Words and Music by Judy Collins
Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)/ The Wildflowers Company (ASCAP)
(Administered by Universal Music Corp.)
A dream
came to me at night
When the boats were
in the sea
A dream of the black
death of earth
Two voices came singing
to me.
Wind, water, fire,
and stone.
Storms of sand, closing
over the sun
Sand, fire, water,
and wind
How can we begin
again.
But
you can't sink a rainbow
In a world that is
green
You can't make the
night any brighter
By even one star.
Awake, awake, awake.
Oh the rivers are
poisoned
And the lakes are
gone
The dolphins are
dying
And the whales have
lost their song.
But you
can't sink a rainbow
In a world that is
green
You can't make the
night any brighter
By even one star.
Awake, awake, awake.
Once I saw a man
Who said he'd seen
a flock of nightengales
Once a child recalled
the sound of rain
Like silver angel's
wings.
Like a lost and
homeless thing
The planet spins
her way through space.
Drugged and battered
like a woman
Who can't recall
her face.
Remembering
the way she used to shine
Rivers in the sea
Shine, herons on the wing,
And hear the crickets sing
A million forest birds
The sea her mantle green
Like a banner of bright
hair
Around her shoulders
But you
can't sink a rainbow
In a world that is green
You can't make the world
any brighter
By even one star.
Awake, awake, awake.
Wind, water, fire,
and stone.
Storms of sand, closing
over the sun
Sand, fire, water,
and wind
How can we begin
again.
But you
can't sink a rainbow
In a world that is green
You can't make the night
any brighter
by even one star.
Awake, awake, awake.
A dream came to me at night
When the boats were in the
sea
A dream of the bright
death of earth.
Wildflower
Records
WWW.JUDYCOLLINS.COM
212-749-7221
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