Catch The Wind

 

 An occasional series on songs and albums that were important to me and I bought Donovan's 'What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid' when it came out on the Marble Arch label in the mid Sixties a precocious teenager (just!) and I would sing many of the songs on here learning them by rote but it was the haunting melody and sentiment of 'Catch the Wind' that has haunted me down the years . . . and haunts me still. As an indictment of unrequited love there is no better song . . . . . .

"Catch The Wind"

In the chilly hours and minutes
Of uncertainty, I want to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind

To feel you all around me
And to take your hand along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

When sundown pales the sky
I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find

For me to love you now
Would be the sweetest thing 'twould make me sing
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind

For standin' in your heart
Is where I want to be and long to be
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind