New Year’s Resovolution Lyrics
Do what you've never done before
See what you've never seen
Feel what you've never felt before
Go where you've never been
Sing what you've never sung before
Say what you've never said
Bear what you've never born before
Hear what you've never heard
All is not as it would seem
Nothing ever remains the same
Change is life's characteristic
Bend and flow and play the game
Loose your chain
Do what you like, oh
Get on your bike and do what you like
Get on your bike and do what you like
So many times
I was the one who stopped myself from doing things
So many times
I was the one who grounded myself and clipped my wings
So I say ..
See what you've never seen
Feel what you've never felt before
Go where you've never been
Sing what you've never sung before
Say what you've never said
Bear what you've never born before
Hear what you've never heard
All is not as it would seem
Nothing ever remains the same
Change is life's characteristic
Bend and flow and play the game
Loose your chain
Do what you like, oh
Get on your bike and do what you like
Get on your bike and do what you like
So many times
I was the one who stopped myself from doing things
So many times
I was the one who grounded myself and clipped my wings
So I say ..
Do what you've never done before
For fear of losing face
You have nothing to defend now
In your state of grace
All is not as it would seem
Nothing ever remains the same
Change is life's characteristic
Bend and flow and play the game
Loose your chain
Do what you like
What you've never done before
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
You must see what you have never seen
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
Feel what you have never felt before
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
You must go where you have never been
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
So many times
I was the one who stopped myself from doing things
So many times
I was the one who grounded myself and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like)
For fear of losing face
You have nothing to defend now
In your state of grace
All is not as it would seem
Nothing ever remains the same
Change is life's characteristic
Bend and flow and play the game
Loose your chain
Do what you like
What you've never done before
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
You must see what you have never seen
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
Feel what you have never felt before
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
You must go where you have never been
(Get on your bike and do what you like)
So many times
I was the one who stopped myself from doing things
So many times
I was the one who grounded myself and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like) and clipped my wings
(Should what you like)
Love is the gift of man, yet he will not receive
Within is the church of man, yet he cannot perceive
Without is the realm of man, he yet cannot conceive
Man is the plague of man, yet he will not believe
There go you, go I
There go you, go I
There go you, go I
Within is the church of man, yet he cannot perceive
Without is the realm of man, he yet cannot conceive
Man is the plague of man, yet he will not believe
There go you, go I
There go you, go I
There go you, go I
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Genius Annotation
For what it’s worth, the actual title of the song is “New Year’s Resovolution” (Resolution + Revolution). It appeared that way on every issue of the album until it was somehow changed to plain old “Resolution” for the 2000 CD release. When Donovan re-issued the LP on his own label (Donovan Discs) he made sure to change the title back to its original form. Loses a bit of its meaning with the re-title, in my opinion. Self-care, self-awareness, self-exploration and self-actualization – the stuff of New Year’s resolutions – are indeed, in their way, the road to cultural and societal revolution.
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