Shield

Album: The Book Of Taliesyn (1968)
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  • "Shield" or "The Shield" is a Blackmore/Lord/Evans composition. The fifth track on the band's second album, it runs 5:59 and has a distinctly psychedelic feel to it. It appears to be a song about family life, philosophizing, etc., and some sources include the line "So trust in you love, and Lucy of above" in the lyrics, which appears to be a reference to "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." As this well known Beatles track was released the year before The Book Of Taliesyn, this is plausible, however, this line is actually a mondegreen, a misheard lyric. >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

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  • Helen from Georgia UsaSo trust in MY love and THE SKY UP ABOVE
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