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Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast.
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity.
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love...

— Donovan Hurdy Gurdy Man (1967)

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When the truth gets buried deep, Beneath the [[thoughts] of years of sleep, Time demands a turnaround, And once again the truth is found.

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It seemed — in 1968 — the possibilities of peace and brotherhood could be realised that very year. We're still working on it.

The softer you sing, the louder you're heard.

Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new: Hail Atlantis!

Atlantis (1968)

Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.

Atlantis (1968)

We are one, we are all brothers and sisters, but the people of the world do not know this.

Donovan: "We are all one shining Being (1998)

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