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Preachin' Love
Music and lyrics by Donovan P. Leitch
Preachin' love
Pure as a dove
I mean a-to behold what I said
I breathe in love
Straight from above
I know what to be true, yes, I do
I understand my congregation
Is made up of the finer sex
I don't abide by segregation
Anyone may read the text
All I do
Is study you
In your natural habitat
And as I do
I find that you
Are all worth saving at that
So gather around the world and listen
Life is love, and love is life
And as you see the teardrops glisten
I'll learn from trouble and strife
I like to be
Beside the sea
A-diggin' where we came or what for
I think that we
Were meant to be
A-that is all I ever saw
I feel so exhilarated
In love with love, with love
A-I'm a-never explicated
I just can't tell you enough
That's right!
I like to be
Beside the sea
A-diggin' where we came or what for
I think that we
Were meant to be
A-that is all I ever saw
I feel so exhilarated, yeah
In love with love, with love
A-I'm a-never explicated
I just can tell you enough
All I do
Is study you
In your natural habitat
And as I do
I find that you
Are all worth saving at that
So get around the world and listen
Life is love and love is life
And when you see the teardrops glisten
I'll learn from trouble and strife
Preachin' love, preachin' love
A-preachin' love, a-preachin' love
Preachin' love, preachin' love
I know what to be true, yes, I do. |
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Preachin' Love (Donovan In Concert Version)
Music and lyrics by Donovan P. Leitch
I'm preachin' love
Straight from above
I know what to be true, yes, I do
Well, I'm breathing love
Straight from above
I mean a-to behold what I said
Well, I understand my congregation
Is made up of the finer sex
Well, I don't abide by segregation
Anyone may read the text
All I do
Is study you
In your natural habitat
And as I do
I find that you
Are all worth saving at that
Gather around the world and listen
Life is love is life
And when you see the teardrops glisten
I'll learn from trouble and strife
Well, I like to be
Beside the sea
Diggin' where we came or what for
Well, I think that we
Were meant to be
That is all I ever saw, oh, oh
Well, I feel so exhilarated, yeah
In love with love, with love
I'm never explicated
I just can't tell you enough
That's right!
Well, I'm preachin' love
Straight from above
I mean a-to behold what I said
Well, I'm breathing love
Straight from above
I mean what to be true, well, I do
Well, I understand my congregation
Is made up of the finer sex
Well, I don't abide by segregation
Anyone may read the text
Oh, well, I like to be
Beside the sea
Diggin' where we came or what for
Well, I think that we
Were meant to be
That is all I ever saw, oh, oh
I feel so exhilarated, yeah
In love with love, with love
I'm never explicated
I just can't tell you enough
Preachin' love, preachin' love
Preachin' love, preachin' love
Preachin' love, preachin' love
I know what to be true, yes, I do
Oh, yeah!
Mr. Harold McNair on saxophone, Mr. Tony Carr on drums! Thank you!
[Only in the 2006 expanded version]:
Now we're gonna take a little short break, about fifteen minutes, and if you're all here when we come back, we'll see you. |
