Ballad Of A Crystal Man - 'Universal Soldier' EP Version

by Donovan

From the album: Fairytale

Track 14 of 18 on Fairytale (1965).

Duration: 3:14

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Lyrics for Ballad Of A Crystal Man - 'Universal Soldier' EP Version

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 Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver I read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words For seagull, I don't want your wings I don't want your freedom in a lie As you fill your glasses with the wine of murdered negroes Thinking not of beauty that spreads like morning sun-glow For seagull, I don't want your wings I don't want your freedom in a lie On the quilted battlefields of soldiers dazzling, made of toy tin The big bomb like a child's hand could sweep them dead just so to win Seagull, I don't want your wings I don't want your freedom in a lie 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 Seagull, I don't want your wings I don't want your freedom in a lie

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