"Goin' Home" sung by Mollie Weaver at The John Denver Tribute Concert, Aspen, 10-13-2012
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Apologies to the wonderful singer & great band for the quality of this video which was done by hand on a nonstabilized little Nikon Coolpix. It does not do justice to the singer and this beautiful song which was a poem (author unknown by this writer) actually read at Denver's memorial service and then put to music (composer unknown to this writer). Just felt the song needed to be heard as I think it could be a #1 with proper representation.
I was in the audience when I watched Molly sing this in 2012, and had tears as I thought of John Denver's life; now I have tears for Pete Huttlinger who we lost this past Friday, January 15, 2016. RIP Pete!
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Joe Henry
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Speech at "A Celebration: The Life of John Denver"
October 18, 1997
Aspen, Colorado
I'm afraid I'm not a speaker but John was part of my heart and
what I became was kind of in a league with him. I think that
all of us on a physical plane are hearts and then the
non-physical plane are our souls. I think living with the kind
of heart that he lived with is a great example and I think
that everybody has their days to do that and I think that the
soul is endless. And I think the soul is always and everywhere
and what happens is a change of form and I can't imagine that
he goes away. I think he has just changed his form and I
think that's all of us. I've got a lyric that he really liked
that we didn't have time to make a song out of it but its
called ascension.
Ascension
The stars they call. They beckon me to follow
They seem to say there's something more to find
And like a fool I'm driven by a hunger
That leaves me lost with nothing to call mine.
And so my past returns, drifting through the darkness,
the branches tear across my face and hands,
The stars wink down, they say you're bound to find us.
I climb alone - a solitary man,
But I will rise, I'm almost flying,
I come from earth, I love the sea
and I will fly I feel me rising
I'll climb beyond a climbers need to be
and so I watch the eagles soar above me
He dips his wing and bids me to go on
and I follow him, I watch him like a beacon
into the east we face the rising sun
the skies a flame there is blood accross the mountains
the shadows fall and fill the earth below
I take a step and rest and take another
On stronger winds I soar above the cold."
John Henry at John Denver's memorial (see: web.tiscali.it/johndenver/memorial.htm)
"I've got a lyric that he really liked
that we didn't have time to make a song out of it but its
called ascension.
Ascension
The stars they call. They beckon me to follow
They seem to say there's something more to find
And like a fool I'm driven by a hunger
That leaves me lost with nothing to call mine.
And so my past returns, drifting through the darkness,
the branches tear across my face and hands,
The stars wink down, they say you're bound to find us.
I climb alone - a solitary man,
But I will rise, I'm almost flying,
I come from earth, I love the sea
and I will fly I feel me rising
I'll climb beyond a climbers need to be
and so I watch the eagles soar above me
He dips his wing and bids me to go on
and I follow him, I watch him like a beacon
into the east we face the rising sun
the skies a flame there is blood across the mountains
the shadows fall and fill the earth below
I take a step and rest and take another
On stronger winds I soar above the cold."
The poem was written by Joe Henry.
Pete Huttlinger Yup, It was an unfinished piece, to eventually be a song by John, that he and Joe had been working on.
Could someone post the lyrics of this song?
Beautiful