Sunflower Morning
The Greatest Show On Earth were originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Gart… Read Full Bio ↴The Greatest Show On Earth were originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Garth-Roy and his bass-playing brother Norman. The original line-up included organist Mick Deacon, drummer Ron Prudence and three horns players, Dick Hanson, Tex Phillpotts and Ian Aitcheson. The band's first vocalist was black American Ozzie Lane but he returned to his native New Orleans a year later and was replaced by Colin Horton-Jennings, not only a strong gravel-voiced singer but also quite adept on the guitar, bongos and flute. The group's mixture of R&B soul, jazz and prog rock brought them to the attention of EMI's progressive label Harvest Records, who signed the band and issued, in february 1970, the single, "Real Cool World"/"Again And Again" which, though not a hit in the UK, gave the band a medium-sized hit across Europe where they were also an in-demand live attraction. Both tracks featured on their March 1970 debut LP, "Horizons" which was housed in a distinctive sleeve designed by Hipgnosis and coincided with a Radio One session for Mike Harding on which they played three new songs: "Borderline", "Mountain Song" and "Time". A second session for Harding, in November 1970, featured "The Leader" and "Check Me Into Your Life", the latter of which has never officially been released. "Tell The Story"/"The Mountain Song" had failed to chart when released in September 1970, and the same fate awaited the band's second album "The Going's Easy" though one track from the LP, "Magic Woman Touch" was later released by The Hollies.

The lack of chart success contributed to the band splitting in mid-1971. Ron Prudence, Ian Aitcheson and Tex Phillpotts quit music altogether, whilst Horton-Jennings joined Chaser and later turned up in Tagget releasing one self-titled album for EMI in 1974. Dick Hanson turned to session work and recorded with the likes of The Blues Band, Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Kirsty McColl and Shakin' Stevens. Mike Deacon joined Vinegar Joe and then became a member of both the Suzi Quatro Band and Darts. Norman Watt-Roy formed Glencoe releasing two albums for Epic, "Glencoe" and "The Spirit Of Glencoe". He then formed Loving Awareness, releasing one self-titled LP in 1976 for More Love Records, before the band eventually evolved into The Blockheads, the backing band for Ian Dury. Today he is a member of the Wilko Johnson Band. Garth Watt-Roy joined Fuzzy Duck before undertaking session work for the likes of East of Eden, Limey and Bonnie Tyler as well as being a member of Marmelade, The Q-Tips and The Barron Knights.

Sunflower Morning
The Greatest Show on Earth Lyrics


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Hey, in my space of time
The question in mind is
Will I want to fight another day

Shared in one darkened room
With one lonely tune deep in my heart
For the dreams I know have strayed
To wake up one day
Find that my eyes can't believe
All the good things around
That keep happening to me
And the world is filled with love
On a sunflower morning

Hey, in my space of time
The question in mind is
Will I want to fight another day

To wake up one day
Find that my eyes can't believe
All the good things around
That keep happening to me
And the world is filled with love
On a sunflower morning

To wake up one day
Find that my eyes can't believe
All the good things around
That keep happening to me




And the world is filled with love
On a sunflower morning

Overall Meaning

In "Sunflower Morning," The Greatest Show on Earth asks the timeless question of whether they will have the strength to fight and face another day. They are reflecting on a past that they cannot go back to and lamenting over the dreams that they had, but that have since strayed away from them. However, the chorus offers a glimmer of hope, as the singer imagines waking up one day to find that they cannot believe all the good things that are happening to them. They envision a world filled with love and positivity, embodied by the sunflower, which symbolizes hope and happiness.


The room is described as dark and lonely, with only one tune resonating in the singer's heart. This imagery paints a picture of isolation and the struggle to hold onto hope and positivity in difficult times. The song seems to suggest that despite the hardships that the singer has faced, and the dreams that they have lost, they hold onto a glimmer of hope that one day things will get better.


Line by Line Meaning

Hey, in my space of time
In the time that I have on this earth, I am considering my life


The question in mind is
The thought that is nagging me is


Will I want to fight another day
Do I have the will to keep going on and face the challenges ahead?


Shared in one darkened room
Alone in a dimly lit room


With one lonely tune deep in my heart
With a melancholic song playing in my mind


For the dreams I know have strayed
Because the aspirations I had in the past have gone away


To wake up one day
To realize one morning


Find that my eyes can't believe
To see something so good that it's beyond comprehension


All the good things around
All the wonderful things happening in my life


That keep happening to me
That keep coming my way


And the world is filled with love
And the world is full of affection


On a sunflower morning
On a day that shines bright like a sunflower




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Comments from YouTube:

Fred Flintstone

I have had this album for 40 years and this is the first time I have listen to it.

danrod 2000

Maestros del rock

nickos1882

WHAT a song! dick hanson is a legend too...taught me music for two years! dick,if you read this-think i met you a few weeks back in thatcham....was SO shocked!hope you are well....

Jeremy Swanson

This must be from "horizons" ? Yeah?

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