The celeste is a keyboard glockenspiel invented by Auguste Mustel in 1886. It works much like piano but the hammers strike tuned metal bars instead of strings. Listen for it in the instrumental section after the second verse.

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Donovan - Celeste Lyrics

Here I stand acting like a silly clown would,
I don't know why Would anybody like to try
The changes I'm going through?
A hidden lie would fortify
Something that don't exist
But it ain't so bad, I'm just a lad,
So many more things to do,
I intend to come right through them all with you.
My songs are merely dreams visiting my mind
We talk a while by a crooked stile,
You're lucky to catch a few.
There's no magic wand in a perfumed hand,
It's a pleasure to be true.
In my crystal halls a feather falls
Being beautiful just for you
But that might not be quite true, that's up to you.
Dawn crept in unseen to find me still awake
A strange young girl sang her songs for me
And left 'fore the day was born.
That dark princess with saddening jest
She lowered her eyes of woe,
And I felt her sigh, I wouldn't like to try
The changes she's going through
But I hope love comes right through them all with you.

Hangnail Phillips: All Instruments and Vocals

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