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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
T'would make me sing
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind

Di di di di, di di di di
Di di di di, di di di di
Di di di

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 I 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

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The lyric was about a girlfriend in his dreams, who he hadn’t met. In 1988, during a discussion about songs and songwriting, Donovan said this about “Catch The Wind”:

As a first song, and it was my first single, it is very well-crafted ... There was nobody around at the time who I was writing about. It was about all womanhood, or the relationship that one wanted that one couldn’t have: Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

This song has many cover versions, as well as being portrayed in various movies and TV shows.

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• Catch the Wind - Donovan Leitch【2:57】 Album version.

• Catch the Wind Donovan FULL SONG【3:04】 HiQ Hybrid = Live Video Performance PLUS Studio Quality Sound. To cover the Full Studio Version of the song, this video contains clips from three live Donovan performances: Live Concert footage from The New Musical Express 1965; video overlays from a live 2016 performance at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills (rhythm guitar); and a TV performance (harmonica).

• Catch The Wind - Donovan {Stereo} 1965【2:23】 Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.

• Donovan in Concert - Catch The Wind【3:29】 In color, but audio is too low.

• Catch the Wind, Donovan. with lyrics【3:01】 Nice photography.

• Joan Baez, Mimì Baez - Catch the wind【2:42】 The beaty of a song of Donovan and the poetry of two beatiful singers...Joan Baez and her sister Mimì.

• Joan Baez & Mary Chapin Carpenter sing "Catch the Wind" Live in concert HD【3:57】 They performed in memory of Mimì Baez. From the comments, "This is so profound. Such depth and emotion in this song. It’s so beautiful to watch Joan step back and let Mary shine. Their harmony is surreal. Very few can match Joan’s rich deep voice. Mary is just perfect for that and the third voice is so exponentially profound that it gives me the chills. Just brilliant."

• Judith Durham - Catch The Wind【3:14】 Judith Durham was the lead singer of the Seekers, an Australian pop/folk group, with an angelic voice.

• Donovan & Crystal Gayle Catch The Wind【2:57】 A duet with Crystal Gayle, an American country-folk singer famous for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue".

• Crystal Gayle concert with guest Donovan【43:08】 New London Theatre 1981. The New London Theatre has been renamed Gillian Lynne Theatre and is located on London’s Drury Lane. 17:45 The duet with them singing Catch the Wind has to go down as one of the most beautiful things ever.