You think you own whatever land you land on 
 The earth is just a dead thing you can claim 
 But I know ev'ry rock and tree and creature 
 Has a life  has a spirit  has a name 
  
 (Verse 2) 
 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 1) 
 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 3) 
 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 4) 
 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 
  
 (Chorus 2) 
 Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon 
 Or let the eagle tell you where he's been? 
 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? 
  
 (Bridge) 
 How high does the sycamore grow? 
 If you cut it down, then you'll never know 
  
 (Chorus 3) 
 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 mountain 
 We need to paint with all the colors of the wind 
  
 You can own the earth, and, still 
 All you'll own is earth until 
 You can paint with all the colors of the wind