JOHN DENVER - Eagles & Horses lyrics

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This song appears on five albums, and was first released on the flower that shattered the stone album. it has also appeared on the stonehaven sunrise, a portrait and the john denver collection -<br>Me home, country roads albums. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert album.<br><br>Horses are creatures who worship the earth<br>As they gallop on feet of ivory<br>Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth<br>The horses still run, they are free<br><br>My body is merely the shell of my soul<br>But the flesh must be given it's due<br>Like a pony that carries it's rider back home<br>Like an old friend that's tried and been true<br><br>I had a vision of eagles and horses<br>High on a ridge in a race with the wind<br>Going higher and higher and faster and faster<br>On eagles and horses I'm flying again<br><br>Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights<br>They know neither limit nor bound<br>They're the guardian angels of darkness and light<br>They see all and hear every sound<br><br>My spirit will never be broken or caught<br>For the soul is a free-flowing thing<br>Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought<br>To rise up on glorious wings<br><br>I had a vision of eagles and horses<br>High on a ridge in a race with the wind<br>Going higher and higher and faster and faster<br>On eagles and horses I'm flying again<br><br>My body is merely the shell of my soul<br>But the flesh must be given it's due<br>Like a pony that carries it's master back home<br>Like an old that's tried and been true<br><br>My spirit will never be broken or caught<br>For the soul is a free-flowing thing<br>Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought<br>To rise up on glorious wings<br><br>I had a vision of eagles and horses<br>High on a ridge in a race with the wind<br>Going higher and higher and faster and faster<br>On eagles and horses I'm flying again<br><br>Words and music by john denver and joe henry