602on January 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Worked so well for the movie Rules of Attraction.
    Flag Clap Your Handson March 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This is the best Donovan song. Yeah. Donovan is the only one.
    Flag redhouse_yonderon March 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:LOVE the line "freedom is a word that I rarely use without thinking"...and how it changes meaning depending on if you read the following line as part of it or not (...without thinking of the times I've been loved)
    Flag paramaniaon November 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this is just one of those songs that you can hear over and over and never get sick of it. I suppose there really isn't much to the meaning of it. It's just about everything thats beautiful.
    Flag flying_merleon April 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Lol it reminds me of a bread advert or something
    Flag bayberry_moonon April 10, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I like the greatets hits version of this song better than the folk version.

    i just think this song is about the beauty of life
    Flag jtucker7on February 28, 2006   Link

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