Colour Of The Wind

Vannessa Williams

You think you own whatever land you land on


The earth is just a dead thing you can claim


But I know every rock and tree and creature


Has a life, has a spirit, has a name


You think the only people who are people


Are the people who look and think like you


But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger


You learn things you never knew


You never knew


Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue cored moon?


or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned


Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?


Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?


Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?


Come run the hidden pinetrails of the forest


Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth


Come roll in all the riches all around you


And for once never wonder what they're worth


The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers


The heron and the otter are my friends


And we are all connected to each other


In a circle in a hoop that never ends


Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue cored moon?


or let the eagle tell you where he's been


Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?


Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?


Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?


How high does the sycamore grow


If you cut it down, then you'll never know


And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue cored moon


Or whether we are white or copper-skinned


We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains


We need to paint with all the colours of the wind


You can own the Earth and still


All you'll own is Earth until


You can paint with all the colors of the wind