Children of the Universe Lyrics

The song Children of the Universe is performed by John Denver in the album named The John Denver Collection [Laserlight] in the year 1997 .



A heritage of vision

Was given to us all

To smell the rose¡¯s fragrance

To hear the songbird¡¯s call

To watch the distant moonlight fill

The coming of the tides

To understand that life is more

Than always choosing sides



And some have seen what can be seen

Of sailing ships and kings

And some are given feet of clay

And some are given wings

And some must struggle just to breathe

Some have a golden spoon

And some will never leave the nest

While some walk on the moon



And don¡¯t you know the life that lives

Within the silent hills

Is just as rich and beautiful

And just as unfulfilled

As man with all his intellect

His reason and his choice

Oh, who¡¯s to say the nightingale

Has any less a voice



The silver dolphins twist and dance

And sing to one another

The cosmic ocean knows no bounds

For all that lives are brothers

The whippoorwill, the grizzly bear

The elephant, the whale

All children of the universe

All weavers of the tale



So palomino lie back down

And dream yourself to sleep

The hawk flies with the morning dove

The lion with the sheep

As far away as you may go

We¡¯ll never be apart

It¡¯s in your dreams that you will know

The seasons of the heart



Words and music by John Denver



John Denver - The John Denver Collection [Laserlight]

Jun 1997

  1. Homegrown Tomatoes
  2. Ponies
  3. High, Wide and Handsome
  4. Hold on to Me
  5. Never a Doubt
  6. Eagle and the Hawk
  7. I Watch You Sleeping
  8. Potter's Wheel
  9. Two Different Directions
  10. Chained to the Wheel
  11. Country Girl in Paris
  12. All This Joy
  13. Thanks to You
  14. Gift You Are
  15. Chosen Ones
  16. Foxfire Suite
  17. Higher Ground
  18. Raven's Child
  19. Bread & Roses
  20. Marvelous Toy
  21. Deal With the Ladies
  22. Eclipse
  23. Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)
  24. Ancient Rhymes
  25. Tenderly Calling
  26. Falling Leaves (The Refugees)
  27. Flower That Shattered the Stone
  28. American Child
  29. Postcard from Paris
  30. In a Far Away Land
  31. Little Further North
  32. Sing Australia
  33. Alaska & Me
  34. Stonehaven Sunset
  35. Take Me Home, Country Roads
  36. Eagles and Horses
  37. Whispering Jesse
  38. For You
  39. Windsong
  40. Annie's Song
  41. Two Different Directions
  42. Chained to the Wheel
  43. I Want to Live
  44. Rocky Mountain High
  45. To the Wild Country
  46. Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
  47. Grandma's Feather Bed
  48. Sunshine on My Shoulders
  49. Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)
  50. Islands
  51. Children of the Universe
  52. Calypso
  53. Alaska & Me

Children of the Universe