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Rhymes and Reasons Lyrics

Artist: John Denver
Album: Country Roads Collection

This song appears on eleven albums, and was first released on the Rhymes and Reasons Album, then This Is John Denver, The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection, and Reflections. It has been rerecorded on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), John Denver (Italian), Country Classics and Greatest Hits Vol 1 Albums. Live versions also appear on An Evening With John Denver and The Wildlife Concert Albums.

So you speak to me of 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 youve forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
You want to be my friend

And you wonder where were going
Wheres the rhyme and wheres the reason
And its 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
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day

Like the music of the mountains
And the colours of the rainbow
Theyre a promise of the future
And a blessing for today
Though the cities start to crumble
And the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading
And its colder than the sea

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

For the children and the flowers
Are 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 non believers
Come and stand beside us
We can find a better way

Words and music by John Denver

Comments/Interpretations
by Derak on 6/8/2008 9:13am I could never figure out if he is talking about how to take care of and interact with children literally, or if he is talking about the new generation of young people and their ideas, or if he is talking most specifically about the hippies (flower children). Maybe it is a bit of all of the above in creating a brighter world.
by rommel b. lagrimas on 7/1/2008 9:32am thanks for the song you are my idol. i love your songs.i am only 11 years old. im from philippines bye....
by Carole Davis on 8/27/2008 2:25pm I wish Barak Obama would take this for his campaign song! It remains my favorite of all the wonderful songs that John Denver wrote an performed. It still moves me to tears ... and action. Thank you John ... wherever you are.
by checco da Roma on 12/20/2008 3:25pm thak you john..
by TADJ ABDELKADER on 1/23/2009 1:54am He is only a great Poet and one of those singers who sings simply words of life that he composes
by EAGLE-WOLF on 11/5/2009 1:26pm This is a song with a timeless message. It is as important today as it was 40 years ago. It will be even more important in the future, if we want things to get better. What I could never figure out is how someone as young as he was (about 23 at the time he wrote this song) could have the understanding, maturity, and wisdom to come up lyrics that are this potent and strong.
by Andrew on 11/18/2009 9:24am This song is the perfect embodiment of Khalil Gibran's chapter on Children in 'The Prophet'. Staggeringly profound and so beautiful. Never fails to bring a tear to my eye, particularly when I see a new born baby.

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