JOHN DENVER - Rhymes and Reasons Lyrics

So you speak to me in 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 you've forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
And you want to be my friend

And you wonder where we're going
Where's the rhyme, where's the reason?
And it's 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
All my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day

Like the music of the mountains
And the colors of the rainbow
They're a promise of the future
And the blessing for today

Though the city start to crumble
And the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading
And it's colder than the sea

It is written, from the desert
To the mountains they shall lead us
By the hands and by the hearts
They will comfort you and me
In their innocence and trusting
They will teach us to be free

For the children and the flowers
All 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 nonbelievers
Come and stand beside us
We can find a better way