"Do yourself no harm, for we are all here together

[Blu]

I am a little over whelmed when it comes to having hope for the environment. After the hurricanes Katrina and Rita perhaps I am feeling a little to much pain to find my courage right now. It won't last long, so don't worry about me! I am taking to quoting John Denver, for his music is a true inspiration to me. I will always be partial to eagles and am so grateful they have survived! Maybe all is not lost.

To kick off this message board I am posting this song and I hope that we will see a more "Conscious" United States of America after this sad road we have traveled.

The Eagle And The Hawk
John Denver/Mike Taylor


I am the eagle, I live in high country
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky
I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers
But time is still turning they soon will be dry
And all those who see me and all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops
Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
And all that we "can" be, not what we are

[Blu]

Goin’ up to alaska
Up to the land of the midnight sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run
O’er the icy blue sea

Goin’ up to alaska
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strength still survive
And a man can be free

American child, does the call of the wild
Ever sing through the mist of your dreams
Does it fly with the wind when you waken again
When it’s gone do you know what it means

Can you picture the time when a man had to find
His own way through the cold
To come back again to all that you’ve been
Can’t you see that it’s time to come home

To the flowers and seas and the rivers and the trees
And the earth who’s the mother of all
A promise once made - will it shine, will it fade
Will we rise with the vision or fall

Goin’ up to alaska
Up to the land of the midnight sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run
O’er the icy blue sea

Goin’ up to alaska
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strength still survive
And a man can be free

Men can be free
Goin’ up to alaska
Goin’ up to alaska
Goin’ up to alaska

Words and music by john denver and joe henry