Pegasus Lyrics - John Denver

This song was first released on the Spirit album. It is the only album it has been released on. 

Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me 

Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea 

Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind 

Pegasus and flying fish and woodsmen made of tin 

A kid knows what he wants to be before he's nine or ten 

Cowboys, clowns, and men of war and someone else's friend 

But nine grows into big boys' pants and then to scars and pain 

Twenty's fast and hard as nails but doesn't come again 

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There's days to fall and days to rise and days for making haste 

Days for seeking out yourself but no days you can waste 

Nighttimes filled with love so good it aches to rest it down 

Endless hallways dark with sleep and rivers dark with sound 

Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me 

Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea 

Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind 

Pegasus and flying fish and woodsmen made of tin 

Children climbing on my arms and pigeons on my head 

Get thee up my little man and dream a dream instead 

dream a dream of rocking chairs and flying through the night 

Dream until the morning's gone and turned the dark to light 

Then come and get your daddy if he hasn't blown away 

Rock him in your children's hands and help him find his way 

Take him to your hiding place and let him come inside 

He'll never tell your secret, cross my heart and hope to die 

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Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me 

Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea 

Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind 

Pegasus and flying fish and woodsmen made of tin 

Words by Joe Henry, music by John Denver