"Colors Of The Wind" lyrics

"Colors Of The Wind"
(originally by Vanessa Williams)

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know ev'ry 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 you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll 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 colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors
Can you paint with all the colors
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails 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 river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we're 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 let the eagle tell you there he's been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors
Can you paint with all the colors
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors?

How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down
Then you'll never know
Never know
Never know
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
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind
Need to paint with all the colors
Need to paint with all the colors

You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all colors of the wind


Writer(s): Stephen Laurence Schwartz, Charles Strouse
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