Judy Kuhn – Colors Of The Wind (Soundtrack) Lyrics | Lyrics

You think the only people who are people. The grand, slow elegance. All you'll own is earth until. "Colors of the Wind" is a song written by lyricist Stephen Schwartz and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd animated feature film Pocahontas (1995). But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger. You think you own what ever land you land on. You can own the earth and still all you'll own is earth until. A pop ballad, the song's lyrics contrast the priorities of European imperialism with values like respecting nature and living in harmony with the Earth's creatures. Or let the eagle tell you where he's been? You think I'm an ignorant savage. And you've been so many places. But still, I cannot see. The earth is just a dead thing you can claim.

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But I know every rock and tree and creature. Transpose chords: Chord diagrams: Pin chords to top while scrolling. Colors of the Wind (Soundtrack) Lyrics. How can there be so much that you don't know? It's the film's theme song, originally recorded by Judy Kuhn in her role as the singing voice of Pocahontas. No information about this song. Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Alan Menken, the composer said: It really is one of the most important songs I've ever written. This song (and the general message of the film) have inspired controversy, since although they subvert traditional European colonialist notions, they perpetuate the concept of the Native as noble savage uncorrupted by human civilization. Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth.

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You can own the Earth and still. Of the Wind (Soundtrack). And we are all connected to each other. You'll learn things you never knew you never knew. You can paint with all the colors of the wind. 6 Chords used in the song: C, Am, Em, F, Dm, G. ←. Are the people who look and think like you. The heron and the otter are my friends.

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If you cut it down, then you'll never know. Strumming pattern: d-du-u-du. The rain storm and the river are my brothers. If the savage one is me. Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest. For whether we are white or copper-skinned.

Come roll in all the riches all around you. Filter by: Top Tabs & Chords by Disney, don't miss these songs! But Vanessa Williams' cover of the song was released as the lead single from the film's soundtrack on March 23, 1995. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. He did a lot of research about American Indian folklore, and we listened to a lot of tribal music. It's a very serious song, but there was no getting humor into Pocahontas.