Vanessa Williams Lyrics

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Colours Of The Wind Lyrics

"You think I'm an ignorant savage

and you've been so many places,

I guess it must be so, but still I cannot see

How the savage one is me 

How can there be so much that you don't know "

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 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 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

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 are all connected to each other

In a circle, in a loop 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

whether we are white or copper-skinned

till you can sing with all the voices of the mountain

and can paint with all the colours of the wind

You can own the Earth and still

All you'll own is earth until

You can sing with all the voiced of the mountain

and can paint with all the colours of the wind