Eagles And Horses (im Flying Again) Lyrics

Eagles And Horses (im Flying Again)

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 - Take Me Home, Country Roads albums. A
live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert album.


Horses are
creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of
ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run,
they are free

My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh
must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like
an old friend thats tried and been true

I had a vision of eagles and
horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher
and faster and faster
On eagles and horses Im flying again

Eagles
inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
Theyre the
guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every
sound

My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a
free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor
thought
To rise up on glorious wings

I had a vision of eagles and
horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher
and faster and faster
On eagles and horses Im flying again

My body is
merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a
pony that carries its master back home
Like an old thats tried and been
true

My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a
free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor
thought
To rise up on glorious wings

I had a vision of eagles and
horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher
and faster and faster
On eagles and horses Im flying again

Words and
music by John Denver and Joe Henry