Rhymes & Reasons Lyrics - Original Album Classics - John Denver

This song appears on eleven albums, and was first released on the rhymes and reasons album, then this is john denver, the rocky mountain collection, the country roads collection, and reflections 

Has been rerecorded on the very best of john denver (double cd), john denver (italian), country classics and greatest hits vol 1 albums. live versions also appear on an evening with john denver 

He wildlife concert albums. 

So you speak to me of sadness 

And the coming of the winter 

Fear that is within you now 

It seems to never end 

And the dreams that have escaped you 

And the hope that you've forgotten 

You tell me that you need me now 

You want to be my friend 

And you wonder where we're going 

Where's the rhyme and where's the reason 

And it's you cannot accept 

It is here we must begin 

To seek the wisdom of the children 

And the graceful way of flowers in the wind 

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For the children and the flowers 

Are my sisters and my brothers 

Their laughter and their loveliness 

Could clear a cloudy day 

Like the music of the mountains 

And the colours of the rainbow 

They're a promise of the future 

And a blessing for today 

Though the cities start to crumble 

And the towers fall around us 

The sun is slowly fading 

And it's colder than the sea 

It is written from the desert 

To the mountains they shall lead us 

By the hand and by the heart 

They will comfort you and me 

In their innocence and trusting 

They will teach us to be free 

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For the children and the flowers 

Are my sisters and my brothers 

Their laughter and their loveliness 

Could clear a cloudy day 

And the song that I am singing 

Is a prayer to non believers 

Come and stand beside us 

We can find a better way 

Words and music by john denver