For Linda

Written for RDP Sunday: Turquoise.
Our inspiration is from Punam
who invites us to write about turquoise,
either the color or the stone.

Today I have chosen to go with the song “Turquoise” by Donovan from his 1965 album, Fairytale. “Turquoise” is a romantic folk-style love song about Donovan’s early days in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, with his friend Gypsy Dave; it reflects his connection to his then future wife, Linda Lawrence. The song’s imagery suggests its meaning as a poetic reference to the color turquoise and the stone’s beauty and symbolism, mirroring his relationship with Linda. 

This is “Turquoise” by Donovan

LYRICS

Your smile beams like sunlight on a gull’s wing
And the leaves dance and play after you
Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower
Take care with my heart, oh darling, she’s made of glass

Your eyes feel like silence resting on me
And the birds cease to sing when you rise
Ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted
Take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down

In the pastel skies a sunset I have wandered
With my eyes and ears and heart strained to the full
I know I tasted the essence in the few days
Take care who you love, my precious, he might not know

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Richard C. Braun / Todd Charles Sharp
Turquoise lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

RDP Sunday: turquoise

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