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Turquoise by Donovan

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Donovan

Turquoise

Release date: 30th October 1965

From Universal Soldier
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About This Track

"Turquoise" is a track by Donovan, from the album Universal Soldier, released 30th October 1965. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Donovan

Donovan

Lyrics

Turquoise

[Verse 1]

Your smile beams like sunlight on a gull's wing

And the leaves dance and play after you

Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower

Take care with my heart, oh darlin, she's made of glass

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 2]

Your eyes feel like silence resting on me

And the birds cease to sing when you rise

Ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted

Take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 3]

In the pastel skies a sunset, I have wandered

With my eyes and ears and heart strained to the full

I know I tasted the essence in the few days

Take care who you love, my precious, he might not know

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Track details

From Universal Soldier

1965
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Album
Universal Soldier
Universal Soldier
Donovan
Release year
1965
  1. —Turquoise
  2. —Do You Hear Me Now
  3. —The War Drags On
  4. —Universal Soldier
  5. —To Sing for You
  6. —Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?
  7. —Colours
  8. —Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)
  9. —Ballad of a Crystal Man
  10. —Catch the Wind

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2016
The Essential Donovan
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Sixty Four - The Donovan Archive: Volume 1
2004
Rising Again
2000
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1990

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Credits

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Writer
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Producer
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