Donovan - Ballad Of A Crystal Man

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 word
For seagull I don't want your wings
I don't want your freedom in a lie

On the quilted battlefield of soldiers
Dazzling made of toy tin
The big bomb like a child's hand
Could sweep them dead just so to win
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 negro
Thinkin' not of beauty that spreads like morning sunglow
Seagull I don't want your wings
I don't want your freedom in a lie

I pray your dreams of vivid screams of children dying slowly
And as you polish up your guns your real self be reflecting
For seagull Idon'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
For seagull I don't want your wings
I don't want your freedom in a lie