Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Donovan
Canonical path: /donovan/sleep
Related lyric paths: 6
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Sleep
Read Sleep lyrics by Donovan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Sleep
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Sweet gentle sleep
Soothe and refresh me
Weary am I - of this life
And my fortune
Black velvet night
Do envelope me
Falling am I - like a star
In a dark swoon
Winter peeps and silent creeps
Under hill over dale
Autumn leaves like crimson wreaths
Sadly down the wind sail the wind wail
Little Linda glowing cinder
Sparkle like a star
The sun and roses merely show us
'Zactly where we are
A jaguar, a hollow car
Far in the winter lane - o
Lacework trees - the Jack Frost breeze
Pheasant birds are slain - o
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Donovan performs "Sleep", and this lyric page sits inside the Donovan catalog on LyroVerse.
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