[HANASHIR:8013] Great song for Tu Bishvat

[shirona <shirona...>]

Just thought of a GREAT song for Tu Bishvat, ( got very excited about it ) and 
took the trouble to type up the lyrics to share with you all.  It's the theme 
song from the Disney film Pocahontas.  If you never saw the film and don't know 
the song - it's worth renting just for that.

Shirona

Colors Of The Wind 

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz



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.



Chorus: 

Have you ever heard the Wolf cry to the Blue Corn Moon,

Or asked the grinning Bobcat why he grinned? (1st time)

Or let the Eagle tell you where he's been? (2nd time)

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain,

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 Sun-sweet 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.



Chorus #2.



How high does 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 mountain,

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.