Look on yonder misty mountain
See the young monk meditating rhododendron forest
Over dusty years, I ask you
What's it been like being you ?
Through all levels you've been changing
Getting a little bit better no doubt,
The doctor bit was so far out.
Looking through crystal spectacles,
I can see I had your fun.
Doing us paperback reader
Made the teacher suspicious about insanity,
Fingers always touching girl.
Through all levels you've been changing
Getting a little bit better no doubt,
The doctor bit was so far out.
Looking through all kinds of windows
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through all kinds of windows
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Rebelling against society,
Such a tiny speculating whether to be a hip or
Skip along quite merrily.
Through all levels you've been changing
Elevator in the brain hotel
Broken down a-just as well-a
Looking through crystal spectacles,
Ah, I can see I had your fun.
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum.


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Epistle To Dippy Lyrics as written by Donovan Leitch

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  • +2
    General Comment

    my favorite song of all time. DL once said it means whatever one thinks it means.

    jtucker7on February 28, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I read that this was a way to find out what a friend was doing.

    LiamAon January 26, 2007   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion

    I AM THE WALRUS...GOO GOO KA CHOOB!!!

    frank n996on March 01, 2016   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is about a friend of Donovan's who was in the military and stationed in Malaysia. He wrote the song to persude him to come home. Donovan has a history of expressing his opposition to the Vietnam War with vocal pacifism.

    magicmongeron June 18, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is about Ronald Gale, my brother in law. He was in the army in Malaysia just as someone else has mentioned. In Donovans autobiography, there are a couple of pages on Ron. They were friends in the time before Donovans career really took off.

    techniqueson July 22, 2023   Link

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