Age Of Treason - Donovan

On a lone and windy hilltop beneath a roof of tin
In a little wallpapered bedroom I done my growin'.
'Twas there I dreamt my dreams, there I hung my jeans
And wandered through puberty as all do.
My mother was a tight knot bound up with false guilt
Strapped up in her fearing wall she had built.
An independent girl in a dark and cruel world
She'd lost the way to say, "OK, now lay back".
We disagreed on most things, I shouted peace and love
The family of mankind, the symbol of the dove.
She only saw the surface of things before her face
But I was young and argued on for hours.
My father he liked poetry, a scholar he might have made.
Had he not been born a poor boy, barefoot and underpaid
So the man worked with his hands up and down the land,
His dream forgot, he thought that I must follow.
With his Marxist worker's wisdom he'd read a thing or two
He once had been a Mason but he never followed through.
Always kind and thoughtful, smelling of machine oil
And he read me poetry of visionaries.
I flunked my way to college, a looser kind of school
Bought me borrowed play time, arty, feeling cool
Just to live an artist, diggin' the ravin' scene
Reading Kerouac and Ginsberg well juiced.
I was not academic, Art and English Lit,
The history of mankind I liked that a bit.
And what was I to do? The choices they were few,
A down right disgrace to the working classes
A down right disgrace to the working classes
A down right disgrace to the working classes
A down right disgrace to the working classes

[@martigrant1145]

The beautiful story of everyone's life.

[@musicisbrilliant]

DONOVANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! No Joke!!!! Im always being surprised by NEW GEMS I havent fully realized the beauty of before!!!!! Thank you Donovan!!! You are beautiful. Words cannot suffice.

[@kaptivate]

Excellent obscure gem. Lyric corrections mother "tight knot"... father "had he not been born a poor boy" school .."bought me borrowed play time" ...Ginsberg ""well juiced" "a downright disgrace".... Thanx for posting

[@KoalaBearWarrior]

Great song. I love folk songs because they have so much meaning.

[@kitiamuriel]

Thanks for posting this. Maybe not an amazing melody, but the lyrics are a treasure: unexpected.

[@tangledupinbloo]

Who's ?listening at the next to last day of 2024? And where would I find this on an album?

[@monstarmatt]

way better than the crap they play today!

[@LilChid]

how

[@noelsalisbury7448]

Chalk & cheese

[@fernandvandewouwer2247]

the melody is repeated, like a poem runs, but quite lyrical, is Donovan playing the guitar or is the guitar playing him, so perfect and clear sound, one of the geniusses of out time

[@dimitrigoryenko2901]

I always thought it was "while juiced".

[@lorjim58]

I've added the corrections, thanks!

[@Dansull123]

hmsdonovan (1 day ago) Show Hide Love this song, Who doesn't Mike?

[@DavidCKendall]

What a flipped out ending....not at all self conscious...one of my true heroes...D.Leitch.. 'Open Road' album....just a killer!

[@sfdog1369]

Aint It True Sweet