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Track: Sand And Foam
Artist: Donovan
Album: Mellow Yellow

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Name: Donovan
Spotify Genres: folk rock, psychedelic rock
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Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist, born May 10, 1946 in Glasgow. Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014. Stepfather of Brian Jones' and Linda Lawrence's son, [a=Julian Jones], also known as Julian Brian (Jones) Leitch. [b]For any credits containing a variation of Donovan’s surname “Leitch” please use [a=Donovan Phillips Leitch]. Not to be confused with his son [a=Donovan Leitch].[/b]

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Release: Donovan - There Is A Mountain / Sand And Foam
Year: 1967
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock

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LYRICS

The sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
And the simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
And all because of the phosphorus there in quantity
As I dug you diggin' me in Mexico.
There in the valley of Scorpio, beneath the cross of jade
Smoking on the seashell pipe the gypsies had made
We sat and we dreamed a while of smugglers bringing wine
In that crystal thought time in Mexico.

Sitting in a chair of bamboo, sipping grenadine,
Straining my eyes for a surfacing submarine.
Kingdoms of ants walk across my feet,
I'm a-shakin' in my seat in Mexico.

Grasshoppers creaking in the velvet jungle night,
Microscopic circles in the fluid of my sight,
Watching a black-eyed native girl cut and trim the lamp,
Valentino vamp in Mexico.

The sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
And the simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
And all because of the phosphorus there in quantity
I dug you diggin' me in Mexico