Ancient Rhymes

This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the flower that shattered the stone album, and has also been released on the stonehaven sunrise, the gift you are and the john denver

Ction - sunshine on my shoulder albums.



Two days before the moon was round

You felt the urge of sun's light beams

The muffled world of dolphin sound

Slipped down and back into your dreams



For nine full months that passed before

You learned of all of life's ancient rhymes

Then mother sensed a farther shore

And brought you forth into these times



So taste the air of your new world

And gently guide us to your mind

It knows the winds and sails unfurled

And holds to heart the dolphin kind



Welcome precious earthmade child

We met you first in your father's songs

And mother's smile and waters wild

It's in this place you now belong



I know you know of all these things

And feel the faith of a dolphin's sigh

For you were born on silver wings

To taste the high blown crystal sky



To sing one day to all of us

The songs you learned in dolphin lair

Giving hope to life as all we must

And teach us how their grace to share



Words and music by john denver and bob samples


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