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Epistle To Dippy Lyrics
Artist: Donovan
EPISTLE TO DIPPY
Donovan
Look on yonder misty mountain
See the young monk meditating rhododendron forest
Over dusty years, I ask you
What's it been like being you ?
Through all levels you've been changing
Getting a little bit better no doubt,
The doctor bit was so far out.
Looking through crystal spectacles,
I can see I had your fun.
Doing us paperback reader
Made the teacher suspicious about insanity,
Fingers always touching girl.
Through all levels you've been changing
Getting a little bit better no doubt,
The doctor bit was so far out.
Looking through all kinds of windows
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through all kinds of windows
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Rebelling against society,
Such a tiny speculating whether to be a hip or
Skip along quite merrily.
Through all levels you've been changing
Elevator in the brain hotel
Broken down a-just as well-a
Looking through crystal spectacles,
Ah, I can see I had your fun.
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum dum
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Comments/Interpretations
What are all these songs about??
Written in the form of an open letter to an old school friend, the song had a strong pacifist message in addition to its florid psychedelic imagery. The real "Dippy" was at the time serving in the British Army in Malaysia. According to Brian Hogg, who wrote the liner notes for the Donovan boxed set, Troubadour, Dippy heard the song, contacted Donovan and left the army as a result.
donovan is a classic. it makes no difference what the songs are about if actually about anything at all. it was the '60's, donovan had his own unique music and lyrics
and he was great.
Donovan holds no relevance to me besides the fact he is a quintessential artifact of the folk/psyche 60's.
The incense, the flavor of the decade.
Anyone who can see "a strong pacifist message" in the above lyrics had better check in to the nearest psych ward...their weekend pass is about to expire.
geeze...
It's "..I can see ya (as in "you") had your fun...". "I had your fun" doesn't make any sense.
Just because you cant see it means it doesnt exist? What a jackass!
Correction: the song goes, "broken down BUT just as well, ah, ...
Just because you do not understand Donovan's meaning doesn't mean that no meaning exists. The hippie minstrel was into transendental thought, provoking pacifism and sending good vibes out in his music. You are one of my all-time favorites, Mr. Leitch. Thanks for your wonderful contributions to music, art and society.
This is a joke, right? I mean . . .
Songwriters use words for what they actually mean, as musical sounds and like a painter uses different colors to communicate feelings. Sometimes lyrics are literal, sometimes not. And sometimes a blend of both. Donovan's work is a good example of all those forms.
Have always loved this song, along with so many of Donovan's. Very nice to finally read the lyrics - wow! One cannot appreciate the poetry without hearing the really insane way in which he makes them work rhythmically in the song. Weird accents to the syllables: CrysTAL specTAcles. And Jimmy Page on guitar!
Great song, great memories..60'S AND MY SS 396 CHEVY
geeze - you're a Jerkwad!
Answer man got it right. I remember playing the 45 of this one summer night before sneaking out the window to go swimming. All through the late sixties I bought all his albums. Learned to play many of his songs. He was great.
I always took it literally. Seems to be a letter (epistle) to a friend who was a doctor(Dippy: maybe this is what people thought of him as) who was a "seeker" and went to the Himalayas to find "the truth". He's old now, wears glasses but otherwise is still ok.
Sounds a little like me. Da da da da daa da da da da
The correct lyrics from the songbook are: Line 9: "I can see you had your fun." Line 10: "During hours paperback reader." Line 12: "Fingers always touching, girl." (The comma changes the meaning).
I heard that this was about Paul McCartney's double. DIP stands for Duplicate In Paul.
Paul's double allegedly underwent plastic surgery before playing his role.
Read the lyrics again with this in mind.