Joe Henry was a long time friend of John Denver
This tune is the last track of John's 11th album called "Spirit

Lyrics:

There are many ways of being in this circle we call life
A wise man seeks an answer, burns his candle through the night
Is a jewel just a pebble that found a way to shine
Is a hero's blood more righteous than a hobo's sip of wine
Did I speak to you one morning on some distant world away
Did you save me from an arrow, did you lay me in a grave
Were we brothers on a journey, did you teach me how to run
Were we broken by the waters, did I lie you in the sun
I dreamed you were a prophet in a meadow
I dreamed I was a mountain in the wind
I dreamed you knelt and touched me with a flower
I awoke with this: a flower in my hand
I know that love is seeing all the infinite in one
In the brotherhood of creatures; who the father, who the son
The vision of your goodness will sustain me through the cold
Take my hand now to remember when you find yourself alone
And the spirit fills the darkness of the heavens
It fills the endless yearning of the soul
It lives within a star too far to dream of
It lives within each part and is the whole
It's the fire and the wings that fly us home
Fly us home, fly us home

Songwriters: Joe Henry / John Denver
Image: David Kanigan

The Wings That Fly Us Home - John Denver/Joe Henry (Cover)

We all need some healing time on this blue dot we live on called Earth.....

"It’s been said that ‘Healing Time on Earth’ was only performed once by John Denver and that was at the Windstar Symposium in 1995. In fact, the song has actually never got published.

Before singing this beautiful and peaceful tune, John Denver admits that this song wasn’t the easiest for him to write.

“David Brower, who I love with all my heart and respect more than I could ever express, has been after me for about five years to write a song called ‘Healing Time on Earth,’ John explains to the audience. “And I said ‘I will’. And I have wanted to desperately. But somehow it just hasn’t come. And I kept thinking that it’s gonna be one of those songs that just one day, you know, it’s just all gonna be there.”

Then John Denver goes on about how he ends up writing some of his songs in 10 minutes while others take months and months. “I don’t know how songs happen or where they come from. It’s an incredibly magical thing to me,” he says.

He admits that ‘Healing Time on Earth’ has taken him right up until this performance to finish, and it is still not completely polished. But he still wanted to play it for the audience and his friend, David.

“So, I don’t know how it happens and I don’t know the words to this song,” John shares while the crowd laughs. “I may know some of them. This is a song in progress, folks

Thank goodness John Denver shared this beautiful song because it is so wonderful and calming to listen to."             95.9 The Fish

 Lyrics:

Let the mountains talk
Let the rivers run
There is wisdom here
There is much to learn
There is much to know
Much to understand
In this healing time
All across the land

You have heard my songs
Oh so many years
You have laughed with me
Washed away my tears
You have shared my joy
You have felt my pain
In this healing time
Walk with me again

Through these darker days
On this narrow line
Help me find my way
Help me see the signs
I am not afraid
I am not alone
You have taught me well
You have brought me home

Let the mountains speak
Let the rivers run
As the world awakes
To the rising sun
In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
On our mother earth

Let the mountains talk
And let the rivers run
There is wisdom here
There's so much to learn
In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
For our mother earth

In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
Here on mother earth

John Denver

Healing Time on Earth - John Denver (Cover)

[Chorus]
I am just a clown, but I am rising strong
To the echo of my drums, I’ll prove they’re wrong

Cha-la-la-la-la
Cha-la-la-la-la

I Am Just A Clown

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TALKIN’ TO THE BIRDS
Well, I might as well be talkin’ to the birds
At least, then there’s no mincin’ words
‘Cuz when it comes to you an’ me
All we do is disagree
And I might as well be talkin’ to the birds

And I might as well be walkin’ up the creek
Now, I know the meanin’ of up sh*t’s creek
‘Cuz when it comes to my money
You just take it all from me
And I might as well be walkin’ up the creek

Do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do

‘Cuz when it comes to my money
You just take it all from me
And I might as well be walkin’ up the creek

And I might as well be slippin’ down the slide
‘Cuz livin’ with you, honey ain’t no joyride
‘Cuz all you do is piss an’ moan
And then you moan an’ you groan
And I might as well be slippin’ down the slide

Do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do

Yeah, all you do is piss an’ moan
And then you moan an’ you groan
And I might as well be slippin’ down the slide

Hey, little birdie, what’s the good word?
I said, Hey! Little birdie, what’s the good word?
You’re as free as you can be
Givin’ hope to humantity
Hey, little birdie, what’s the good word?

Yes, I might as well be talkin’ to the birds
At least, then there’s no mincin’ words
‘Cuz when it comes to you an’ me
All we do is disagree
And I might as well be talkin’
I might as well be talkin’
Yeh, I might as well be talkin’ to the birds. 

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TALKIN’ TO THE BIRDS

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We fully understand that questioning authenticity may not be the intention – but it's worth remembering that all electronic music is, by nature, mediated and transformed. Even Nietzsche pointed out how modern tools shape us: inserting paper into a typewriter already creates a distance that handwriting does not. Perhaps birdsong is the only truly authentic sound. 🐦

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