Robert Hunter Quotes

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world, but the heart has its beaches, its homeland, and thoughts of its own. Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings, but the heart has its seasons its evenings, and songs of its own

There are times when you get hit upon, Try hard but you cannot give. Other times you'd gladly part, With what you need to live

In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked through your mother's face, Wildflower seed on the sand and stone, may the four winds blow you safely home. Roll away ... the dew

There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. The time has come to weigh those things, this space is getting hot.

Trouble with you is The trouble with me Got two good eyes But you still don't see
Come round the bend You know it's the end
The fireman screams and The engine just gleams

Oh no well I / been there before / and I ain't a comin back around / there no more / no I'm not

You who choose to lead must follow, But if you fall, you fall alone, If you should stand then who's to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home

It seems like all this life was just a dream

When I was just a little young boy, Papa said "Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know, 'cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go."

Crippled but free, I was blind all the time I was learning to see.

Once in a while, you get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if you look at it right.

I like your smile but I ain't your type, Don't shake the tree when the fruit ain't ripe

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you

Let my inspiration flow, in token lines suggesting rhythm, that will not forsake me, till my tale is told and done