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Today Lyrics
Artist: John Denver
Album: Live At The Sydney Opera House
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the An Evening With John Denver album, and has also been released on the Country Classics album. Some versions of the first album do not contain this song.
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
Ill taste your strawberries, Ill drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
Ill be a dandy, and Ill be a rover
Youll know who I am by the songs that I sing
Ill feast at your table, Ill sleep in your clover
Who cares what the morrow shall bring
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
Ill taste your strawberries, Ill drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
I cant be contented with yesterdays glory
I cant live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment, now is my story
Ill laugh and Ill cry and Ill sing
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
Ill taste your strawberries, Ill drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
Ill taste your strawberries, Ill drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
Words and Music by Randy Sparks
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Comments/Interpretations
Time is short. Make the most of every day with loved ones.
My mother used to sing this to me when I was a baby and I in turn have sung it to my 3 children. It is so important to live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself.
Me and my wife loved this one...she died of breast cancer only a short time after we were married but the words are good to take to heart in more ways than one.
I have sang the song Today to my children their whole lives. Now that they are grown I sing it to their kids and they do also.
This song is very memorable to me and my wife Tisha. We sang this in our college days and until now with our twin daughters Amy and Ivy...
this is song that remain us a lovely memory in Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Indonesia. I will come again to sing this as successfull guy
This song is special to my wife and I. We sang it at 4H camp in West Virginia. We also selected it as one of the songs for our wedding. John may be gone but his music still has life. God rest his soul.
Today is all we know we have for sure so make the best of it.
this was sung at my high school graduation--now we're using it at our church for the graduates--beautiful songs never go out of style!!!
It's a kind of song that just gives you all the reasons to wake up each day with joy and thank God for that.
This song bring back lots of memory since my graduation day in USA Beautiful music
great song it will always remain us a lovely memory of my sister..she died of cancer,she love this song
I sang this song to my children all their lives. After an 11-year courtship, my fiance and I (we're senior citizens) will have this song sung at our wedding next month. Thank you, John!
My Papa used to sing me this song when i was younger. This was my lullaby. I used to lay my head on his arm then he'll sing me this song while brushing my hair. I will forever be grateful to my papa who have shown me much love, support and care. Much have been said and done in the past and up to the present yet my love for you Papa will always remain the same. I love you and I miss you so much.
When I first heard this song I loved it, this is my first favorite song, the second was toledo ohio, third was grandma's feathered bed.
as much as i like john denver's version, the classical release was by the new cristy minstrels.
I use to hear this song sung by the grade school pupils almost every morning near our place when i was a little boy. Now that im at the prime of my life,listening tho this song brings back good old memories from my childhood. really love the music and its lyrics.
I grew up singing this song with my uncles, then I use to sing it tomy children. I forgot the lyrics over the past 20 years. Now I can sing it again to my grandchildren.
I have loved this song since i first heard it when i was a little boy. It has been over 20 years. A sweet, tender, melodious but sad feeling...Love it!
This is such a beautiful song I love to sing it and i love Johns version as well as the New Christy Minstrels
I taught this song to my daughter when she was four years old. She passed away at the age of seventeen; and whenever I hear it, I remember the days when we used to sing it together. I love J. Denver's songs.
My grandmother (now deceased) would hum this song constantly. It reminds me of simpler, easier times. I sang it to my girls when they were babies. I just found out the name of it this very day!
Used to sing this at girl scout camp. John Dever sang it the first time I saw him in concert. Wonderful and always comforting.
I learned the song when I was in the 6th grade with the husband of my teacher who taught the song for the whole class that is way back 1966.
justone of the lovely songs sung by the lovely John Denverwhen i get good enought I will play it to my friends and family Ilisten to john when ever i can
I remember my family first sang this song on camping trips around the fire at night. Later on, my brother Cliff and I started singing this song with a nice harmony joined with our other 2 brothers and our sister Liz, and now over the years,it has become a song we sung at our weddings and the weddings of our nieces, nephews and soon for my daughter. Truly a beautiful piece.
It was our song we sung during our Elementary Graduation (Batch 92-Rizal Elementary School) in Sorsogon City-my hometown. It reminds me my grades school memories and now, I am always singing this to my little baby-Star as my baby’s lullaby. I forgot the complete lyrics but I never forget the rhymes that make me feel good and comfort when I sing it. I love this unforgettable song we had.
We sang this song at camp Ernst in Kentucky when I was a valley girl
Katie, I was going to say that
Sang song at outdoor school made me think of Abby and Anna, the two kiled in Forest Grove. They where my two vary good freinds.
My daughter and my son used to sing this song and I recorded, and my son died when he was 8 years old and every time that I heard this song still coming back sweet memories.
breann kidert
I was in High school in the 1970s when I learned to play this song on the guitar. It was like the beautiful anthem that we used to play and sing with my friends. Great, fond memories. Am still playing and singing it these days.
This song came back into my mind after a night's considerations about what to read or sing in front of my leadership group, I sang this in Choir in the 70:s. A beautiful melody that speaks through the ages beautifully. I hadn't sung it or heard it in 40+ years. but my presence remembered it.
This is the song I sang to all my grandchildren. They would stop crying and look directly in my face, stop crying and eventually fall asleep before I did.
I first heard this song when I was in the 6th grade. That was about 57 years ago. At that time it was sung by the New Christie Minstrels and it was a beautiful rendition. But John Denvers is no less beautiful simply because the words and the content speak as a Universal message to the necessity to live in the present.