Chorus - Pocahontas
Alan Menken
Chorus & Mel Gibson
Chorus - Pocahontas
Jim Cummings
Judy Kuhn
Alan Menken
Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
David Ogden Stiers & Mel Gibson
Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
Judy Kuhn
Chorus - Pocahontas, David Ogden Stiers, & Jim Cummings
David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, Judy Kuhn, & Chorus - Pocahontas
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Vanessa Williams
Jon Secada & Shanice
“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). It’s the film’s theme song, originally recorded by Judy Kuhn in her role as the singing voice of Pocahontas. But Vanessa Williams' cov...
[Verse 1]
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still, I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know
[Verse 2]
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
[Verse 3]
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew
[Chorus]
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
[Verse 4]
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth
[Verse 5]
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
[Bridge]
How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
[Chorus]
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
[Outro]
You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
Colors of the Wind (Soundtrack) was written by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz.
Colors of the Wind (Soundtrack) was produced by Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken.
Judy Kuhn released Colors of the Wind (Soundtrack) on Tue May 30 1995.
Alan Menken, the composer said:
It really is one of the most important songs I’ve ever written. That was the first song I wrote with Stephen Schwartz—the Broadway prodigy who wrote Godspell and Pippin. He did a lot of research about American Indian folklore, and we listened to a lot of tribal music...