Windsong

windsong


This song appears on seven albums, and was first
Released on the windsong
Album. it has also been released on the rocky
Mountain collection and country
Classics albums. it has been rerecorded on the
Earth songs and the very best
Of john denver (single cd) albums, and rerecorded
Again on the love again
And a celebration of life albums.

The wind is the whisper of our mother the earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky
The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures
The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly

The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings
The weaver of darkness, the bringer of dawn
The wind gives the rain, then builds us a rainbow
The wind is the singer who sang the first song

The wind is a twister of anger and warning
The wind brings the fragrance of freshly mown hay
The wind is a racer, a wild stallion running
The sweet taste of love on a slow summer's day

The wind knows the songs of the cities and canyons
The thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea
The wind is the taker and giver of mornings
The wind is the symbol of all that is free

So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers
Follow her summons when she calls again
In your heart and your spirit let the breezes
Surround you
Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind

Words and music by john denver and joe henry

This song was first released on the windsong album. it is the only album it has been released on.

Shipmates and cheyenne, raindrops and cryin'
Haunt the dreams of an old, old man
Candles and church bells, laughter and farewells
Revolve in his thoughts like a wind

Stallions and blizzards, steelies and lizards
Adrift in the meadows of time
No sense of progression, of age or direction
No meter, no form, no rhyme

I'll hold me one
Just one rising sun
Long after daylight is gone
I'll hold me one
One more rising sun
Till my daylight and darkness is done

Kingdoms and cupboards, losers and lovers
And ev'nings of blackberry wine
Falling like sand, the mem'ry of hands
And kisses, and whispers and sighs

I'll hold me one
Just one rising sun
Till long after daylight is gone
I'll hold me one
One more rising sun
Till my daylight and darkness is done

I'll hold me one
One rising sun
One more rising sun
Till my daylight and darkness is done

Words by joe henry, music by john denver

This song was first released on the windsong album. it is the only album it has been released on.


I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands

Last night while i was out drinking
Trying to have a good time
The lady with whom i was speaking
Thought i was feeding her some old line

When i spoke of a cold winter's morning
A duck blind and a river of gray
The sound of the snow softly falling
When i thought i heard somebody say

I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands

I could tell by the gaze of my comrades
That i was the one who had spoke
Their eyes held a message of patience
The thrill of the hunt and of hope

But when i spoke again how they listened
For the wisdom of what i might say
If the good lord had meant us to shoot one
He'd surely send more ducks our way

I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands

Well the lady with whom i was speaking
She laughed lightly and she wandered away
My heart, like the snow in my story
Fell silent, i'd hoped she would stay

It's so nice to talk to somebody
To find someone who's willing to share
I know that this life is worth living
But sometimes it just isn't fair

I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands
I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands

Words and music by john denver

This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the windsong album, and also on the the country roads collection. it has also been released on the live in london album, as a live tr
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His spirit joined and so was formed
Ten thousand years ago
Between the swan and hercules
Where even dark clouds glow

To live with grace, to ride the swell
To yet be strong of will
To love the wind, to learn it's song
And empty space to fill

Apollo taught me to rhyme
Orpheus taught me to play
Andromeda cast down her sign
And vega lights my way

Smoke rings in a galaxy
An endless flight through time
Lyra gave her harp to him
And left him free to climb

A winter's journey from the moon
To reach the summer sun
To rise again, to sing for you
A song that's yet unsung

Apollo taught me to rhyme
Orpheus taught me to play
Andromeda cast down her sign
And vega lights my way

His spirit joined and so was formed
Ten thousand years ago
Between the swan and hercules
Where even dark clouds glow

To live with grace, to ride the swell
To yet be strong of will
To love the wind, to learn her song
And empty space to fill

Words and music by john denver and joe henry

This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the windsong album, and has also been released on the country classics and the country roads collection albums.

Well, i'm weary and tired, i've done my day's ridin'
Nighttime is rollin' my way
The sky's all on fire and the light's slowly fading
Peaceful and still ends the day
Out on the trail night birds are callin'
Singin' their wild melody
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers
A song of wyoming for me

Well, i've wandered around the town and the city
Tried to figure the how and the why
Well, i've stopped all my schemin'
I'm just driftin' and dreamin'
Watching the river roll by
Here comes that big ole prairie moon risin'
Shinin' down bright as can be
Up on the hill there's a coyote singin'
A song of wyoming for me

Now it's whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
A lonesome old dogie am i
But wakin' up on the range
Lord i feel like an angel
Free like i almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
Sing like a bird in the tree
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin'
A song of wyoming for me
A song of wyoming for me

Words and music by kent lewis

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the windsong album, and has also been released on the changes album.

There's lonely hearts in arkansas
There's truckers in des moines
All there to keep me company in the early morn
A world unknown to daytime
Is forever going on
The airwaves of the nation
Between midnight and the dawn

Late night radio
Take it everywhere i go
My best friend when i'm lonely
Is my late night radio

Well i turn the dial
A little bit past one-o-one point two
In time to catch the news
And see who's shooting who
Then i hunt around for old songs
They're so good to hear again
To think of how it was
Imagine how it might have been

Late night radio
Take it everywhere i go
My best friend when i'm lonely
Is my late night radio

La la la i sing along