Happiness Runs

Album: Barabajagal (1968)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song was originally titled "Pebble and the Man." After Donovan went to India with the Beatles he rewrote the song.
  • The song is done as a canon with backing vocals by Graham Nash, Mike McCartney and Leslie Duncan. It has been adopted as a prayer and Donovan says that various schools have sung it. It was also used in a Fruity Cheerios commercial. >>>
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    Sara - Silver Spring, MD, for above 2

Comments: 1

  • Random Commenter from UsaSomeone needs to leave a comment about this song!
    The lyrics - brilliant.
    The guitar work - inspired.
    The harmonization - if Graham Nash really was involved, there's your seal of quality.
    Donovan is so under-appreciated. His transition from folk to psychedelia is the perfect display of his genius in action.
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