Shipmates And Cheyenne

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

Shipmates and Cheyenne, raindrops and cryin¡¯

Haunt the dreams of an old, old man

Candles and church bells, laughter and farewells

Revolve in his thoughts like a wind

Stallions and blizzards, steelies and lizards

Adrift in the meadows of time

No sense of progression, of age or direction

No meter, no form, no rhyme

I¡¯ll hold me one

Just one rising sun

Long after daylight is gone

I¡¯ll hold me one

One more rising sun

Till my daylight and darkness is done

Kingdoms and cupboards, losers and lovers

And ev¡¯nings of blackberry wine

Falling like sand, the mem¡¯ry of hands

And kisses, and whispers and sighs

I¡¯ll hold me one

Just one rising sun

Till long after daylight is gone

I¡¯ll hold me one

One more rising sun

Till my daylight and darkness is done

I¡¯ll hold me one

One rising sun

One more rising sun

Till my daylight and darkness is done

Words by Joe Henry, Music by John Denver