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