John Denver Flight

From The Album It's About Time

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings
Sunward Ive climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
Ive wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence
Hovering there Ive chased the shouting winds aloft
And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air

The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers

Up, up, the long delirious burning blue
Ive topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor even eagle flew
And while with silent lifting mind I trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand and touched the face of God

The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers

Words by Gillespie Magee Jr., John Denver and Joe Henry
Music by Lee Holdridge
Adopted from the Poem by John Gillespie Magee Jr.

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[3211Victoria]

Beautiful! Just beautiful.

[catbrush123]

@3211Victoria Thanks for dropping by. :-)

[lilgrublet]

This is one of my favourites of all time. The words are so profoundly beautiful. Thank you SOOOOOOO much for putting this here. I miss you very very much J.D. You were a great man and your compassion and music are sorely missed.

[catbrush123]

@lilgrublet Thank you for ALL your comments. This beautiful song although not written by Mr. Denver suits him so well . his love of flying for one thing. Like you I never tire of listening to him and sometimes it's like hearing him for the first time all over again. The songs he wrote himself mean different things to me as each year passes. He is indeed missed by so many.

[frogbrush]

What lovely images and words. Was lost in it for a while. Well done you. FB

[catbrush123]

Thank you frogbrush. :-)

[jdfanscot]

I just love the lines..

Up, up, the long delirious burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark nor even eagle flew

And while with silent lifting mind I trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space

Put out my hand and touched the face of God

RIP JD x

[windsongs888]

He managed it all with such style and grace. If anyone ever touched the face of God with their feet on the ground and their spirit beyond, he did.

[msfaerywing]

I miss you, John. :'(

[angmhalp]

John Denver singing the poem Flight is just too much sweet irony. Next time fill the gas tank up Country Boy.

[barry11112]

FANTASTIC YOU ALL FROM THE UK

[lisbet94]

Thank goodness to find others who love John and his music so much.

[freddywithay1]

I just uploaded this to my facebook page on this January 28th, 2011 .....The 25th Anniversary of the Challenger Disaster....... As a Pilot I think this song fits the day...Thank You John, and Thank You...Challenger !!!

[mmuicshelagh]

pure poetry