About
Colors of the Wind is a song featured in the 1995 Disney movie Pocahontas and was written by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken. It was originally performed by Judy Kuhn, the singing voice of Pocahontas, and won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award. The song, sung by the protagonist in the Disney movie, speaks of the wonders of nature and about living in harmony with it.
Connected originally opened in July 2003 and is listed under the Songs: Various category. It moved here in 2013, when Rain left it in my care.
Lyrics
You think I'm just an ignorant savage And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
How high will the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
Connected: The Colors of the Wind fanlisting. Open since September 2nd 2003. No copyright infringement intended. All images © to their respective owners. I am in no way affiliated with Disney, Alan Menken or Stephen Schwartz.