3/Pure Joy Of It
Lyrics and Music by Danny Paradise
I’d been going ‘round on the merry-go
I had a friend drop in from Mexico
She said “Love’s like a wave on the ocean”
Yeah, yeah, yeah, a woh
She said “Love’s just tenderness in motion”
I’ve got a reason to love, for the pure joy of it
I’ve got a reason to share, for the pure joy of it
I’ve got a reason to dare
So take your love down from the merry-go
Eventually that’s where we got to go
The ocean takes care of every wave in motion
Yeah, yeah, yeah, a woh woh
Until it hits the shore of devotion
And then it’s on its way, for the pure joy of it
To be back another day, for the pure joy of it
Call it the eternal way
So catch that wave, the wave that’s rollin’ by
If not now there’ll be another by and by
That’s the nature of evolution
We paint the situation and the solution
And then we’re on our way, for the pure joy of it, for the joy
To be back another day, for the pure joy of it, for the joy
Call it the eternal way
You can’t count on a wishing well
We make our heaven baby, we make our hell
Oh the walkin’ man walks, walkin’ man walks
Oh the talkin’ man talks, talk, talk, talk
Oh the lover boy loves like a lover boy does
Down, down, down by the riverside
A bird I heard went into overdrive
To burn and learn and turn the way you’ve got to turn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, a woh woh
To grow and know and roll in the eternal flow
There’s a reason to love, for the pure joy of it
There’s a reason to share, for the pure joy of it
There’s a reason to dare
You can’t count on a wishing well,
We make our heaven baby, we make our hell
Oh the walkin’ man walks, walkin’ man walks
Oh the talkin’ man talks, talk, talk, talk
Oh the lover boy loves, like a lover boy does
Like a lover boy does
Oh the walking man walks, for the joy,
Oh the talking man talks, for the joy
Oh the lover boy loves, like a lover boy does
Like a lover boy does!
For the pure joy of it, for the pure joy of it…
credits
from Caravan Of Souls,
track released September 24, 2021
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