Colours of the Wind (Original Motion Picture) Lyrics

Colours of the Wind (Original Motion Picture) - Laura Hennessy

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You think 'you own whatever land you land on'

'the 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

You think the only people who are people,

are the people who look and think like you,

but if 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 asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth

and roll in all the riches all around you

and for once, never wonder what they worth.

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

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

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

for whether we are white or copper skinned

we need to sing with all the voices of the mountain

we need to paint with all the colours of the wind

you can own this Earth, and still

all you'll own is Earth until

you can paint with all the colours of the wind.