Rhymes & Reasons (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974)

Rhymes & Reasons (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) - John Denver

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 youve forgotten

You tell me that you need me now

You want to be my friend

And you wonder where were going

Wheres the rhyme and wheres the reason

And its 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

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

Theyre 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 its 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

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