Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street

Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street (lyrics down)

Lyrics:

On the firefly platform on sunny Goodge Street
Violent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machine
Involved in an eating scene.
Smashing into neon streets in their stonedness
Smearing their eyes on the crazy cult goddess
Listenin' to sounds of Mingus mellow fantastic.
"My, my", they sigh,
"My, my", they sigh.
In doll house rooms with coloured lights swingin'
Strange music boxes sadly tinklin'
Drink in the sun shining all around you.
"My, my", they sigh,
"My, my", they sigh, mm mm.
"My, my", they sigh,
"My, my", they sigh.
The magician, he sparkles in satin and velvet,
You gaze at his splendour with eyes you've not used yet.
I tell you his name is Love, Love, Love.
"My, my", they sigh,
"My, my", they sigh.
"My, my" - sigh.

I haven't found this song (on an acceptable quality) on youtube, so I uploaded for everyone who likes Donovan.

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• Donovan
• Leitch
• Sunny
• Goodge
• Street
• Folk
• music
• Fairytale
• 1965
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• the
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• Fairytale (album)
• Song

[bscondict]

The Donovan the radio did not play !

[nextoesc]

@bscondict In Spain any radio play Donovan :(

[ablestar88]

Brilliant tune from 1965......"On the firefly platform on Sunny Goodge Street a violent hash-smoker shook a chocolate machine." Can someone tell me why this guy isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??? Thanks for posting.

[nextoesc]

@ablestar88

This year we had good news, Donovan is finally in!

[66cathyovo66]

love, love, love..

[avimmmbb]

Judy Collins did a very nice version of this. His peers understood his talent. Congratulations, Mr. Leitch.

[jdsowa]

Obviously it's influenced by Dylan's stream of nonsense, but this has to be the earliest explicit example of psychedelia, preceding, as it did, even Norwegian Wood (which was pretty mild). Very outre arrangement, as well. Great stuff.

[ivyluvspeace]

Thanks, love the jazzy feel, kinda like early Tull

[MsBeam12]

early art college days late 60's!! great to hear it again

[vennylos]

Thanx to Donovan for giving birth to this song...but it was Judy Collins who turned this caterpillar into an exquisite butterfly.

[GalaxyHorse]

@tommotd Yeah, sounds like Joe Pass on Guitar too!

[hopdoehop]

@ablestar88 because it's all about money

mind

Donovan is thought of as a folk singer

not

pop rock

[bscondict]

@nextoesc Not too much here either :>{