Once there was a people, in every corner of the land
Who knew that the time had come for them to make a stand
So they became a nation, and they travelled east and west
And they named it for the Rainbow, and they knew that they were
blessed

With the Rainbow as their guide
And the Great Spirit inside
With love in their eyes
And you're the reason, you're the reason why!
The reason why...

And the dream took many colors as it moved throughout the years
Left a trail of laughter, and left a trail of tears
But the visions kept on coming as we headed towards the sun
And we knew the time was coming when we all, would live as one!

With the Rainbow as our guide
And the Great Spirit inside
With love in our eyes
And you're the reason, you're the reason why!
The reason why...

Catch a dream in midmotion, ride the tail of a shooting star
There's a place for you in a rainbow, no matter who you are
Cause the colors go on forever, and there's room for your own one
A place to be, totally free, in the days that are to come

With the Rainbow as our guide
And the Great Spirit inside
With love in our eyes
And you're the reason, you're the reason why!
The reason why... (repeat!)

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Rainbow People's Song, copyright 1981 & 1997 Don St.Clair,
distribute freely!
Written in the back of a hippie bus going up the Okanogan Valley of
Eastern Washington Fall 81 after my first gathering