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Artist: Burl Ives
Canonical path: /burl-ives/the-donut-song
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The Donut Song
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The Donut Song
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When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you walk the lines and not the squares
As you go through life make this your goal
Watch the donut, not the hole.
It's written on the rainbow, in letters made of gold
Written on the rainbow, there's wisdom to behold
My friend the little sparrow flew
Close enough to see
Written on a rainbow is this philosophy.
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Burl Ives performs "The Donut Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Burl Ives catalog on LyroVerse.
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