Lyrics - A Well Known Has-been by Donovan

Tonight my life is heavy,
I'm weak and down at heel
The prisoner in the dungeon will know just how
I feel.
I'm a well known has-been, a well known has-been,
I've got a brand on me.
When
I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all
I see,
Sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see.
How sad my disposition, how long can it
I bear ?
How deep my melancholy, can anybody care ?
For the well known has-been, the well known has-been,
I've got a brand on me, yeah
When
I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all
I see,
Sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see.
Well known has-been
Well known has-been
Well known has-been, ooh, ooh, ooh
I pretend
I'm unaffected by the chains that bear me down
And when only those who love me can see behind the frown.
I'm the well known has-been, the well known has-been,
I got a brand on me.
When
I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all
I see,
Sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see, sorrow's all
I see.>
From these broken days of anguish, some day soon
I'm gonna rise,
I'm gonna raise my head to
Heaven,
I'm gonna fly the starry skies.
And the well known has-been, the well known has-been,
I'll lose the brand on me, yeah.
Today's all
I see, today's all
I see, today's all
I see.

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