Lyrics when the river meets the sea

When The River Meets The Sea
~ sung by John Denver / Written by Paul Williams

When the mountain touches the valley
All the clouds are taught to fly
As our souls will leave this land most peacefully
Though our minds be filled with questions
In our hearts we'll understand
When the river meets the sea

Like a flower that has blossomed
In this dry and barren sand
We are born and born again most gracefully
Plus the winds of time will take us
With a sure and steady hand
When the river meets the sea

Patience my brothers
And patience my son
In that sweet and final hour
Truth and justice will be done

Like a baby when it is sleeping
In its mother's loving arms
What a newborn baby dreams is a mystery (a mystery)

But this life will find a purpose
And in time we'll understand
When the river meets the sea
When the river meets the almighty sea

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I told you that I loved you You said that is

This song was first released on the Aerie Album. It

The season is upon us now, a time for gifts

A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine Memories of

The sun sinks behind me in the West This is the

I see them dancing, somewhere in the moonlight Somewhere in Alaska,

Life in the city gets all closed in When you stand

African sunrise, shine on a brand new day African sunrise, shine

When I was a child and I lived in the

Did you ever hear the story of the Christmas tree? Who

All of my memories lay In the life of the highway All

All of my memories lay In the life of the highway All

All this joy, all this sorrow All this promise, all this

This song appears on two albums, and was first released

There is a river that runs from the mountains That one

When the mountain touches the valley, all the clouds are taught to fly
as our souls will leave this land most peacefully.
Though our minds be filled with questions, in our hearts we'll understand
when the river meets the sea.

Like a flower that has blossomed in the dry and barren sand,
We are born and born again most gracefully.
Thus the winds of time will take us with a sure and steady hand
when the river meets the sea.

Patience, my brother and patience, my son, in that sweet and final hour
truth and justice will be done.

Like a baby when it is sleeping in its loving mother's arms,
what a newborn baby dreams is a mystery.
But his life will find a purpose and in time he'll understand
when the river meets the sea. When the river meets the almighty sea.

Writer(s): Paul H. Williams

album: "A Christmas Together" (1979)

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