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Donovan
Yellow is the colour of my true loves hair
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
Blue's the colour of the sky, up high,
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn,
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
Mellow's a feelin' that I get
When I see her ah ah.
When I see her ah ah.
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
Freedom is a word I rarely use,
Without thinkin' ah ah.
Without thinkin' ah ah.
All the time, all the time when I've been loved.
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
In the morning when we rise
In the morning when we rise
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
When I see her ah ah.
When I see her ah ah.
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.
Without thinkin' ah ah.
Without thinkin' ah ah.
All the time, all the time when I've been loved.
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"Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair In the morning when we raise" I think it is about girlfriend/fiancee/wife, somebody who shares bed, house and, well, life, good and bad with him, first person he sees in the morning. That could also explain why he says "we" instead of "I". "Blue's the colour of the sky In the morning when we raise" I think he simply wants to say how he loves morning; end of night, beginning of new day, sun, life, etc. He is obviously an optimist. "Green's the colour of the sparkiln' corn In the morning when we raise" That could be about innocence and beauty of nature and country life, about enjoying in small, simple things.
Woah. doesn't this song just make you want to wake up early :)
i think its about appreciating beauty in small things around you.
I like the greatets hits version of this song better than the folk version.
i just think this song is about the beauty of life
LOVE the line "freedom is a word that I rarely use without thinking"...and how it changes meaning depending on if you read the following line as part of it or not (...without thinking of the times I've been loved)
This is the best Donovan song. Yeah. Donovan is the only one.
I love this Donovan song. It reminds me of spring time, when you notice all of the beauty blooming after winter.
Lol it reminds me of a bread advert or something
this is just one of those songs that you can hear over and over and never get sick of it. I suppose there really isn't much to the meaning of it. It's just about everything thats beautiful.
Worked so well for the movie Rules of Attraction.