Colors Of The Wind Lyrics - American Idol

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'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 mountains? 

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 sunsweet 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 hoop that never ends 

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? 

Or let the eagle tell you where 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? 

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 mountains 

We need to paint with all the colors of the wind 

You can own the earth and still 

All you'll own is earth until 

You can paint with all the colors of the wind