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 -

Me home, country roads albums. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert album.





Horses are creatures who worship the earth

As they gallop on feet of ivory

Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth

The horses still run, they are free



My body is merely the shell of my soul

But the flesh must be given its due

Like a pony that carries its rider back home

Like an old friend that's tried and been true



I had a vision of eagles and horses

High on a ridge in a race with the wind

Going higher and higher and faster and faster

On eagles and horses i'm flying again



Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights

They know neither limit nor bound

They're the guardian angels of darkness and light

They see all and hear every sound



My spirit will never be broken or caught

For the soul is a free-flowing thing

Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought

To rise up on glorious wings



I had a vision of eagles and horses

High on a ridge in a race with the wind

Going higher and higher and faster and faster

On eagles and horses i'm flying again



My body is merely the shell of my soul

But the flesh must be given its due

Like a pony that carries its master back home

Like an old that's tried and been true



My spirit will never be broken or caught

For the soul is a free-flowing thing

Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought

To rise up on glorious wings



I had a vision of eagles and horses

High on a ridge in a race with the wind

Going higher and higher and faster and faster

On eagles and horses i'm flying again



Words and music by john denver and joe henry


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