“Writer In The Sun” presents Donovan re-exploring his Irish folk roots as he ponders his own premature retirement from the music industry due to legal issues surrounding his UK and US contracts with separate record labels. During this time, Donovan moved to Greece in order to escape widespread rumor...
[Verse 1]
The days of wine and roses
Are distant days for me
I dream of the last and the next affair
And of girls I'll never see
[Chorus]
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
The retired writer in the sun, and I'm blue
The retired writer in the sun
[Verse 2]
Tonight I trod in the starlight
I excused myself with a grin
I ponder the moon in a silver spoon
And the little one 'live within
[Chorus]
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
The retired writer in the sun
[Flute Solo]
[Verse 3]
The magazine girl poses
On my glossy paper aeroplane
Too many years I spent in the city
Playing with Mr. Loss and Gain
[Chorus]
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue
The retired writer in the sun
[Verse 4]
I bathe in the sun of the morning
Lemon circles swim in the tea
Fishing for time with a wishing line
And throwing it back in the sea
[Chorus]
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
The retired writer in the sun, and I'm blue
The retired writer in the sun
Writer in the Sun was written by Donovan.
Writer in the Sun was produced by Mickie Most.