Vanessa Williams - Colours
Of The Wind
Think you own whatever land
you land on
Earth is just a dead thing
you can claim
But I know every rock and
tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit,
has a name
Think the only people who
are people
Are the people who look
and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps
of a stranger
You learn things you never
knew
You never knew
Have you ever heard the
wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
or ask the grinning bobcat
why he grinned
Can you sing with all the
voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the
colours of the wind?
Can you paint with all the
colours of the wind?
Come run the hidden pinetrails
of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet
berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches
all around you
And for once never wonder
what they're worth
The rainstorm and the rivers
are my brothers
And the heron and the otter
are my friends
And we are all connected
to each other
In a circle in a hoop that
never ends
Have you ever heard the
wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
or ask the grinning bobcat
why he grinned
Can you sing with all the
voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the
colours of the wind?
Can you paint with all the
colours of the wind?
or let the eagle tell you
where he's been
How high does the sycamore
grow
If you cut it down, then
you'll never know
And you'll never hear the
wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
Or whether we are white
or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all
the voices of the mountains
To paint with all the colours
of the wind
You can own the Earth and
still all you'll own is earth
Until you can paint with
all the colours of the wind