Could've tripped out easy a-but I've a-changed my ways
It'll take time, I know it but in a while
You're gonna be mine, I know it, we'll do it in style
'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine
I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book a-now, baby, all that I can find
Everybody's hustlin' a-just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool, I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine
I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book a-now, baby, that I can find
Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yep
A-you you you can just sit there while thinking on your velvet throne
'Bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own
When you've made your mind up, forever to be mine
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
When you've made your mind up, forever to be mine
I'll pick up your hand, I'll pick up your hand

Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965, and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles and albums during the late 1960s. His work became emblematic of the flower power era with its blend of folk, pop, psychedelic rock, and jazz stylings.
Donovan first achieved recognition with live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go! in 1965. Having signed with Pye Records that year, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein for Hickory Records, scoring three UK hit singles: "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier", the last written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. He then signed to CBS/Epic in the US and became more successful internationally, beginning a long collaboration with British record producer Mickie Most. In September 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week and went to No. 2 in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the top 5 in both countries, and then "Atlantis", which reached US No. 7 in May 1969. The compilation Donovan's Greatest Hits was released in March 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Donovan became a friend of other prominent musicians such as Joan Baez, Brian Jones, and the Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968 that Lennon employed in "Dear Prudence", "Julia", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", and other songs. His backing musicians included the Jeff Beck Group, and John Bonham, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who later rose to fame as members of Led Zeppelin. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.
Donovan continued to perform and record intermittently in the 1970s and 1980s. His musical style and hippie image were scorned by critics, especially after the rise of punk rock. His performing and recording became sporadic until a revival in the 1990s with the emergence of Britain's rave scene and in 1994, he moved permanently to Ireland where he still lives. In 1996 he recorded the album Sutras with producer Rick Rubin and in 2004 made the album Beat Cafe. Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.
Like his mother would say, "My Donovan, he's a special boy."
8/1/2021 edit - I'd like to add that I have great respect for Donovan and love his music. My comment was purely meant as a humorous criticism of the album cover (I mean, what were they thinking?)
You kids! Get off my lawn!
Rad song, though.
You got your license picture taken shirtless and looking like you swallowed a handful of 'ludes while oogling underage girls?
Oogling? Sounds interesting; I've ogled, canoodled shoogled and boogied sometimes, but even when CCR was at it's peak and everybody kept on shoogling, I must have missed oogling.
Serious research is indicated.
Don't post this without including a photo of yourself!
Just a little less than they like being called "chicks".
The least they could have done is light the shot properly. I'm sure they could afford it...
It's a compilation album released by the label, so Donovan probably had little or nothing to say about what imagery would be used on the cover. Some underling at Epic records was probably given the task to throw together a cover for the album.
"We're releasing a 'greatest hits' album for this guy, find a photo from his press kit and be sure to use that 'Arnold Böcklin' typeface."
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(197) Donovan performs Sunshine Superman - YouTube
Whose Jimmy Page's wife?
Listening to this on my turntable while doing really good shrooms with my Writing class buddy Everett, both of us dressed up for the 1986 or was it 7 Halloween Mall Crawl (before the annual celebration got banned), the sky beginning to snow large, absolutely magical flakes, when my roommate Mary comes home from studying, and Everett says, "I'll pick up your hand, little darling, and blow your little mind..." and dang, wasn't Mary disappointed that we'd eaten all the goodies, not knowing she'd be along at all... We played this song a dozen more times, then did The Mall Crawl, tripping balls and laughing so hard it felt like we'd done sit-ups, ending up crashing a party at a house I'd lived in near 17th and Marine Street with Steve and Lisa the year before, sitting in the 2nd floor hallway with six other trippers on the 10-foot sofa we all called The Green Monster, and the girls who were now living there begged me to take it away, so I got my buddy Kevin to come over the next day with his truck and it took 3 of us and half an afternoon to get it up to my 3rd floor creek-side place at 745 Arapaho, and guess what record we wanted to hear to party to when done?!
5 months later, on Halloween no doubt, I dig this story and will join you in spirit if not in time. LLRP and (and these cubensis I'm chewing on right this second...! )
Like many so-called love songs, the singers sound like stalkers.
Beware the stalkers that sound like singers
Maybe a 10 year old post but ...
Back then girls rarely wore pants. They wore mostly mini skirts that were so short that you might call them belts today.
Everything was different ... the mind set, the language. You could even tell who was a boy and who was a girl just by looking ...
And something about keeping an aspirin squeezed between the knees.
Love the song btw, still.
This song does NOT sound like it came out in '68. Very enjoyable and the production is very good.
I Agree! EXCELLENT TUNE! Even better in FLAC through great equipment. Thanx RP!