Children Of The Universe
Words & Music by John Denver and Joe Henry
from Spirit (1976)
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A her - i - tage__ of vi - sion was giv - en to us all
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To smell the ros - e's fra - grance
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To hear the song-bird call
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To watch the dis - tant moon-light fill__ the com - ing of the tides
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To un - der-stand__ that life__ is more__ than al - ways choos - ing sides
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And some have seen what can be seen of sail - ing ships_ and kings
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And some are giv - en feet of clay , and some are giv - en wings
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Some must strug-gle just__ to breathe
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Some have a gold - en spoon
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And some will nev - er leave__ the nest
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While some walk__ on the moon
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And don't you know the life that lives with-in the si-lent hills
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Is just as rich__ and beau-ti-ful__ and just as un - ful-filled
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As man with all__ his in - tel - lect, his rea-son and his choice
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Oh who's to say the night - in - gale has an - y less a voice
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The sil - ver dol - phins twist__ and dance
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And sing to__ one an -oth - er
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The cos - mic o - cean knows no bounds
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For all that__ live are broth-ers
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The whip-poor-will, the griz-zly bear,
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The el-e-phant, the whale
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All chil - dren of__ the un - i - verse
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All weav - ers of the tale
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So pal - o - mi- no lie back down__ and dream your-self to sleep
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The hawk flies__ with the mourn-ing dove
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The li - on__ with the sheep
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As far a - way as you may go
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We'll nev - er be a - part
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It's in you dreams__ that you__ will know
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The sea - sons of the heart