From the Heart of Me

Voices slide down off the mountain

Sunlight turning red

Falls on the earth and it spreads

Even the families lower their head

As they ride

Age-old faces of the mountains

Looming naturally

I wonder if they’re looking at me

Their monumental eyes I can feel

And the glow in the twilight

The dawn of hope

Reminds me

Now I’m reaching out to you

Anything I can do

To be safe and warm

In your arms

All I have is the heart of you

I’d meet you anywhere in the country

Or anywhere on the sea

All over the world it could be

I would follow you

With the heart of me

Love calls echo in the valley

Dream come true tonight

Remembering you hold me tight

In tomorrow morning’s light

I will find you

When I awoke the stars were out

And shining, shining for you and me

All I ever want to be

Safe and warm

In your arms

All I have from the heart of me

Words and music by Donna Godchaux

Notes:

Studio recording: Shakedown Street (November 15, 1978).

First performance: August 31, 1978, at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado.