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SING OF LOVE SWEET LOVE

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SING IT STRONG AND GENTLE

SING IT SWEET AND LOW

LET THE WORDS BE SIMPLE

SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW

THE D!GNITY OF MAN

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1.0PERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH.2. LAZY DAZE.

3. LIFE GOES ON.4. THERE IS AN OCEAN.

5. DIGNITY OF MAN.6. YELLOW STAR.

7. DIVINE DAZE OF DEATHLESS DELIGHT.8. BOY FOR EVERY GIRL.

9. SAINT VALENTINE'S ANGEL.10. LIFE IS A MERRY-GO-ROUND.

11. SAILING HOMEWARD.

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WYELLOW STARIt's all a kind of dream

Acoustic Guitar Donovan

And not quite what it seemsI have had some Tingles in my time

Vocals Donovan

But when the talking's doneNever dreaming them to be a sign

0Clavinette Jean RousselThis Life of Death we'll shun

Percussion Jim Gordon

And turn our hearts to HimOut on the Lonely Road

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Bass Alan Spenner,Whose Light will never dim Living a Warrior's Code

Drums Denny Seiwell

Everywhere Thine-Abode

Lead Guitar Henry McCullough

It's all in the Dance of Life my friendsOf Deathiess Delight

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It's all in the Song that never ends

There have been bad things done

It's all in the Dance of Life my friends

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There have been some good onesFollowing the Yellow StarTHE DIGNITY OF MAN

And many people cned

Acoustic Guitar Donovan

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And many nations died Vocals Donovan

And many babies came

THE DIVINE DAZE OFPercussion Ray Cooper & Russell Kunkel

As many died again

DEATHLESS DELIGHTStrings Andrew Powell

WYet always Man prevailed

Drums Bruce RowlandsElectric Guitar Danny Kortchmar

Yea though the Devil wailed

Bass Paul OssolaBass Leyland SklarE!ectric Guitar Neil Hubbard

Drums Russell Kunkel

You know we're way out there

Electric Guitar Doug SchlinkPlano Craig Doerge

0In some gaiaxy's hairStrings Nicky Harrison

With all this space around

Koto Simon JettesMake a song, song maker

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We fight to keep our sharePercussion Ray CooperSong of Love sweet Love

With all our cruelty

Ace Flute Chris NichollsDo not make it a shaker

And all our jeaiousy

Acoustic Guitar DonovanMake it move from above

We find it hard to give

Vocals DonovanSing it strong and gentle

To just live and let live

Sing it sweet and low

Seek ye the mysteryLet the words be simple

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It's all in the Dance of Life my friendsThrough all this energySo that all may know

it's all in the Song that never ends

To set your Soulbird freeThe Dignity of Man

0It's all in the Dance of Life my friendsFor Deathless DeiightSing the Dignity of Man

Following the Yellow Star

Sing the Dignity of Man

There are so many waysZWe think that we're so bigForms upon which to gazeSing of proud black brother

The truth we never twig

Live in a Divine DazeSing of pale faced son

And if some Quaser blow

Of Deathless delightSing the joy of a motherW

I guess we'd never knowShe's the Mother of Everyone

But long before that day

There may be so many many painsYou got red blood rivers

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When we are burned awayTill of old the Golden Goal you gainRushing through your veins

Let us take time to smile and

You got hearts that quiver

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Swing a little whilerOut on the Lonely Road Full of Love's sweet pain

You began long agoSing the Dignity of Man

There have been many words

No other way to showSing the Dignity of Man

WAnd just as many turdsDeathless DelightSing the Dignity of Man

Make a dream. dream weaver

Full of hope and praise,Sing of the joyful sadnessOf this human playGather all mens' wishesShow them to be OneSing of God's Great GloryFor the Humble Hearted One

The Dignity of ManSing the Dignity of ManSing the Dignity of ManSing the Dignity of Man

SAILING HOMEWARDAcoustic Guitar Donovan

Vocals DonovanPiano Carole KingWoodwinds Tom ScottStrings Andrew Powell

Sailing homewardIt is time to go homeOver the oceanOf life we must roamAnd when you get thereSay hello for meFor I've a long long way to go

There may be stormy daysThere may be fineThere will be valleysAnd mountains to climbAnd when you get thereSay hello for meFor I've a long long way to go

Whenever I wander weary

I reach for youI know you will be thereFor to see me through

Sailing homeward

It is time to go homeOver the oceanOf life we must roamAnd when you get thereSay hello for meFor I've a long long way to go

BOY FOR EVERY GIRLDobra Guitar Danny KortchmarBass Leyland SklarDrums Russell KunkelPiano & Harpsichord Craig DoergeAcoustic Guitar DonovanVocals DonovanPercussion Ray CooperStrings Andrew PowellHorns Andrew PowellLead Guitar Steve MarriotBackup Vocals The Scratch Band

For every boy there is a girlFor every dream there is a real world

For every lip there is a kissFor every cheek there is a caress

Take off your clothes they're strangling youLet out your human songTake off your clothes they're suffocating meAnd my body wants to sing along

For every up there is a downFor every smile there is a sad frownFor every lip there is a kissFor every cheek there is a caress

Throw off those thoughts they're strangling youLet out your human songTake off your clothes they're suffocating you,And my body wants to sing along

To lie at rest upon your bosom

Tongue still taste thy maiden muskTo lie within your womans warm

Upon your rising falling form

To lie at rest upon your bosom

Tongue still taste thy manna dewTo lie within thy loving calmUpon the rising falling form

LIFE IS A MERRY-GO-ROUNDVocals Donovan

Acoustic Guitar Donovan

Electric Guitar Danny KortchmarBass Leyland SklarDrums Russell Kunkel

Piano Craig DoergeConga Russell KunkelTabla Jim GordonGemshorn Andrew Powell

Beneath the Weight of the WorldI can be foundAmong the Chaos and the WheelScattered all aroundOn the wild windy wave I'm tossedCastaway and lostNow i understandWhat those sad songs say

Make up your mind to be happyLife Is a merry-go-roundIf you miss out this timeDon't let it fret your mindLove will come round in the end

Yes it will you know

Between the Devil and the Deep BlueWe find ourselvesOut of the frying pan and intoLeft on the shelfBorne willy nilly here and thereWhen our hearts are full of care

That's the only way to understandWhat those sad songs say

Make up your mind to be happyLife is a merry-go-round

If you miss out this timeDon't let it fret your mindLove will come round in the endYes it will you know

OPERATING MANUALFOR SPACESHIP EARTHDrums Jim GordonBass Carl RadleElectric Guitar Peter FramptonAcoustic Guitar Donovan

Vocals Donovan

Electric Piano Nicky HopkinsPercussion Jim Gordon

Operating manual for Spaceship EarthRead all about the do's and don'tsOperating manual for Spaceship EarthRead all about the do's and don'ts

Do be kind to your animal friends

You are the keeper of Earth ZooDo be kind to your vegetable friendsYou are the Gardner of Earth Green.

Don't pour filth into riversRivers are like the blood in our veinsDon't pour filth into the airAir is the best thing that we can breathe

We're on a space shipYou may not think soWe're on a space shipAnd we're flying with the stars through spaceYes, we're flying with the stars through space

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THERE IS AN OCEANBass Fiddle Danny ThompsonAcoustic Guitar DonovanVocals DonovanAccordion Jack Emblow

There is an oceanOf vast proportionAnd she flows within ourselvesTo take dips dailyWe dive in gailyHe knows who goes within himselfThe Abode of AngelsThe Mystical Promised LandThe One and Only Heaven'The God of ManIs but the closing of an eyelid away

There is a SilenceOf pure ExcellenceAnd she flows within ourselves

To appreciateWe deactivateHe knows who goes within himselfThe Domain of Deviis the Fearful LandThe One and only HadesThe Satan of ManIs but the closing of an eyelid away

All is as it was and ever more shall beThough they try to tell us it's not soOver all the earth there's nothing new to seeAccepting every seed will newiy growInnocence in childhood false men misconstrue

To be years of darkness spent in shadeDenying childhood's vision of the God of LoveSo that Truth be turned about and untruth made

There is a reason

For every season

Of change within ourselves

To navigate

We appreciateAnd know the flow within ourselvesThe Deliverance from DelugeThe Good dry landThe One and only HavenThe Rock of ManIs but the closing of an eyelid away

LIFE GOES ONDrums Jim GordonBass Carl RadleElectric Guitar Peter FramptonPercussion Jim GordonCongas Jim GordonPiano Nicky HopkinsStrings Andrew Powell

It's not easy when your life has broken downTo find solace in a world of painIt's not easy to pick up your broken heartAnd start allover again

It's not easy to be strong and carry onWhen the light of your life has diedIt's not easy when the one and only oneHas left you in the dark to cry

But life goes on and on you knowJust like a river flow you knowFor love may come and go you knowYour love may one day show

It's not easy for to sleep alone at nightYou keep searching for the shape you knewIt's not easy to wake up and realiseThe big bad dream is true

It's not easy to believe a day will comeWhen another one will cherish youIt's not easy to be cool and act unhurtWhen the pain hits you through and through

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But life goes on and on you knowJust like a river flow you knowFor love may come and go you knowYour love may one day show

LAZY DAZEDrums Jim GordonBass Carl RadleElectric Guitar Peter FramptonAccordion Jack EmblowPiano Nicky HopkinsAcoustic Guitar DonovanVocals Donovan & Bobby WhitlockPercussion Jim Goraon

Organ Bobby WhitlockHarmonica Donovan

Looking for a place with a reat lazy paceLay right back simply rest my mindLiving in a grass hut swinging in a hammockIn some sleepy cove forgotten by timeI'll be the boy who sings songs sometimesSwim. sit in the sun and easy dream a whileDon't need nothing that can't come tomorrowDon't really matter if it never come at all

I don't want to be rushed and pushed crushed and mushedI don't want to be rushed and pushed crushed and mushed

She's looking for a tan witha real sensitive manBurn her bra simply rest her jeansJust let the kids run around with their ass hanging out

Barefoot like they do in her dreamsShe will be the girl who slinks along the long beachSwim, sit in the sun easy dream a whileDon't need nothing that can't come tomorrow

Don't really matter if it never come at all

I don't want to be rushed and pushed crushed and mushedI don't want to be rushed and pushed crushed and mushed

SAINT VALENTINE'S ANGELDrums Denny SeiwellBass Paul OssolaElectric Guitar Doug SchlinkAcoustic Guitar DonovanAcoustic Guitar Neil HubbardLead Guitar Henry McCulloughVocals Donovan

Strings Del NewmanPiano Jean Roussel

Why does it have to beJust one day in the year when weGive love and share our joy -That happy feeling between girl and boy

St. Valentine's AngelAngel of all lovingSt Valentine's AngelGive my love to everyone

How I wish it could be

St Valentines day for everFor you and me

Wise men have often said

From the pages of books I have readLife's joy and miseryWalk hand in handAnd keep each other company

How I wish it could beSt. Valentine's day for everFor you and me

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ESSENCE TO ESSENCEPERFORMED BY DONOVAN

Produced by Andrew Oldham Recorded betweenSeptember the First to October the Thirtieth,Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Three at Morgan

Studios, England. Engineered by Bill Lobb. With theassistance of

Mike Bobak and David HarrisMixed down at Syncron. Connecticut.Members of the 'Pop ArtsStrings and Horns' gatheredtogether in one place byDavid KatzPrivate Chef: Nigel FordAll songs written by Donovan Leitch

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth/ Life GoesOn/Lazy Daze/The Dignity of Man/ Yellow Star/TheDivine Days of Deathless Delight/Life is a Merry-go­round- published by Abkco Music Inc There is anOcean/Boy for Every Girl/ Saint Valentine'sAngel/Sailing Homeward: published by Donovan(Music) Ltd

Photographs created by Tony EvansCover art direction & designJohn Kosh & Donovan

Carl Radle appears with love from Shelter RecordsPeter Frampton appears with love from A & M Records.Steve Marriot appears with love from A & M RecordsCarole King appears with love from ODE RecordsTom Scott appears with love from ODE RecordsLeland Bruce Sklar appears with love from Warner BrosRecordsDaniel Kortchmar appears with love from Warner Bros.RecordsRussell W Kunkel appears with love from Warner Bros.RecordsCraig W Doerge appears with love from CBS RecordsNicky Hopkins appears with love from CBS RecordsNeil Hubbard appears with love from Shelter RecordsBruce Rowland appears with love from Shelter RecordsAlan Spenner appears with love from Shelter RecordsBobby Whitlock appears with love from Jimmy Miller'Productlons Inc.

Humble appreciation to all my brothers in music who playedon these songs.

Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of the publishers.All rights reserved.

MCPS/BIEM/SDRM© 1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.® 1973 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

Epic Registered Trademark E is the exclusive trademarkof Sony Music Entertainment Inc.Distribution: Sony Music.

Original sound recording made by Sony MusicEntertainment (UK)Ltd., The copyright in this sound record­ing is owned by Sony Music Entertainment (UK)Ltd.

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