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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Autograph Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 3, John Denver (Italian) and Country Classics Albums.
Everybody's got the dancin' fever Everbody'd love to rock and roll Play it loud and baby play it better Funky music gotta stretch your soul Just relax and let the rhythm take you Don't you be afraid to lose control If your heart has found some empty spaces Dancin's just a thing to make you whole I am one who dances with the mountains I am one who dances with the wind I am one who dances on the ocean My partner's more than pieces more than friends Were you there the night they lost the lightning Were you there the day the earth stood still Did you see the famous and the fighting Did you hear the prophet tell his tale We are one when dancing with the mountains We are one when singing in the wind We are one when thinking of each other More than partners much more than pieces more than friends Words and music by John Denver |
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| 2. |
| 4:43 |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Autograph album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
I came here from the city A thousand miles away I came just for a little while You know I never meant to stay I meant to take my pleasure Have a good time and be gone But I fell in love with a lady Now I sing a mountain song I listened to the music Of the night wind in the pines I saw the quiet slendour Of a field of columbine I skied on crystal pathways To a mountain peak so tall And I walked the mighty summits With the one who made it all And I fell in love with a lady 'Cause I've seen her at her best And I've walked her wild and rugged paths Through her open wilderness And now I never can betray her Steal her riches and be gone 'Cause when you love a mountain lady You're gonna sing a mountain song Now people come from everywhere To see what they can find And some take lots of pictures And some just take their time But they're some who take her beauty That can't be bought or sold And they think of only money While destroying wealth untold But you fall in love with a lady When you've slept upon her breast And I've walked her wild and rugged paths To her open wilderness And you never can betray her Steal her riches and be gone 'Cause when you love a mountain lady You're gonna sing a mountain song Words and Music by Tracey Wickland |
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| 2:17 |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Autograph album, and has also been released on the Changes album.
Get at 'em boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right, never wrong How mountain girls can love Ridin' at night in a high cold wind On the trail of the old lonesome pine Thinking of you baby Feelin' so blue Wondering why I left you behind Get at 'em boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right, never wrong How mountain girls can love There's a lake in the hill Where my true love goes That's when she's thinkin' of me Why I'm not there only heaven knows Heaven knows that's where I'd rather be Get at 'em boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right, never wrong How mountain girls can love Words and Music by Ruby Rakes |
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| 4. |
| 3:48 |
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I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately it just ain't my style And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to They pass quicker like when I's a child Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the sun goin' down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for the life I have found It keeps my feet on the ground Don't the midsummer days sit so heavy But don't they flow like a breeze through your mind And nothin occurs in a hurry To make up for someone's lost time Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the sun goin down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for a friend I have found She keeps my feet on the ground Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the breeze dyin down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for the life Ihave found It keeps my feet on the ground |
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| 5. |
| 3:26 |
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This song was first released on the Autograph album. It is the only album it has been released on.
He was stranded in some tiny town On fair Prince Edward Isle Awaitin' for a ship to come and find him A one-horse place, a friendly face Some coffee and a tiny trace Of fiddlin' in the distance far behind him A dime across the counter then A shy hello, a brand new friend A walk along the street in the wintry weather A yellow light, an open door And a welcome friend, there's room for more And then they're standing there inside together He said I've heard that tune before somewhere But I can't remember when Was it on some other friendly shore Or did I hear it on the wind Was it written on the sky above I think I heard it from someone I loved But I never heard it sound so sweet since then Now his feet begin to tap A little boy says I'll take your hat He's caught up in the magic of her smile And leap the heart inside him went And off across the floor he sent His clumsy body graceful as a child He said there's magic in the fiddler's arm There's magic in this town There's magic in the dancers' feet And the way they put them down People smilin' everywhere Boots and ribbons, locks of hair And laughter and old blue suits and easter gowns Now the sailors' gone, the room is bare The old piano settin' there Someone's hat's left hanging on the rack And empty chairs, the wooden floor That feels the touch of shoes no more Awaitin' for the dancers to come back And the fiddle's in the closet Of some daughter of the town The strings are broke and the bow is gone And the cover's buttoned down But sometimes on December nights When the air is cold and the wind is right There's a melody that passes through this town Words and Music by David Mallett |
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| 3:49 |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Autograph Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
I don't know why We still live together We're so far apart So much of the time I don't know why This beautiful weather Is breaking my spirit And tearing my mind all apart Are you so lonely Are you so sad Have you lost your purpose The faith that you had If life is a question I don't understand If time is the reason Then nobody can In my heart it is just an illusion It's not even real Much more than you think It's much more than you feel My ears are still ringing There's nothing to say Why look to the ocean To wash me away There goes my best friend There goes my last dime If love is the answer I'm wasting my time In my heart it is just an illusion It's not even real Much more than you think It's much more than you feel Do you feel Is this real How I feel In my heart Words and music by John Denver |
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| 4:41 |
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This song was first released on the Autograph album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Whalebones and crosses Stand against the Arctic sky The wind blows through the graveyard Where our fallen fathers lie Eternal snow that covers them The shadows of the sun The mighty struggle on the seas A way of life is run I'll sing for you my father For the ancient sacred ways How the hunter loved the hunted How the night becomes the day The circle of the mighty spirit Keeps us in its fold The warmth of understanding Like a light shot through the cold Then bring to me my people Touch them with your loving hands Lead them from confusion Lead them back unto the land For a sickness seems to block their path It clouds my peoples' eyes The promise that an idle truth Will reap a golden lie Whalebones and crosses Stand against the Arctic sky The wind blows through the graveyard Where our fallen fathers lie The timeless hunt a journey back To what we once came from Compassion and nobility Beneath the midnight sun The mighty struggle of the seas A way of life is run Words by Joe Henry, Music by Lee Holdridge |
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| 3:22 |
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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Autograph album, and has also been released on the Earth Songs, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD) and The John Denver Collection - Calypso albums.
Goin' up to Alaska Up to the land of the midnight sun Where the whale and the polar bear run O'er the icy blue sea Goin' up to Alaska Up to the north and the pioneer life Where courage and strength still survive And a man can be free American Child, does the call of the wild Ever sing through the mist of your dreams Does it fly with the wind when you waken again When it's gone do you know what it means Can you picture the time when a man had to find His own way through the cold To come back again to all that you've been Can't you see that it's time to come home To the flowers and seas and the rivers and the trees And the earth who's the mother of all A promise once made - will it shine, will it fade Will we rise with the vision or fall Goin' up to Alaska Up to the land of the midnight sun Where the whale and the polar bear run O'er the icy blue sea Goin' up to Alaska Up to the north and the pioneer life Where courage and strength still survive And a man can be free Men can be free Goin' up to Alaska Goin' up to Alaska Goin' up to Alaska Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry |
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| 2:45 |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on The Autograph album, and has also been released on The Wildlife Concert album as a live track.
And you say that the battle is over And you say that the war is all done Go tell it to those With the wind in their nose Who run from the sound of the gun And write it on the sides Of the great whaling ships Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed With the wind in their eyes It is they who must die And it's we who must measure the loss And you say that the battle is over And finally the world is at peace You mean no one is dying And mothers don't weep Or it's not in the papers at least There are those who would deal In the darkness of life There are those who would tear down the sun And most men are ruthless But some will still weep When the gifts we were given are gone Now the blame cannot fall On the heads of a few It's become such a part of the race It's eternally tragic That that which is magic Be killed at the end of the glorious chase From young seals to great whales From waters to wood They will fall just like weeds in the wind With fur coats and perfumes And trophies on walls What a hell of a race to call men And you say that the battle is over And you say that the war is all done Go tell it to those With the wind in their nose Who run from the sound of the gun And write it on the sides Of the great whaling ships Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed With the wind in their eyes It is they who must die And it's we who must measure the loss With the wind in their eyes It is they who must die And it's we who must measure the cost Words and Music by David Mallett |
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| 3:40 |
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Here I am closing my eyes again
Trying so hard not to see All the things that I see Almost willing to lie again I swear that it just isn't so It just isn't me We are never alone Even though we'd like to be The I go and open my eyes again Love in your eyes is the thing That I'd most like to see I'd be willing to die again To know of a place and a time Where it always could be To be always with you And you always with me This is my autograph Here in the songs I sing Here in my cry, in my laugh Here in the love that I bring To be always with you And you always with me Say a prayer and open your heart again You are the love and the life That we all need to see Always willing to shine and then Peace on this earth is the way That it always can be To be always with you And you always with me This is my autograph Here in the songs I sing Here in my cry, in my laugh Here in the love that I bring To be always with you And you always with me |
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| 3:10 |
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I played a weddin' for the money and I wished I could have told the bride and groom
Just what I think of marriage and what's in store after the honeymoon And I was rumblin' through the verses 'bout how men and women ought to live apart And how a promise never made could not be broken and could never break a heart Suddenly from out of nowhere, this little girl came spinnin' across the floor And all her crinolines were billowing beneath the skirt of calico she wore As her joy fell on the honored guests, each one of them was draw into her dream And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands and hollered at her, "Dance Little Jean" And they said, "Dance Little Jean this day is for you Two people that ya love stood up to say, 'I do'" "Dance Little Jean a prayer that ya had Was answered today your mamma's marryin' your dad" Well, this cynic's heart just melted as I figur'd what this get together meant And how it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had spent They told the band to pack it up about time the couple cut the cake But we stayed and we played all night long for love and laughs and Little Jeanie's sake And we played "Dance Little Jean this day is for you Two people that you love stood up to say, 'I do'" "Dance Little Jean a prayer that ya had Was answered today your mamma's marryin' your dad" We said "Dance Little Jean this day is for you Two people that you love stood up to say, 'I do'" "Dance Little Jean a prayer that ya had Was answered today your mamma's marryin' your dad" |
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| 5:36 |
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Oh my home is in the mountains
I am free, I am free I am one with wind and eagles I am free Given wings to sail in gracefulness The sky, The sky Given voice to sing in breathlessness I find that I can fly! (fly away) (U p tempo) I been a long time on the highway I been a long time one the run And it gets to be like chaos when I'm so long away from home And sometimes its just too much to bare and I hide behind my eyes I can picture friendly faces and I can dream of friendly skies and I guess that I'm the lucky one For the truth of what I know For my heart has not denied me, and I have somewhere to go I shall never be a prisinor twix steel and glass and stone And if I leave I will return to my Rocky Mountain home. (yodeling chorus) Oh my home is in the mountains I am free I am free I am one with wind and eagle I am free Given wing to sail in gracefulness the sky the sky Given voice to sing in breathlessness I find that I can fly, fly away In the Hands of my Father Inthe Light of the Sunshine On the Wings of an Eagle I'm flying again (I'm flying again) I'm flying again (I'm flying again) I'm flying again (I'm flying again) I'm flying again (and I'm flying again) |
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