Eagles And Horses (I’m Flying Again)

<br>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.<br><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 its due<br>Like a pony that carries its 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 its due<br>Like a pony that carries its 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