Tuesday, January 12, 2016

"Try for the Sun"




                                                      We stood in the windy city                                                     
                                                      The gypsy boy and I
                                                      
                                                      We slept on the breeze in the midnight
                                                      With the rain droppin' tears in our eyes
                                                      
                                                      And who's going to be the one
                                                      To say it was no good what we done?
                                                      I dare a man to say, "I'm too young
                                                      For I'm going to try for the sun"
                                                     
                                                     We huddled in a derelict building
                                                     And when he thought I was asleep
                                                     He laid his poor coat round my shoulder
                                                     And shivered there beside me in a heap
                                                     
                                                     And who's going to be the one
                                                     To say it was no good what we done?
                                                     I dare a man to say, "I'm too young
                                                     For I'm going to try for the sun"
                                                    
                                                    We sang and cracked the sky with laughter
                                                    Our breath turned to mist in the cold
                                                    Our years put together counted thirty
                                                    But our eyes told the dawn that we were old
                                                    
                                                    And who's going to be the one
                                                    To say it was no good what we done?
                                                    I dare a man to say, "I'm too young
                                                    For I'm going to try for the sun"
                                                    
                                                    Mirror, mirror, hanging in the sky
                                                    Won't you look down what's happening here below?
                                                    I stand here singing to the flowers
                                                    So very few people really know
                                                   
                                                   And who's going to be the one
                                                   To say it was no good what we done?
                                                   I dare a man to say, "I'm too young
                                                   For I'm going to try for the sun"

                                                   Songwriter
 
                                                   DONOVAN LEITCH
                             

5 comments:

  1. Is this by Donovan Philips Leitch the singer, or by Donovan Jerome Leitch the actor?

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  2. Oh... forget my question. I just scrolled down to the song itself. It's Donovan the singer! Thanks Syd

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  3. I like that line, "The gypsy boy and I." I've been obsessed for days with the flamenco dancing boy I posted that vid of, who really is a Spanish gypsy - a Gitano. Makes me want to move to Andalucia.

    I also love the bit where that boy covers the other with his coat - very sweet & tender.

    Z

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  4. He does in the cartoon as well...look again. The third panel.

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  5. Btw today over 1200 Russians in unique visits came by. Twice...more than twice the number of Yanks, and others combined!

    I may have to learn Russian.

    "Z" you were so right. They are coming here as you said. Amazing! I have to assume they speak some English.

    Remember on "Bleeding Queers" I had multi-language articles because of the international audience we gathered.

    It's nice to have the world here again.

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