The Wild Places

This song is the title track on Dan Fogelberg's 1990 album "The Wild Places" I have this CD
This song is also on Dan Fogelberg's "Live: Greetings From The West" album released in 1991 - I have this CD
Dan Fogelberg and the band performed this song on the "Greetings from the West" tour

I was walking alone
Through the lofty San Juans
With a heart full of light
And a head full of songs
I was thinking of time
And how much it will cost
To recapture the souls
That we surely have lost

In the cities and towns
There are millions who dream
But the traffic's so loud
That you can't hear them scream
There's a heaven on earth
That so few ever find
Though the map's in your soul
And the road's in your mind

So many mountains before us
So many rivers to cross
Where is the wisdom
To bring back the vision we've lost
Can we gaze with the wonder of children
Into the deafening night
Has it gotten so dark
That we cannot remember the light

When you sleep on the ground
With the stars in your face
You can feel the full length
Of the beauty and grace
In the wild places man
Is an unwelcome guest
But it's here that I'm found
And it's here I feel blessed

~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~