Age Of Treason - Donovan

On a lone and windy hilltop beneath a roof of tin
In a little wallpapered bedroom I done my growin'.
'Twas there I dreamt my dreams, there I hung my jeans
And wandered through puberty as all do.

My mother was a tight knot bound up with false guilt
Strapped up in her fearing wall she had built.
An independent girl in a dark and cruel world
She'd lost the way to say, "OK, now lay back".

We disagreed on most things, I shouted peace and love
The family of mankind, the symbol of the dove.
She only saw the surface of things before her face
But I was young and argued on for hours.

My father he liked poetry, a scholar he might have made.
Had he not been born a poor boy, barefoot and underpaid
So the man worked with his hands up and down the land,
His dream forgot, he thought that I must follow.

With his Marxist worker's wisdom he'd read a thing or two
He once had been a Mason but he never followed through.
Always kind and thoughtful, smelling of machine oil
And he read me poetry of visionaries.

I flunked my way to college, a looser kind of school
Bought me borrowed play time, arty, feeling cool
Just to live an artist, diggin' the ravin' scene
Reading Kerouac and Ginsberg well juiced.

I was not academic, Art and English Lit,
The history of mankind I liked that a bit.
And what was I to do? The choices they were few,
A down right disgrace to the working classes

A down right disgrace to the working classes
A down right disgrace to the working classes
A down right disgrace to the working classes

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[kaptivate]

Excellent obscure gem. Lyric corrections

mother "tight knot"...

father "had he not been born a poor boy"

school .."bought me borrowed play time"

...Ginsberg ""well juiced"

"a downright disgrace"....  Thanx for posting

[lorjim58]

I've added the corrections, thanks!

[KoalaBearWarrior]

Great song. I love folk songs because they have so much meaning.

[TwiggsWoody]

This song is very similar to my life Love this song.. I can relate in many many ways

[monstarmatt]

way better than the crap they play today!

[metalhead420fuq]

nice.

[xojbabyxo]

Donovan is amazing!! God bless you for uploading this video!! (;

[metalhead420fuq]

donovan has a bunch of good songs!!!!!!

hahahahahaha!

snoop around.

[rtupin1956]

I love the song and the lyrics are simple and true. Thanks for the post.

[davidatheist]

i am a donovan fan and i havent herd that befor thanks