Green Book Of Meditations Volume 6 The Books of Songs - Student ...

Every point of light a burden you must shoulder with your own
And mighty is the burden of the man upon the throne.
My waiting now is over, my limbs are growing cold
I can feel the angels waiting to receive my passing soul
Keep well for me my kingdom when my memory is dead
And forgive me for the burden I place upon your head.
Lyrics: Leslie Fish
What is Courage Now?
What is courage now?
Is it just to go until we're done?
Men may call us heroes when
They can say we've won
But if we should fail, how then?
What is courage now?
Mountains to our side,
Standing like a wall against the sky,
Show no path to let us through
But still we search and try
Silver snow and stone cold blue.
Mountains to our side.
River from the pines;
We can hear your echo far away.
To your banks our step must lead
Help us on our way
We who know you learned your speed.
River from the pines.
Star above the world.
Seeing down the ways that we must go
Throw down light to guide a friend
Or how else can we know
If there's help where pathways end?
Star above the world.
What is courage now?
In the hope we know that holds us fast,
Bear us to that final door
And win us free at last
Or we touch this world no more
What is courage now?
-John Denver & Mike Taylor
Rocky Mountain High
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key to every door
When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away
On a road and hangin' by a song
But the sting's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long
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But in the Colorado Rocky Mountain High
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
The shadows in the starlight are softer than a lullaby
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He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once and tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forest and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
Chorus (You can talk to God and listen to his casual reply)
Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear
Of the simple things he cannot comprehend
When they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple
more
More people, more scars upon the land.
Chorus (I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly)
Boy of the Country
Words and music by Michael Murphy
Sung by John Denver
Because he called the forest brother
Because he called the earth his mother
They drove him out into the rain
Some people even said the boy from the country was insane
Because he spoke with fish in the creek
He tried to tell us that the animals could speak
Who knows, perhaps they do
How do you know they don’t
Just because they’ve never spoken to you
Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young
Boy from the country, he loves the sun
He tried to tell us that we should love the land
We turned our heads and laughed
And we did not understand
Sometimes I think that the boy from the country
Is the only one who sees
Because the boy from the country
Doesn’t want to see the forest for the trees
Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young
Boy from the country, he loves the sun
By John Denver
Spirit
His spirit joined and so was formed
Ten thousand years ago
Between the Swan and Hercules
Where even dark clouds glow.
To live with grace, to ride the swell,
To yet be strong of will,
To love the wind, to learn its song
And empty space to fill.