On the Wings of A Dream
Words and Music by John Denver
from It's About Time (1983)
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Yesterday I had a dream about dying
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About laying to rest and then flying
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How the moment at hand is the only thing
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We really own
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And I lay in my bed and I wonder
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After all has been said and is done for
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Why is it thus we are here
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And so soon we are gone
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Is this life just a path to the place
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That we all have come from
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Does the heart know the way
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And if not, can it ever be found
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In a smile or a tear or a prayer
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Or a sigh or a song
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And if so, then I sing for my father
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And in truth you must know I would rather
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He were here by my side
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We could fly on the wings of a dream
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To a place where the spirit would find us
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And the joy and surrender would bind us
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We are one anyway
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Anyway we are more than we seem
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There are those who will lead us
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Protect us each step of the way
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From beginning to end
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For each moment forever each day
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Such a gift has been given
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It can never be taken away
(Instrumental)
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Though the body in passing must leave us
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There is one who remains to receive us
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There are those in this life
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Who are friends from our heavenly home
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So I listen to the voices inside me
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For I know they are there just to guide me
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And my faith will proclaim it is so
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We are never alone
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From the life to the light
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From the dark of the night to the dawn
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He is so in my heart
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He is here he could never be gone
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Though the singer is silent
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There still is the truth of the song
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In the song
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Yesterday I had a dream about dying
Bm D G
About laying to rest and then flying
C G D
How the moment at hand is the only thing
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We really own
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And I lay in my bed and I wonder
Bm D G
After all has been said and is done for
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Why is it thus we are here
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And so soon we are gone
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Oh, why is it thus we are here
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And so soon we are gone