This song appears on eleven albums, and was first released on the Rhymes and Reasons Album, then This Is John Denver, The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection, and Reflections. It has been rerecorded on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), John Denver (Italian), Country Classics and Greatest Hits Vol 1 Albums. Live versions also appear on An Evening With John Denver and The Wildlife Concert Albums.
So you speak to me of sadness
And the coming of the winter
Fear that is within you now
It seems to never end
And the dreams that have escaped you
And the hope that you've forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
You want to be my friend
And you wonder where we're going
Where's the rhyme and where's the reason
And it's you cannot accept
It is here we must begin
To seek the wisdom of the children
And the graceful way of flowers in the wind
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
Like the music of the mountains
And the colours of the rainbow
They're a promise of the future
And a blessing for today
Though the cities start to crumble
And the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading
And it's colder than the sea
It is written from the desert
To the mountains they shall lead us
By the hand and by the heart
They will comfort you and me
In their innocence and trusting
They will teach us to be free
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
And the song that I am singing
Is a prayer to non believers
Come and stand beside us
We can find a better way
Words and music by John DenverHate, something, sometime, someway
Something kick down the front floor
why? Something, inside
I'll never ever follow
So give.. me.. some.. thing.. that.. is.. for.. real
I'll never ever follow
Get your boogie on
Get your boogie on
Hate, something, someway, each day
Feeling ripped off again now why?
This shit inside
Now everyone will follow
So give.. me.. noth.. ing.. just.. feel
And all the shit will follow
God hates me
You'll never see the light
Who wants to see?
God told me
I've already got the life
Oh I see...
God hates me
You'll never see the light
Who wants to see?
God told me, already got the life
Oh I say...
Each day I can feel it swallow
Inside something torn from me
I don't feel your deathly ways
Each day I feel so hollow
Inside always beating me
You'll never see
So come dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me (Rumbiddieboo)
Dance with me (Rumbiddieboo)
Dance with me (Rum bum dee dum dee bum diddie doo)
Me!
God hates me
You'll never see the light
Who wants to see?
God told me
I've already got the life
Oh I say...
God hates me
You'll never see the light
Who wants to see?
God told me
I've already got the life
Got the life [x9]
Got...the....life