Whalebones And Crosses Lyrics - John Denver

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

Whalebones and crosses 

Stand against the Arctic sky 

The wind blows through the graveyard 

Where our fallen fathers lie 

Eternal snow that covers them 

The shadows of the sun 

The mighty struggle on the seas 

A way of life is run 

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I'll sing for you my father 

For the ancient sacred ways 

How the hunter loved the hunted 

How the night becomes the day 

The circle of the mighty spirit 

Keeps us in its fold 

The warmth of understanding 

Like a light shot through the cold 

Then bring to me my people 

Touch them with your loving hands 

Lead them from confusion 

Lead them back unto the land 

For a sickness seems to block their path 

It clouds my peoples' eyes 

The promise that an idle truth 

Will reap a golden lie 

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Whalebones and crosses 

Stand against the Arctic sky 

The wind blows through the graveyard 

Where our fallen fathers lie 

The timeless hunt a journey back 

To what we once came from 

Compassion and nobility 

Beneath the midnight sun 

The mighty struggle of the seas 

A way of life is run 

Words by Joe Henry, Music by Lee Holdridge