Yes, I was one of those little kids obsessed with Disney movies. Maybe those are what sparked my love for all types of movies. I loved the songs, the romance, the goofy parts...everything about them. My favorite one growing up though was Pocahontas. I think it was one of those Disney movies that not many people liked or remember. Yet, it was one I would watch over and over. Being an only child, I often had to learn to entertain myself. So I would go in my backyard and pretend I was Pocahontas. Sure, it is a little embarrassing to admit now...but whatever. :) I loved all those songs, especially the one about "the colors of the wind". Here are the lyrics:
You think I'm just an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places; I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see, if the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know...
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
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
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
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or let the eagle tell you were he's been
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?
How high will a 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
Pocahontas is actually one of the Disney movies that I haven't seen very much! I must do so... I like Aladdin and Mulan the most I think :)
ReplyDeleteI love Aladdin and Mulan too! :) I remember having the Tape soundtracks to all these...oh boy, make me feel old! haha!
ReplyDeletePeter Pan and Jungle book for sure, I was a bit of a tomboy. But the lyrics to that Pochohontas movie that you have made me think of the other song in that movie, I don't know the whole think but it is like "savages savages da dah da dah da dah, savages savages" haha so I only know one of the words but that song always gets stuck in my head!
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