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]
- Homegrown Tomatoes
- Ponies
- High, Wide and Handsome
- Hold on to Me
- Never a Doubt
- Eagle and the Hawk
- I Watch You Sleeping
- Potter's Wheel
- Two Different Directions
- Chained to the Wheel
- Country Girl in Paris
- All This Joy
- Thanks to You
- Gift You Are
- Chosen Ones
- Foxfire Suite
- Higher Ground
- Raven's Child
- Bread & Roses
- Marvelous Toy
- Deal With the Ladies
- Eclipse
- Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)
- Ancient Rhymes
- Tenderly Calling
- Falling Leaves (The Refugees)
- Flower That Shattered the Stone
- American Child
- Postcard from Paris
- In a Far Away Land
- Little Further North
- Sing Australia
- Alaska & Me
- Stonehaven Sunset
- Take Me Home, Country Roads
- Eagles and Horses
- Whispering Jesse
- For You
- Windsong
- Annie's Song
- Two Different Directions
- Chained to the Wheel
- I Want to Live
- Rocky Mountain High
- To the Wild Country
- Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
- Grandma's Feather Bed
- Sunshine on My Shoulders
- Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)
- Islands
- Children of the Universe
- Calypso
- Alaska & Me