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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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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again Let me give my life to you Come let me love you Come love me again You fill up my senses Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm To work in the service of life and the living In search of the answers to questions unknown To be part of the movement and part of the growing Part of beginning to understand Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've taught us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you To light up the darkness and show us the way For though we are strangers in your silent world To live on the land we must learn from the sea To be true as the tide and free as the wind swell Joyful and loving in letting it be Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've shown us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've shown us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the earth songs album. it is also on the albums the very best of john denver (single cd) and the john denver collection - sunshine on m
Ulder. Celebrate morning The cry of a loon on a lake in the night The dreams that are born in the dawn's early light Celebrate morning Celebrate living The laughter that sings in the heart of a child The freedom that flies at the call of the wild Celebrate living Celebrate evening The stars that appear in the loss of the sun Whispering winds, ¡°we are one, we are one¡±... Celebrate earth day, every day Celebrate earth day, every day Celebrate land and sea Celebrate you and me Celebrate earth day, every day Words and music by john denver |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
Just to look in your eyes again
Just to lay in your arms Just to be the first one always there for you Just to live in your laughter Just to sing in your heart Just to be every one of your dreams come true Just to sit by your window Just to touch in the night Just to offer a prayer each day for you Just to long for your kisses Just to dream of your sighs Just to know that I'd give my life for you For you all the rest of my life For you all the best of my life For you alone, only for you Just to wake up each morning Just to you by my side Just to know that you're never really far away Just a reason for living Just to say I adore Just to know that you're here in my heart to stay For you all the rest of my life For you all the best of my life For you alone, only for you Just the words of a love song Just the beat of my heart Just the pledge of my life, my love for you |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Higher Ground album, and has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High album.
There are those who can live With the things they don't believe in They are giving up their lives For something that is less than it can be Some have longed for a home In a place of inspiration Some will "fill" the emptiness inside By giving it all "to" the things that they believe They believe Maybe it's just a dream in me Maybe it's just my style Maybe it's juat the freedom that I've found Given the possibility Of living up to the dream in me You know I'll be reaching for higher ground I will stand on my own I will live up to "this" vision I will trust in what I feel I'd follow my heart until it brings me home Brings me home Maybe it's just a dream in me Maybe it's just my style Maybe it's just the freedom that I've found Given the possibility Of living up to the dream in me You know I'll be reaching for higher ground Keep me through the night Lead me to the light Teach me the magic of wonder Give me the spirit to fly Maybe it's just a dream in me Maybe it's just my style Maybe it's juat the freedom that I've found Given the possibility Of living up to the dream in me You know I'll be reaching for higher ground Maybe it's just a dream in me Maybe it's just my style Maybe it's juat the freedom that I've found Given the possibility Of living up to the dream in me You know I'll be reaching for higher ground |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on Different Directions album, and has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Take Me Home Country Roads album.
We were live on arrival Safe home at last No cannon fire dockside No flags half-mast We were sold out for silver And a string of black pearls On the loneliest island At the edge of the world Like destiny's children Souls lost at sea No room on the lifeboat You can hold on to me Now the voyage is over We're back on dry land In our eyes are the stories The rope and the brand Like destiny's children Souls lost at sea No room on the lifeboat You can hold on to me Words by Nick Smith, Music by Joe Camilleri |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
There ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n homegrown tomatoes Up in the mornin', out in the garden Get you a ripe one, don't pick a hard 'un All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer I forgot all about the sweatin' and the diggin' Every time I go out and pick me a big 'un Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What would life be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can't buy That's true love and homegrown tomatoes. You can go out to eat and that's for sure But there's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew You can make your own tomato juice You can eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle Homegrown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle. Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What would like be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can't buy That's true love and homegrown tomatoes. If I's to change this life I lead You could call me Johnny Tomatoseed Cause I know what this country needs Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see When I die don't bury me In a box in a cold dark cemetery Out in the garden would be much better 'Cause I could be pushin' up a homegrown tomato. Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What would like be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can't buy That's true love and homegrown tomatoes. |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain There are children raised beneath the golden sun There are children of the water And children of the sand And they cry out through the universe Their voices raised as one I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live Have you gazed out on the ocean Seen the breaching of a whale? Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam? Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar For the native and the wanderer in kind For the maker and the user and the mother and her son I am looking for my family and all of you are mine We are standing all together Face to face and arm in arm We are standing on the threshold of a dream No more hunger no more killing No more wasting life away It is simply an idea And I know its time has come I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Different Directions album, and has also been released on The Gift You Are and The John Denver Collection - Take Me Home, Country Roads albums.
Somewhere out on the prairie Is the greatest cowboy that's ever been And when he lays his hands upon the ponies They shudder with an understanding skin And he says ponies Now ponies don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day When the storm clouds in the west Are quickly gathering The ponies they run wild there Before it rains You'll see their sleek dark bodies Brightly gleaming You know the fire is flying through Their brains And he says ponies Now ponies don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day And he says ponies Now ponies don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day And he says ponies Ponies don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day I want to fly Words and music by Jeffrey Bullock |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Earth Songs album. It has been released on The Flower That Shattered The Stone, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD) and The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High albums.
Raven's child Is chasing salvation Black beak turned white From the crack and the snow On the streets of despair The answer is simple A spoonful of mercy Can set free the soul The drug king sits On his arrogant throne Away and above and apart Even children Are twisted to serve him And greed has corrupted What once was a heart Raven's child Keeps vigil for freedom Trades for the arms That once made her strong With nuclear warheads And lasers in heaven fear does the choosing Between right and wrong The arms king sits On his arrogant throne Away and above and apart Bankers assure him That he needn't care And greed makes a stone of What once was a heart Raven's child Is washing the water All of her wing-feathers Blackened with tar Prince William shoreline's An unwanted highway Of asphalt and anger An elegant scar The oil king sits On his arrogant throne Away and above and apart Lawyers have warned him He mustn't speak And greed has made silent What once was a heart You know there are walls That come tumbling down For people who yearn to be free Still there are hearts That long to be opened And eyes that are longing to see Raven's child is our constant companion Sticks like a shadow To all that is done Try as we may We just can't escape him The source of our sorrow and shame We are one The true King sits On a heavenly throne Never away nor above nor apart With wisdom and mercy And constant compassion He lives in the love That lives in our hearts Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again You might say he found a key for every door When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away On the road and hanging by a song But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lullaby Rocky Mountain high (Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept the memory Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight is turned inside himself to try and understand The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky Talk to God and listen to the casual reply Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear Of the simple things he cannot comprehend Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more More people, more scars upon the land In the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly Rocky Mountain high The Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky Friends around the campfire and everybody's high Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they lived there the ways that they died And one is a teacher one a beginner Just wanting to be there and wanting to know And together they're trying to tell us a story That should have been listened to long long ago Now the life in the mountains is living in danger From too many people too many machines And the time is upon us today is forever Tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds The man and the mountains are brothers again Clear waters are laughing they sing to the sky The Rockies are living they never will die Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on The Flower That Shattered The Stone Album, and has also been released on the Stonehaven Sunrise and The John Denver Collection - Calypso Albums.
Stonehaven Sunset the water's on fire My true love of singing, we kiss and conspire Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky A song for tomorrow love sweet by and by For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true Sing a song for each other for me and for you Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies Sing of Stonehaven water home, Stonehaven Sunrise Stonehaven Sunset the desert's on fire Christ on the cross again burns with desire They are shooting at random though they aim at us all It's the children who rise up and children who fall All the angels are weeping the sweetest of tears Fall like rivers of mercy to wash all our fears Sing a song for Old Glory and a future that dies Sing of Stonehaven desert home, Stonehaven Sunrise Stonehaven Sunset the city's on fire The soldiers just smile and say this gun's for hire Give in to the beast boy give in to the thrill It's just human nature to hunt and to kill We all die together and yet somehow alone Just together we have memories and many are gone Singing songs for old soldiers a chorus of sighs Sing of Stonehaven city home, Stonehaven Sunrise Stonehaven Sunset the mountain's on fire My spirit is lifted, rising higher and higher All the prophets are laughing they say we told you so It's one thing to play guessing games, another to know For the needs of many are the sins of a few And the day is forthcoming when accounting is due Sing a song for sweet justice with a fire in her eyes Sing of Stonehaven mountain home, Stonehaven Sunrise Stonehaven Sunset the water's on fire My true love of singing, we kiss and conspire Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky A song for tomorrow love sweet by and by For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true Sing a song for each other for me and for you Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies Sing of Stonehaven water home, Stonehaven Sunrise Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high If I had a day that I could give you I'd give to you the day just like today If I had a song that I could sing for you I'd sing a song to make you feel this way Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high If I had a tale that I could tell you I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile If I had a wish that I could wish for you I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost all the time makes me high Sunshine almost always... |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Different Directions album, and has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Sunshine On My Shoulder album.
Home, come on home Ye who are weary come home Softly and tenderly calling Home, come on home Sometimes when I'm feeling lonesome And no one on earth seems to care I'm all by myself in the darkness With no one and nothing to share Just when it feels like it's hopeless And I'll never make it alone I hear the voices of angels Tenderly calling me home Home, come on home Ye who are weary come home Softly and tenderly calling Home, come on home I try to keep it together I never let on that I'm scared Still sometimes I fall to pieces Scattered and lost everywhere Just when it feels like there's no one To mend all my broken down dreams I hear a voice deep inside me Tenderly calling to me Home, come on home Ye who are weary come home Softly and tenderly calling Home, come on home So don't be afraid of the darkness And don't run away from the storm Stand up and face your reflection The feelings you try to ignore After the tempest is over You've let yourself come on through You'll hear a voice in the silence Tenderly calling to you Home, come on home Ye who are weary come home Softly and tenderly calling Home, come on home Words and Music by Jan Garrett |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Different Directions album, and has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High album.
I heard how all the lights went out in Memphis On the death night anniversary of the king The pretenders talking dirty in the palace But it doesn't have that old familiar ring I see there's been some changes in the valley All the renegades have finally settled down Now they worship in the temples of their rivals And desecrate the holy heart of town Can't you hear all those sweet voices singing Takin' care of the chosen ones Can't you hear all those mission bells ringin' Say a prayer for the chosen ones I read they're pourin' oil on troubled waters Yet they cast a giant shadow on the land Let's spend another night across the border And bury all our secrets in the sand Now they claim there is a message in the Bible They swear there is no master and his slave But the future's lookin' dim for the lonesome cowboy When the hand that rocks that cradle digs the grave Words by Nick Smith, Music by and Joe Camilleri |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
The Earth is our mother just turning around
With her trees in the forest and roots underground Our father above us who's sigh is the wind Paint us a rainbow without any end As the river runs freely the mountain does rise Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes In the hearts of the children of pure love still roams Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone Sparrows find freedom beholding the sun In the infinite beauty we're all joined in one I reach out before me and look to the sky Then I hear someone whisper it's something pass by As the river runs freely the mountain does rise Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes In the hearts of the children of pure love still roams Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone |
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This song appears on five albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been recorded on the Earth Songs, Country Classics, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD) and The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High Albums.
There are times I fear I lose myself I don't know who I am I get caught up in the struggle and the strain With my back against a stonewall My finger in the dam Losin' strength and goin' down again And I take a look around me My eyes can't find the sun There's nothing wild as far as I can see Then my heart turns to Alaska And freedom on the run I can hear her spirit callin' me To the mountains, I can rest there To the rivers, I will be strong To the forest, I'll find peace there To the wild country, where I belong Oh, I know some times I worry On worldly ways and means And I can see the future killing me On a misbegotten highway Of prophecies and dreams A road to nowhere and eternity And I know it's just changes Yes, and mankind marchin' on I know we can't live in yesterday But compared to what we're losin' And what it means to me I'd give my life and throw the rest away To the mountains, I can rest there To the rivers, I will be strong To the forest, I'll find peace there To the wild country, where I belong To the wild country, where I belong Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Different Directions Album, and has also been released on the A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Annie's Song Albums.
They say they love each other I've no doubt they do They say they'll always be together That may not be true They come from different places Different points of view They find themselves in different spaces Everything is all brand new Two different directions Too many different ways One always on the road somewhere The other one always stays Too often unhappy Too often on your own When you are moving in different directions True love is all alone Old stories start to surface Patterns from long ago And loving quickly turns to anger For reasons they don't even know The strongest heart can be broken With one insensitive word The deepest feelings remain unspoken No one is seen and nothing heard Two different directions Too many different ways One always wants to work things out The other one wants to play To ready for changes To much that just can't wait When you are moving in different directions True love can turn to hate If opposites attract each other What's the reason for One being like an open window One just like a closing door Two different directions Two many different ways One likes to see the morning sunrise The other one sleeps in late To many tomorrows To many times too late When you are moving in different directions True love may have to wait If you are committed to different directions True love will have to wait Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - John Denver (0000)
I often have wondered in deep contemplation,
It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone. The ways that it could be, the ways that it should be, The things I'd do differently if I could to them again. I've always loved springtime, the passing if winter, The green of the new leaves, and life going on. The promise of morning, the long days of summer, And warm nights of loving beneath the night stars. I'm just an old cowboy, from high Colorado, I'm too old to ride anymore, too blind to see. I sleep in the city now, away from my mountains, Away from the cabin we always called home. I dreamed I left there, on an old Palamino, And Whispering Jesse rode right by my side. I longed to hold her, to hear her soft breathing, The touch of her cool hands on my fevered brow. Whispering Jesse, Still rides in the mountain, She still sings in the canyon, Still lives in my heart. |
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The wind is the whisper of our mother the Earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings Weaver of darkness, bringer of dawn The wind gives the rain (yes), and builds us a rainbow The wind is the singer who sang the first song The wind is a twister of anger and warning The wind brings the fragrence of freshly mown hay The wind is the racer and the white stallion running And the sweet taste of love on a slow summer's day The wind knows the songs of cities and canyons Thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea The wind is the taker and giver of mornings The wind is the symbol of all that is free So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers Follow her summons when she calls again In your heart and your spirit let the breezes surround you Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again Let me give my life to you Come let me love you Come love me again You fill up my senses Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again |
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There's a storm across the valley
Clouds are rolling in The afternoon lies heavy On your shoulders There's a truck out on the four lane A mile or more away And the whining of his wheels Just makes it colder He's an hour away from riding On his prayers up in the sky And ten days on the road Are barely gone Like a fire softly burning Supper's on the stove It's the light in your eyes That keeps him warm Chorus Hey it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm Feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey it's good to be back home again There's all the news to tell him How you've spent your time And what's the latest thing the neighbors say And your mother called last Friday Sunshine made her cry And you felt the baby move just yesterday (Repeat chorus then) (Bridge) And all the time that I can lay this tired old body down To feel your fingers feather soft upon me The kisses that I live for The love that lights my way The happiness that living with you brings me It's the sweetest thing i know of Just spending time with you It's the little things that make a house a home Like a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove And it's the light in your eyes that makes me warm (Repeat chorus then) (Tag) I said hey it's good to be back home again... |
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Saturday's, holidays, easy afternoon
Lazy days, summer days, nothing much to do Rainy days are better days, for hanging out inside Rainy days and city ways make me want to hide Someplace cool and green and shady. Find yourself a piece of grassy ground Lay down, close your eyes Find yourself and maybe lose yourself While your free spirit flies (musical interlude) August skies, lullabys, promises to keep Dandelions and twisting vines, Clover at your feet Memories of Aspen leaves, trembling on the wind Honeybees and fantasies Where to start again Someplace cool and green and shady Cool and green and shady Cool and green and shady Cool and green and shady Cool and green and shady Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
The sun is slowly fadin' in the western sky
Sometimes it takes forever for the day to end Sometimes it takes a lifetime Sometimes I think I'll never see the sun again There's a heavy smog between me and my mountains It's enough to make a grown man sit and cry It's enough to make you wonder It's enough to make the world roll up and die I think it's kind of interesting the way things get to be The way that people work with their machines Serenity's a long time comin' to me The fact I don't believe I know what it means In the east a shaded moon is hangin' lazily I do believe I saw the old man smile I do believe I did I do believe he's been laughin' all the while I think it's kind of interesting the way things get to be The way that people work with their machines Serenity's a long time comin' to me The fact I don't believe I know what it means any more When the sun is slowly fadin' in the western sky Sometimes it takes forever the day to end Sometimes it takes a lifetime Sometimes I think I'll never see the sun again Sun again |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
When I was a little bitty boy, just up off a floor
We used to go down to grandma's house, ev'ry month end or so We'd have chicken pies and country ham 'n' home made butter on the bread But the best darn thing about Grandma's house was her great big feather bed It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed After supper we'd sit around the fire, the old folks'd spit and chew Pa would talk about the farm and the war, and granny'd sing a ballad or two I'd sit and listen and watch the fire, till the cobwebs filled my head Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morn in the middle of the old feather bed It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed Well I love my ma, I love my pa, I love granny and grandpa too I've been fishin' with my uncle, I rassled with my cousin, I even kissed Aunt Lou, eww! But if I ever had to make a choice, I guess it ought to be said That I'd trade 'em all plus the gal down the road for grandma's feather bed I'd trade 'em all plus the gal down the road… Well, maybe I'd better reconsider about the gal down the road It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
You can do whatever you want to do wherever you want to go it's up to you
And wouldn't it be fine following your heart playing your own part You and me out on a farm let the sun be our alarm Kicking off our shoes doing what we choose And wouldn't it be fine knowing that you're mine anytime you want to be I don't want to own you I just want to hold you I just want to need you I just like to see you smile and stay for awhile If the times get rough bein' free might be enough Keep our feelings warm see us through the storm Wouldn't it be fine looking back and knowing that we helped each other find You can do whatever you want to do wherever you want to go it's up to you And wouldn't it be fine following your heart playing your own part It's up to you it's up to you |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Had an uncle named Matthew
Was his father's only boy Born just south of Colby, Kansas Was his mother's pride and joy Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky All the stories that he told me Back when I was just a lad All the memories that he gave me All the good times that he had Growin' up a Kansas farmboy Life was mostly havin' fun Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a view beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue is just a Kansas summer sky Well, I guess there were some hard times And I'm told some years were lean They had a storm in forty-seven A twister came and stripped them clean He lost the farm and lost his family He lost the wheat and lost his home But he found a family Bible Faith as solid as a stone Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky So he came to live at our house And he came to work the land He came to ease my daddy's burden And he came to be my friend So, I wrote this down for Matthew And it's for him the song is sung Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Had an uncle named Matthew
Was his father's only boy Born just south of Colby, Kansas Was his mother's pride and joy Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky All the stories that he told me Back when I was just a lad All the memories that he gave me All the good times that he had Growin' up a Kansas farmboy Life was mostly havin' fun Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a view beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue is just a Kansas summer sky Well, I guess there were some hard times And I'm told some years were lean They had a storm in forty-seven A twister came and stripped them clean He lost the farm and lost his family He lost the wheat and lost his home But he found a family Bible Faith as solid as a stone Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky So he came to live at our house And he came to work the land He came to ease my daddy's burden And he came to be my friend So, I wrote this down for Matthew And it's for him the song is sung Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue, just a Kansas summer sky Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
This song was first released on the Back Home Again album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Back in 1958 we drove an old V8 and when it'd gone a hundred thou' we got out and pushed it a mile We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road Headin' down from Canada on a gravel road a mile from Montana Then my Daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction I asked my Daddy where are we goin', he said we'll just follow Our nose, so I looked out the window and dreamed I was a cowboy We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road I met a girl in a truck cafe, fell in love almost right away Then the Mercury was ready to go and I had to leave her Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo-Sh-doo Go home said the man in the moon go home Go home said the man in the moon go home Because it's gettin'sorta late and I'll soon turn out my light Go home said the man in the moon Go home We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just a ridin' on We were just a ridin' on the road Words and Music by Carl Franzen |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Lost and alone on some forgotten highway
Travelled by many remembered by few Lookin' for something that I can believe in Lookin' for something that I'd like to do with my life There's nothin' behind me and nothin' that ties me To somethin' that might have been true yesterday Tomorrow is open and right now it seems to be more Than enough to just be here today And I don't know what the future is holdin' in store I don't know where I'm goin', I'm not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the livin', I don't need to see the end Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Lost and alone on some forgotten highway Travelled by many remembered by few Lookin' for something that I can believe in Lookin' for something that I'd like to do with my life There's nothin' behind me and nothin' that ties me To somethin' that might have been true yesterday Tomorrow is open and right now it seems to be more Than enough to just be here today And I don't know what the future is holdin' in store I don't know where I'm goin', I'm not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the livin', I don't need to see the end Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack It's early to rise and early in the sack Thank God I'm a country boy Well, a simple kind of life never did me no harm Raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm My days are all filled with an easy country charm Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got my old fiddle When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy When the work's all done and the sun is settin' low I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow But the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low Thank God I'm a country boy I'd play "Sally Goodin" all day if I could But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got my old fiddle When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels I never was one of them money hungry fools I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools Thank God I'm a country boy Yeah, city folks drivin' in a black limousine A lotta sad people think that's mighty keen Son, let me tell you exactly what I mean Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got my old fiddle When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy Well, my fiddle was my daddy's 'til the day he died And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side He said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride And thank God you're a country boy" My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle He taught me how to love and how to give just a little Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got my old fiddle When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
This old guitar taught me to sing a lovesong,
showed me how to laugh and how to cry, introduced me to some friends of mine, and brightened up some days, it helped me make it through some lonely nights, oh, what a friend to have on a cold lonely night. This old guitar gave me my lovely lady, it opened up her eyes and ears to me, it brought us close together, I guess it broke her heart, but it opened up the space for us to be, what a lovely place, a lovely space to be. This old guitar gave me my life my living, and all the things I know I love to do, to serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountain side, most of all to sing my songs for you, ooh, I love to sing my songs for you, yes I do,Lord, I love to sing my songs for you. |
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from John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
This old guitar taught me to sing a lovesong,
showed me how to laugh and how to cry, introduced me to some friends of mine, and brightened up some days, it helped me make it through some lonely nights, oh, what a friend to have on a cold lonely night. This old guitar gave me my lovely lady, it opened up her eyes and ears to me, it brought us close together, I guess it broke her heart, but it opened up the space for us to be, what a lovely place, a lovely space to be. This old guitar gave me my life my living, and all the things I know I love to do, to serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountain side, most of all to sing my songs for you, ooh, I love to sing my songs for you, yes I do,Lord, I love to sing my songs for you. |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the It's About Time Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection. A live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert Album.
This is what it's like falling out of love This is the way you lose your very best friend This is how it feels when it's all over This is just the way true love ends First of all there's no one to talk to When there is they just don't seem to hear Words don't seem to matter much anyway They can't describe the pain They can't explain the fear Then the nights grow cold and hard to live through Still you hate to see the morning come Somehow tomorrow doesn't matter much anymore The future holds no promise Your life's already done This is what it's like falling out of love This is the way you lose your very best friend This is how it feels when it's all over This is just the way true love ends The you find your heart no longer flutters You no longer look through a lover's eyes What's to see when the world falls down around you You simply can't believe it But it comes as no surprise This is what it's like falling out of love This is the way you lose your very best friend This is how it feels when it's all over This is just the way true love ends What's the sense of failure It's such an incredible loss It's all the things you'll never do And all the dreams that will never come true This is what it's like falling out of love This is the way you lose your very best friend This is how it feels when it's all over This is just the way true love ends Oh this is just the way a true love ends I don't believe a true love ever ends Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song was first released on the it's about time album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things I've wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence Hovering there I've chased the shouting winds aloft And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air The higher we fly, the farther we go The closer we are to each other The darker the night, the brighter the star In peace go my sisters and brothers Up, up, the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor even eagle flew And while with silent lifting mind I trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space Put out my hand and touched the face of god The higher we fly, the farther we go The closer we are to each other The darker the night, the brighter the star In peace go my sisters and brothers Words by gillespie magee jr., john denver and joe henry Music by lee holdridge Adopted from the poem by john gillespie magee jr. |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the It's About Time Album. It has also been released on the John Denver (Italian) and Country Classics albums.
Lost in a boat on the ocean Lost in a ship out at sea Lost in the dark of misfortune Where is a light I can see Where is a light I can see Where is the highway to heaven Where is the love we all need Where is the peace that we long for Where is the man who is free Here in the heart there is freedom Here in the heart there is peace Here in the heart is the answer To questions much deeper than these You've got to hold on tightly Let go lightly It's only surrender, it's all in the game If you just hold on tightly Let go lightly There's always forgiveness and no one to blame Some will take fame over fortune Some will take love over gold Some will pray only for power Some never want to grow old Some see the day that is coming Some only see what has passed Someone will always be first in line Someone will always be last Here in the heart there is freedom Here in the heart there is peace Here in the heart is the answer To questions much deeper than these You've got to hold on tightly Let go lightly It's only surrender, it's all in the game If you just hold on tightly Let go lightly There's always forgiveness and no one to blame Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
I remember romance
Bubblebaths at night Breakfast in the afternoon Love by candlelight Love by candlelight I remember romance And lying in her arms Her hair across my shoulder Her breast upon my arm So soft upon my arm I remember romance And laughing at the moon Dancing at the rainbow's end And losing her too soon And losing her too soon I know we both are sorry I know we both still care Oh how could we have lost it A love beyond compare A love beyond compare Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the It's About Time album, and has also been released on the Country Classics album.
There's a full moon over India and Gandhi lives again Who's to say you have to lose for someone else to win In the eyes of all the people the look is much the same For the first is just the last one when you play a deadly game It's about time we realize it we're all in this together It's about time we find out it's all of us or none It's about time we recognize it these changes in the weather It's about time, it's about changes and it's about time There's a light in the Vatican window for all the world to see And a voice cries in the wilderness and sometimes he speaks for me I suppose I love him most of all when he kneels to kiss the land With his lips upon our Mother's breast he makes his strongest stand It's about time we start to see it the Earth is our only home It's about time we start to face it we can't make it here all alone It's about time we start to listen to the voices in the wind It's about time, it's about changes and it's about time There's a man who is my brother, I just don't know his name But I know his home and family because I know we feel the same And it hurts me when he's hungry and when his children cry I too am a father and that little one is mine It's about time we begin to turn the world around It's about time we start to make it the dream we've always known It's about time we start to live the family of man It's about time, it's about changes and it's about time It's about peace and it's about plenty and it's about time It's about you and me together and it's about time Words by John Denver, music by John Denver and Glen D Hardin |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
Artist: John Denver
Album: The Best of John Denver Song: On The Wings Of A Dream Yesterday I had a dream about dying About laying to rest and then flying How the moment at hand is the only thing We really own And I lay in my bed and I wonder After all has been said and is done for Why is it thus we are here And so soon we are gone Is this life just a path to the place That we all have come from Does the heart know the way And if not, can it ever be found In a smile or a tear or a prayer Or a sigh or a song And if so, then I sing for my father And in truth you must know I would rather He were here by my side We could fly on the wings of a dream To a place where the spirit would find us And the joy and surrender would bind us We are one anyway Anyway we are more than we seem There are those who will lead us Protect us each step of the way From beginning to end For each moment forever each day Such a gift has been given It can never be taken away (Instrumental) Though the body in passing must leave us There is one who remains to receive us There are those in this life Who are friends from our heavenly home So I listen to the voices inside me For I know they are there just to guide me And my faith will proclaim it is so We are never alone From the life to the light From the dark of the night to the dawn He is so in my heart He is here he could never be gone Though the singer is silent There still is the truth of the song In the song Yesterday I had a dream about dying About laying to rest and then flying How the moment at hand is the only thing We really own And I lay in my bed and I wonder After all has been said and is done for Why is it thus we are here And so soon we are gone Oh, why is it thus we are here And so soon we are gone |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
There's somethin' about the ocean rising up to meet the shoreline.
Somethin' about a river the way it runs to meet the sea. There's somethin' about a rainfall and it's like the gift of living. There's somethin' about the water that makes me sing. Oh, somethin' about the mountains rising right straight up to heaven. And somethin' about a canyon in the shade of a cottonwood tree. Somethin' about the desert in the afterglow of evening. There's somethin' about the west that makes me sing. There's somethin' about the way you love me baby. There's somethin' about the way your lips meet mine. There's somethin' about the way you like to touch me. It really turns me on and makes my little light shine. There's somethin' about the way you love me baby. There's somethin' about the way your lips meet mine. There's somethin' about the way you like to touch me. It really turns me on and makes this little light shine. There's somethin' about the forest in the latter days of August. There's somethin' about the country on the very first day of springtime. There's somethin' about a wheatfield, oh you know I love the prairie. There's somethin' about the land that makes me sing. |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song was first released on the it's about time album. it is the only album this song appears on. it only appears on the cd version of this album.
I love the ocean on a peaceful morning I love the freedom of a single man I love the woman who just drives me crazy I just can't help it that's the way I am I don't like war I don't like politicians Don't like the one who has an angry hand I don't like guns I don't like nuclear missiles Don't like the one who doesn't give a damn It's all right, it's all right We can make love, we can fight It's all right, it's all right We can make love, we can fight We can make love I love the lord I love the little people I love the one who is a gentle man I love the rivers in the rocky mountains I just can't help it that's the way I am I've been to boston and I've been to china I've been around the world and back again I've got a hunger that just keeps me running I just can't help it that's the way I am It's all right, it's all right We can make love, we can fight It's all right, it's all right We can make love, we can fight We can make love Words and music by john denver |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the It's About Time Album. It has also been released on the Country Classics album.
It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend It was more than a lifetime ago How it happens to mind after all of this time And brings tears to my eyes I don't know It's the thought of you And the way that it hurts to be so much in love The thought of you Brings it all my way I know that it's late, I'm sorry I called I'm surprised to have found you at home It's just once in awhile I remember your number I was hoping that you'd be alone For I thought of you And the way you can turn it around with a smile The thought of you Brings it all my way I know that it's over, but I can't discover a way to erase how I feel I remember the nights and the passionate fights and I know that I love you and I always will And I want you to know that I'm always here for you Any day, any night, any time It happened before, it could happen once more There's a chance that you might change your mind For I thought of you And the way that it feels to be safe in your arms The thought of you Brings it all my way I know that it's over, but I can't discover a way to erase how I feel I remember the nights and the passionate fights And I know that I love you and I always will It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend It was more than a lifetime ago Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing: CHORUS: Oh, Montana, give this child a home Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry He never knew his father and he never did ask why He never knew the answers that would make an easy way But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand CHORUS On the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave CHORUS Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on CHORUS x2 |
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from John Denver - It's About Time (1983)
This song was first released on the It's About Time Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
I want to play in the World Game I want to make it better it's ever been before I want to play in the World Game I want to make sure everybody knows the score About using less, doing so much more Everywhere I'm going I see trouble Everywhere I'm looking I see all kinds of pain Maybe we can get back on the double Maybe we can turn around and make it all change They say it's you against your neighbor If it gets right down to it, you against your friend I swear that this is not the answer As far as I can see it is the way it all ends I want to play in the World Game I want to make it better it's ever been before I want to play in the World Game I want to make sure everybody knows the score About using less and doing so much more Hey man, you know me I don't worry Hey man, you know me I am never afraid Only one thing can make me sorry Something to say and then it never gets said What kind of man turns on his brother What kind of man turns his back on a friend Who has the right to say it's over Who has the right to see how far it can bend I want to play in the World Game I want to make it better it's ever been before I want to play in the World Game I want to make sure everybody knows the score About using less, doing so much more Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah You and me you and me You and me you and me I and I - I and I I and I - I and I I want to play in the World Game I want to make it better it's ever been before I want to play in the World Game I want to make sure everybody knows the score About using less, doing so much more Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
There are dreams that sail away to sea And some that stay at home There are dreams in need of company And some that stand alone There are dreams that stay inside all day And never see the light And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight In a corner bar the local star Destroys a passing chord He sits behind a Mason jar And dreams of his reward Then he takes his break And he counts his take A dollar buys a beer A quarter of his life is gone And what's he doing here Times are hard The old backyard is covered in cement The people seem afraid to dream And dream don't cost a cent There are dreams that stay inside all day And never see the light And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight Words and Music by Stephen Geyer |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album. It has also been released on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), The Country Roads Collection and the Country Classics albums.
I haven't seen all there is to see But I've seen quite a bit Some things I'll always remember Some things I wish that I could forget I haven't quite been around the world But I've been around the block I know that distances are meaningless Like the hands that move around a clock And I know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where it's going to Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Here I am sitting in old Hong Kong The harbor and the lights They're like diamonds in the heavens Enough to brighten the darkest of nights There's another side to sorrow As there is to everything Like the other side of lonely Is falling in love again And then you know that there's an answer To the suffering we see And though it isn't easy It's still as simple as you and me And you'll know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where it's going to Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album, and has also been released on the Earth Songs, The John Denver Collection - Sunshine On My Shoulder and The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD) Albums.
Islands call out to me Like the highlands that I always see In my dreams of home I am never alone when I am there Islands like so many dreams Are like canyons but off the main stream And there's no one there The dreamer is always alone And the mighty blue ocean Keeps rolling on every shore Like the spirit that binds us together We are so much more than islands Islands belong to the sea Like the dark sands of my memory When the morning comes They are stepping stones to the sun And the mighty blue ocean Keeps rolling on every shore Like the spirit that binds us together We are so much more than islands Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
Nothing But A Breeze
Life is just too short for some folks For other folks it just drags on Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey Others figure tea's too strong Well, I'm the type of guy who wants to ride the middle I don't like all this bouncing back and forth Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie And my head in the cool blue north In a small suburban garden Not a single neighbour knows our name I know the woman wishes we would move some place Where the houses aren't all the same Jesse, I wish you would take me where the grass is greener I couldn't really say where it may be Oh, some place high on a mountain top Or down by the deep blue sea And there we'll do just as we please It ain't nothing but a breeze One day I'll be old gray Grandpa All the pretty girls will call me "Sir" Now where they're asking me how things are Soon they'll ask me how things are Well, I don't mind being an old gray Grandpa As long as you'll be my gray Grandma But I wish we would move with our tea and cookies To the shade of the old pawpaw There we'll do just as we please It ain't nothing but a breeze Life is just too short for some folks For other folks it just drags on Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey Others figure tea's too strong Well, I'm the type of guy who wants to ride in the middle I don't like all this bouncing back and forth Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie And my head in the cool blue north Words and Music by Jesse Winchester |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Father on father please hear me My song is a cry of desperation All of the words I hear Have lost their meaning My life is a well of confusion Drowned out by the sound of the lost and lonely Only the voice inside Speaks your name to me If they only knew the things that I know If they only could see the things that I see My brothers at opposite tables Like fire and water against each other Only a fool can't see The obvious ending Are we as ashes to wildwood Is life just a fire that can only consume us Is there no vision of love To bind us together If they only knew the things that I know If they only could see the things that I see Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm And in those times of trouble when you are most alone The memory of love will bring you home Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do The memory of love will see you through Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel For some a way of living, for some a way to feel And some say love is holding on and some say letting go And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true My memories of love will be of you Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel For some a way of living, for some a way to feel And some say love is holding on and some say letting go And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song was first released on the Seasons of the Heart album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Relatively speaking you make me who I am I need you exactly like the ocean needs the land I need you like the sunshine needs the shadows and the night I need you the way love needs the savage hurtful fight Relatively speaking I'm nothing without you You are where I've been before you are where I'm going to You are living out my dreams and you are all my fears You evoke my laughter, you unleash every tear The rich ones need the poor ones The blind need those with sight Sinners need the pure of heart The black ones need the white Relatively speaking the contrast makes it go Every action taken is related in the flow Stars and losers, kings and fools go dancing hand in hand Relatively speaking you make me who I am The sick ones need the well ones The living need the dead Heaven needs its hell you know And love needs lonely beds Relatively speaking the contrast makes it go Every action taken is related in the flow Stars and losers, kings and fools go dancing hand in hand Relatively speaking you make me who I am Who I am |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 3, Favourites, A Portrait, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A new studio version has been released on the Love Again Album.
Of course we have our differences You shouldn't be surprised It's as natural as changes In the seasons and the skies Sometimes we grow together Sometimes we drift apart A wiser man than I might know The seasons of the heart And I'm walking here beside you In the early evening chill A thing we've always loved to do I know we always will We have so much in common So many things we share That I can't believe my heart When it implies that you're not there Love is why I came here in the first place Love is now the reason I must go Love is all I ever hoped to find here Love is still the only dream I know So I don't know how to tell you It's difficult to say I never in my wildest dreams Imagined it this way But sometimes I just don't know you There's a stranger in our home When I'm lying right beside you Is when I'm most alone And I think my heart is broken There's an emptiness inside So many things I've longed for Have so often been denied Still I wouldn't try to change you There's no one that's to blame It's just some things that mean so much And we just don't feel the same Love is why I came here in the first place Love is now the reason I must go Love is all I ever hoped to find here Love is still the only dream I know True love is still the only dream I know Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
It's funny how you sound as if you're right next door
When you're really half a world away I just can't seem to find the words I'm looking for To say the things that I want to say I can't remember when I felt so close to you It's almost more than I can bear And though I seem a half a million miles from you You are in my heart and living there And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see It's the same old sun up in the sky And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me Like the breezes here in old Shanghai There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park And lovers who walk all alone There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark And lovers who long for home Oh, I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to You're in my dreams and always near And especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you You are in my heart and living there And the moon and the stars are the same ones we see It's the same old sun up in the sky And your face in my dreams is like heaven to me Like the breezes here in old Shanghai Shanghai breezes, cool and clearing, evening's sweet caress Shanghai breezes, soft and gentle, remind me of your tenderness And the moon and the stars are the same ones we see It's the same old sun up in the sky And your love in my life is like heaven to me Like the breezes here in old Shanghai And the moon and the stars are the same ones we see It's the same old sun up in the sky And your love in my life is like heaven to me Like the breezes here in old Shanghai Just like the breezes here in old Shanghai |
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from John Denver - Seasons of The Heart (1984)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album. It has also been released on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD) album.
I suppose that there are those Who'll say he had it easy Had it made in fact Before he'd even begun But they don't know the things I know I was always with him It may sound strange We were more than friends It's hard to tell the truth When no one wants to listen When no one really cares What's going on And it's hard to stand alone When you need someone beside you Your spirit and your faith They must be strong What one man can do is dream What one man can do is love What one man can do is change the world And make it young again Here you see what one man can do As shaded as his eyes might be That's how bright his mind is That's how strong his love For you and me A friend to all the universe Grandfather of the future And everything I would like to be What one man can do is dream What one man can do is love What one man can do is change the world And make it young again Here you see what one man can do What one man can do is dream What one man can do is love What one man can do is change the world And make it young again Here you see what one man can do Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on one world album, and has also been released on the country classics album.
I had a '56 t-bird Then I was king of the highway Trying to make it look fast and easy And dreamin' of doin' it my way Let's put the top down baby Feel the wind in our hair We were too young to know better And too cool to care All I wanted was you by my side Baby you're only along for the ride Only along for the ride Rock and roll on the radio Let's turn it up and get down Convertible dreams running wild in the streets In the all time american town When you played the thrill queen, baby I heard the jazz of joy You were every girl in the world But I wasn't every boy All I wanted was you by my side Baby, you're only along for the ride All I wanted was you by my side Baby, you're only along for the ride Only along for the ride Memory pink and charcoal grey Are the clours I painted this song You were 19 and perfect, baby But no one stays perfect too long All I wanted was you by my side Baby you're only along for the ride Only along for the ride Words and music by danny o'keefe and bill braun |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
Well I guess that you probably know by now
I was one who wanted to fly I wanted to ride on that arrow of fire right up into heaven And I wanted to go for every man Every child, every mother of children I wanted to carry the dreams of all people right up to the stars And I prayed that I'd find an answer there Or maybe I would find a song Giving a voice to all of the hearts that cannot be heard And for all of the ones who live in fear And all of those who stand apart My being there would bring us a little step closer together They were flying for me They were flying for everyone They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone They gave us their light They gave us their spirit and all they could be They were flying for me They were flying for me And I wanted to wish on the Milky Way And dance upon a falling star I wanted to give myself and free myself, and join myself with it all Given the chance to dream, it can be done The promise of tomorrow is real Children of spaceship Earth The future belongs to us all She was flying for me She was flying for everyone She was trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone She gave us her light She gave us her spirit and all she can be She was flying for me They were flying for me They were flying for everyone They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone They gave us their light They gave us their spirit and all they could be They were flying for me. (written for and dedicated to the crew of the Challenger and their families and all the staff and personnel of NASA) |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song was first released on the One World Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Hey there, Mr. Lonely Heart, if you could find the time I would like to sit and talk, to see if we could find The answer to the mystery of love's most precious seed Is it in a touch or in a kiss or simply in the need Or is it really love itself that always wants to give The heart and soul of all of us and everything that lives Hey there, Mr. Cold, Cold Heart, I know I could be wrong To think that life could be so sweet and love could be so strong As to gather everyone of us, like one big family To share with one another all we have and all we see It's true the deepest part of us is everywhere the same And that the only differences are really just the names We can join the children's song and show them that we care Let them know we're on their side, no matter when or where We can free their hearts from fear and hunger reconcile We can give a child a chance and give a child a smile True love is still the answer, and we are still the way The gift is in the giving, and in living what we say And if you have a lonely heart, this song is just for you To ask for all that you can give and all that you can do Remember that the mystery of love's most precious seed Is in the heart of all of us, true love is all we need It's in the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the One World Album. It has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
Funny thing about this little heart of mine All the ways that it can say (I love you) Longer than forever Till the end of time No matter baby come what may (I love you) Look at me now sittin' all by myself Face another sleepless night all alone All I look forward to is lying here living this song I can't escape thinking every day about you Can't escape wishing dear you were still mine Can't escape thinking maybe I still love you Can't escape caring for you all of the time Listen to the music on the radio Top forty hits of yesterday (I love you) Leavin' on a Jet Plane Blowin' in the Wind The Silly Games that People Play (I love you) Each of them carries your memory still I can still see that look in your eyes The one that preceded your kisses and followed your sighs I can't escape thinking every day about you Can't escape wishing dear you were still mine Can't escape thinking maybe I still love you Can't escape caring for you all of the time Every rain in the morning reminds me of you Every night when it's cold outside Every time that I ache inside (I love you) (I love you) Sometimes I wish it was ten years ago We were starting all over again Yet the way that I feel is much more than just remembering when I can't escape thinking every day about you Can't escape wishing dear you were still mine Can't escape thinking maybe I still love you Can't escape caring for you all of the time All of the time All of the time Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song was first released on the one world album. it is the only album it has been released on.
I remember you You're the one that made my dreams come true Just a few kisses ago I remember you You're the one who said I love you too Yes I do Didn't you know I remember too, a distant bell And stars that fell, like the rain Out of the blue When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thril of them all Then I will tell them I remember Tell them I remember Tell them I remember you I remember too, a distant bell And stars that fell, like the rain Out of the blue When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all Then I will tell them I remember Tell them I remember Tell them I remember you Words by johnny mercer, music by victor schertzinger |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song was first released on the One World Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
For all the times that you've wondered why The world turned out this way And all of the times that you've asked yourself About the games that people play About the politics of hunger And the politics of need How the politics of power Seem to be the politics of greed For all of the times that you've struggled in an effort To work your way back upstream And all of the times you've held on to it When most of us had lost the dream And for all of the ones who have walked with you By your side or way back home Maybe much more than any of us You know that no one is really alone Because the heart is still a hunter It's like a beacon in the night And though the heart is just a lover It's never afraid to fight We are fighting for more than survival We are working for more than peace We are giving ourselves to each other Making sure all injustice is will someday cease You can take a look around you And you can see how far we've come All the separate parts All the hundreds of hearts That are beating together as one It's a possibility For many tomorrows It's a possibility Of a world to be made for everyone It's a possibility No more suffering and sorrow It's a possibility It's in everyone It's a possibility For many tomorrows It's a possibility Of a world to be made for everyone It's a possibility No more suffering and no more sorrow It's a possibility It's in everyone Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
Western Oklahoma ninteen forty three
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free I gave up my father to South Korea The mind of my brother to Vietnam Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land There are four generations of blood in this topsoil Four generations of love on this farm Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm What are we making weapons for Why keep on feeding the war machine We take it right out of the mouths of our babies Take it away from the hands of the poor Tell me, what are we making weapons for I had a son and my son was a soldier He was so like my father, he was so much like me To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be He gave up his future to revolution His life to a battle that just can't be won For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old What are we making weapons for Why keep on feeding the war machine We take it right out of the mouths of our babies Take it away from the hands of the poor Tell me, what are we making weapons for For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner A slave to the ways of the powers that be And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other What does it take for a people to learn If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn What are we making weapons for Why keep on feeding the war machine We take it right out of the mouths of our babies Take it away from the hands of the poor Tell me, what are we making weapons for Have we forgotten All the lives that were given All the vows that were taken Saying never again Now for the first time This could be the last time If peace is our vision Let us begin Have we forgotten All the lives that were given All the vows that were taken Saying never again Now for the first time This could be the last time If peace is our vision Let us begin, Let us begin. |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
I didn't think it could happen again
I'm just too old and set in my ways I was convinced I would always be lonely All of the rest of my days Maybe I give up on romance In my longing to give up the pain I just didn't believe I would ever love again I was like one who had shut myself in Closed the windows, locked all the doors Afraid of the dark and the beat of my heart Yet knowing there had to be more Though it sounds like a great contradiction It's the easiest thing to explain You see, I was afraid I might never love again What does it take for a blind man to see That there's more there than just meets the eye What are the ways that the magic comes in That can turn a song into a sigh Sometimes I think that I'm dreaming Or maybe I'm going insane Or maybe it's just that I'm falling in love again Here I am standing beside you Oh life's such a wonderful game Look at me now, I'm falling in love Look at me now, I'm falling in love Look at me now, I'm falling in love again |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the One World Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
Almost exactly a year ago I came here for the very first time Looking up at the Spanish window From a trail on the edge of the timberline I've been off on a journey to find myself Maybe find my way back home Been many an hour all by myself In the darkest of nights I was never ever alone Back in the San Juan Mountains again On a ride with some good old boys Telling stories around a campfire The sound of laughter is the loudest noise There's something in a night in the wilderness It's a magical thing to me Like the sky is just a little bit brighter And your life is everything that you'd like it to be There'll be snow on the passes tomorrow You can feel it in the chill of the wind Let the rain wash away all my sorrow Today is the day that my life starts all over again I guess that it's just about over now Everything's about to change Everything's a brand new number, darlin' Everything's a brand new game And it's funny I could even call you that After all the pain we've been through Ah, but time is the master of healing Love is the master of everything that we do There'll be snow on the passes tomorrow You can feel it in the chill of the wind Let the rain wash away all my sorrow Today is the day that my life starts all over again Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
Don't want to live in New York City, man
Don't want to live in Tokyo I want to stay in my own village, man Is nowhere else I need to go Is nothing that I want for myself That I don't want for everyone To work in peace, to live in freedom To look and never see a gun Why are you calling this the third world I only know that it is my world Maybe someday it can be our world Can you imagine one world, one world Yeah, oh yeah My heart it hurts more than my belly So hard to live in poverty I want to work for my own living, man Don't want someone to care for me Don't want to speak of revolution It started sounding like a fight I give myself to evolution One world will make it be all right Why are you calling this the third world I only know that it is my world Maybe someday it can be our world Can you imagine one world, one world Yeah This world is made for everybody This life is gift for everyone This earth is bound to keep on turning This day is flowers in the sunshine, sunshine Yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Why are youe calling this the third world I only know that it is my world Maybe someday it will be our world Can you imagine, someday, one world, one world Why are we calling this the third world I only know that it is my world Maybe someday it can be our world Can you imagine one world, one world Yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Only one world May it be one world Only one world, yeah, one world Only one world, yeah, one world, one world Yeah! |
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from John Denver - One World (1986)
This song was first released on the one world album. it is the only album it has been released on.
As I travel down the road and search the empty sky Waiting for the moment when my eyes will see Many are the memories the mysteries of time How they dance around and whisper endlessly Yes I've travelled down this road before Where so many men have come and gone But you know it takes time (true love takes time) You know that true love takes time (true love takes time) And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time) You know that love takes time It seemed impossible that I could care again So it seemed I had forgotten how to give What is this miracle that brings me back my dreams All at once I can remember how to live Yes I've travelled down this road before Where so many men have come and gone But you know it takes time (true love takes time) You know that true love takes time (true love takes time) And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time) You know that true love takes time I have been too much alone for oh so many years Looking for someone to sing with me Sweet harmony My heart is open now and tender to the touch But there is love enough to heal me in your hands I'll give you all my nights All my sun and rainy days I'll give you all the time it takes to understand We've travelled down this road before Where so many fools have come and gone But you know it takes time (true love takes time) You know that true love takes time (true love takes time) And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time) You know that true love takes time (true love takes time) (true love takes time) (true love takes time) Words by dik dernell and john denver, music by dik dernell |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
Bet on the Blues (Paxton)
Copyright 1975 Accabonac Music Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues. You tell me you're a gambling man. Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues. If you're looking to get an inside slant, if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues. Find a man who thinks he's over the hump, I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet on the blues. Lucky old sun is shining today. Even money says you'll be paying some dues, bet on the blues. You say you found your lady fair. Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues. Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues. You tell me you're a gambling man. Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues. If you're looking to get an inside slant, if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues. |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on the Changes, Reflections: Songs of Love and Life and The Country Roads Collection albums.
Dearest Esmeralda, in another age Antiques would be modern, we would be the rage Silk would be in fashion, we would dress in lace Love would be the passion and the saving grace I slept one rainy night with you in Paris Made up for a thousand wasted years Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic I close my eyes and you make love appear Dancing in the shimmer of a crystal chandelier Shadows singin' so low only we could hear Moving to the glimmer, shaking to the storm Outside it was raging, but inside it was warm We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder Now I wake and find you're never there I'm becoming old enough to wonder Happy that I'm still too young to care Masterpieces crumble, empires tumble down Refugees and fantasies go underground Romance lasts forever, love don't fade away They may take our future, but they don't stop yesterday ‘Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris we were part of some artist's design Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic In the gray around me how you shine Oh oh, how you shine Words and music by Bill Danoff |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on 3 albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been released on the Changes Album, and Harbor Lights Concert Album:
If I had my druthers I'd go fishin' Find myself a lake and a lazy day If I had my druthers I'd quit wishin' Get off the old caboose get on my way. Give me whole lots of laughter Great big barrels of fun Nightime full of romance Daytime full of fun If I had my druthers I'd go flyin' - oooh Lookin' for the things I'd like to see - yeah If I had my druthers I'd be tryin' tryin' The only way to be what I can be Give me somebody to love me Make me feel like the only one Something thst's worth doing Lord I feel good when it's well done. If I had my druthers I'd go sailin' - yes I would Catch me campin' out on the open sea If I had my druthers I'd be singin' Just how good this good life feels to me - feels so good You just need somesome to talk to Something you can share You don't need no reason for livin' Lord It's already there - yes it is - oooh oooh It makes me giggle I can't sit down I'm goin' fishin'!!! Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
Di di di di di la la la la la la
In a spaceship over the mountains Chasing rainbows in the setting sun Leaving heart and home for the city of angels I feel my life is undone There are pathways winding below me In pleasure I've gone where they go In the quiet stillness I can hear symphonies The loveliest music I know How can I leave you again I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you again Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened Still longer since I've walked with you For the first time I know what I'm missing Some answers are no longer true So I question the course that I follow I'm doubtful and deep in despair My heart is filled with impossible notions Can it be you no longer care? Still, I ride on the wings of a high wind Blowing steady and strong behind me As the clouds surrender my fate is for certain I'm a sailor who runs to the sea How can I leave you again I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you again |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain There are children raised beneath the golden sun There are children of the water And children of the sand And they cry out through the universe Their voices raised as one I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live Have you gazed out on the ocean Seen the breaching of a whale? Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam? Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar For the native and the wanderer in kind For the maker and the user and the mother and her son I am looking for my family and all of you are mine We are standing all together Face to face and arm in arm We are standing on the threshold of a dream No more hunger no more killing No more wasting life away It is simply an idea And I know its time has come I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album. It has been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and the Country Classics Albums.
You came looking for the answers To some questions on his mind Seeking truth and understanding In the hope that he would find A way to better serve his brothers And his sisters in the sun Sharing all that he has given Giving all to everyone Come and listen to the story Of a journey once begun Of a people and their plenty And their season in the sun And how they gave themselves to symbols And things that they could hold Living lives in desperation In the fear of letting go It amazes me And I know the wind will surely one day Blow it all away It amazes me And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way For our plans have come together now Where do we go from here Will our differences divide us Must we always live in fear For there are things that we must move through Some things to cast aside But our father watches over us Our mother will provide It amazes me And I know the wind will someday surely Blow it all away It amazes me And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way It amazes me It amazes me It amazes me Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
Got ripplin' waters to wake me To be more than my woman in love All pine trees are pointin' to see easily To see heaven above Blue spruce flamin' on the grate in the evening Takes the chill away fine Cut the telephone line The story's the same There's a worn red chair by the window That you found at a sale down the way When some old women said that they Needed more room for the winter People like pullin' at the stuffing When they sit down So it passes the time Cut the telephone line The story's the same Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day Start to flutter when I hear you say That you feel too good to go away And you make me feel fine And you made the world a warmer place By the sparkle of your diamond face On a gray spot with a little lace And you make me feel fine Warm as a mountain in sunshine On the edge of the snowline In a meadow of columbine Oh little Gennifer I'd give a penny for What you've got on your mind Seems like most of the time you're lyin' there dreamin' Maybe in your vision you see how Our mission is slightly less than divine Cut the telephone line The story's the same Now, ripplin' waters flow through the ceiling And the walls there, their keepin' me warm And the closest I've been with my family for days Is my music But the silently stare in the morning sky Is like hearing her calling my name Cut the telephone line The story might change Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day Start to flutter when I hear you say That you feel too good to go away And you make me feel fine Warm as a mountain sunshine On the edge of the snowline In a meadow of columbine Words and music by Jimmy Ibotson |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
So many years ago, I can't remember now Someone was waiting for me I had the answers to all of my questions Love was so easy to see, I didn't know When I was younger, I should have known better I thought nothing was new Through all the spaces, and all of the changes What I lost sight of was you I didn't know, I didn't know I could see you in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told My life became shady, and I grew afraid And I needed to find my way home I just couldn't see you, I thought that I'd lost you I never felt so much alone, are you still with me Somehow in reason, I lost sight of seasons I'm growin' out, growin' in Sometimes in evenings, when daylight was needed I thought I'd never see you again Are you still with me, are you still with me I'm with you in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told If my faith should falter And I should forsake you, and find myself turning away Will you still be there, will you still be there I'll be there in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
Thirsty Boots
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection and The Country Roads Collection albums. You've long been on the open road You've been sleepin' in the rain From dirty words and muddy cells You're clothes are soiled and stained But the dirty words, the mud of cells Will soon be judged insane So only stop and rest yourself And you'll be off again Oh take off your thirsty boots And stay for awhile Your feet are hard and weary From a dusty mile And maybe I can make you laugh And maybe I can try Lookin' for the evening And the morning in your eyes Then tell me of the ones you saw As far as you could see Across the plains from field to town Marchin' to be free And of the rusted prison gates That tumbled by degree Like laughing children one by one They look like you and me So take off your thirsty boots And stay for awhile Your feet are hard and weary From a dusty mile And maybe I can make you laugh And maybe I can try Just lookin' for the evening And the morning in your eyes I know you are no stranger now A crooked rainbow trail From dancing cliffheads shattered sills To slander shackled jails Where the voices drift up from below Its walls are being scaled Yes, all of this, and more my friend Your song SHALL not be failed |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song appears on five albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been recorded on the Earth Songs, Country Classics, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD) and The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High Albums.
There are times I fear I lose myself I don't know who I am I get caught up in the struggle and the strain With my back against a stonewall My finger in the dam Losin' strength and goin' down again And I take a look around me My eyes can't find the sun There's nothing wild as far as I can see Then my heart turns to Alaska And freedom on the run I can hear her spirit callin' me To the mountains, I can rest there To the rivers, I will be strong To the forest, I'll find peace there To the wild country, where I belong Oh, I know some times I worry On worldly ways and means And I can see the future killing me On a misbegotten highway Of prophecies and dreams A road to nowhere and eternity And I know it's just changes Yes, and mankind marchin' on I know we can't live in yesterday But compared to what we're losin' And what it means to me I'd give my life and throw the rest away To the mountains, I can rest there To the rivers, I will be strong To the forest, I'll find peace there To the wild country, where I belong To the wild country, where I belong Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - I Want To Live (1988)
This song was first released on the I Want To Live Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Ridin' on a tradewind Fillin' my sails with a soft and southerly breeze Livin' on the ocean blue Dreaming' of the islands Rappin' myself in the glow of a tropical moon I never shiver when the sun goes down All the Earth she sings to me Every shallow, every tree Surely my loves shining like the sea I can make you happy If I can I'll take you away on a wave in my arms Never leave you on the edge all alone If you feel like dancin' Rollin' like the water across my sleepless night Makin me a peaceful place All my life to be with you All I ever want to do Knowing you are feeling that way too Distant thunder, heavy seas Rocky Mountain memories Surely I was lost till I found thee Ye Ye Ye Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
It's by far the hardest thing I've ever done,
To be so in love with you and so alone. Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way and all around, take my hand and say you'll follow me. It's long been on my mind, you know it's been a long, long time, I've tried to find the way that I can make you understand The way I feel about you, and just how much I need you To be there where I can talk to you when there's no one else around. Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way and all around, take my hand and say you'll follow me. You see I'd like to share my life with you And show you things I've seen, Places that I'm going to Places where I've been To have you there beside me to never be alone and all the time that you're with me, we will be at home Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way... take my hand and I will follow you. |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
It's five o'clock this morning and the sun is on the rise
there's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes the stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone and so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come CHORUS And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you Goodbye again, as if you didn't know, it's goodbye again And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm I long to lay me down again, and hold you in my arms I long to kiss the tears away, give you back the smile Other voices beckon me, to go a little while CHORUS I have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know, some who aren't familiar with my name It's something that's inside of me, not hard to understand It's anyone who listens to me sing And if you hours are empty now, who am I to blame You think if I were always here, our love would be the same As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone And lying by your side, the greatest peace I've ever known But it's goodbye again, and I'm sorry to be leavin' you, goodbye again as if you didn't know, it's goodbye again And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn The taxi's waiting, he's blowin' his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could die So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go There's so many times I let you down So many times I've played around I tell you now, they don't mean a thing Every place I go, I'll think of you Every song I sing, I'll sing for you When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go Now the time has come to leave you One more time, let me kiss you Close your eyes, I'll be on my way Dream about the days to come When I won't have to leave alone About the times I won't have to say Oh, kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go But I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter,
the fear that is within you now, it seems to never end. The dreams that have escaped you, And the hopes that you've forgotten. You tell me that you need me now, you want to be my friend. And you wonder where we're going, where's the rhyme and where is the reason? And if you cannot accept it is here we must begin, to seek the wisdom of the children, and the graceful way of flowers in the wind. For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, their laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day. Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow, they're a promise of the future and a blessing for today. Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us, the sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea. It is written: "From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us, by the hand and by the heart, they will comfort you and me. In their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free." For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, their laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day. And the song that I am singing is a prayer to nonbelievers: "Come and stand beside us, we can find a better way." |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again You might say he found a key for every door When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away On the road and hanging by a song But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lullaby Rocky Mountain high (Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept the memory Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight is turned inside himself to try and understand The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky Talk to God and listen to the casual reply Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear Of the simple things he cannot comprehend Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more More people, more scars upon the land In the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly Rocky Mountain high The Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky Friends around the campfire and everybody's high Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
It's a long way from L.A. to Denver
It's a long time to hang in the sky It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen My sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Oh my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Springtime is rollin' round slowly Gray skies are bringin' me down I can't remember when I've ever been so lonely I forgot what it's like to be home Can't remember what it's like to be home I think on my lady's sweet memories I think on my children sweet smiles I think on my home in Starwood in Aspen All my friends and the snow covered hills Oh my friends are the snow covered hills Can I tell you I'm happy to be here To share and consider this time For I see here the shadows of changes And a feeling of new friends to find And I see here some new friends to find It's a long way from this place to Denver It's a long time to hang in the sky It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen A sweet Rocky Moutnain paradise Oh my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high If I had a day that I could give you I'd give to you the day just like today If I had a song that I could sing for you I'd sing a song to make you feel this way Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high If I had a tale that I could tell you I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile If I had a wish that I could wish for you I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost all the time makes me high Sunshine almost always... |
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from John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1992)
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads All my memories gather 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away And drivin' down the road, I get a feelin That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Take me home, (down) country roads Take me home, (down) country roads |
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from John Denver - The Wildlife Concert [live] (1995)
This song was first released on the The Wildlife Concert Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun I hear them singing a song for all lovers A song for the two hearts beating only as one Imagine the morning no longer alone The arms of another, a place to belong No longer the struggle, no longer the night And ever becoming in the quickening light To see the darkness, to listen within To answer in kindness, to ever begin To ever be gentle, to always be strong To walk in the wonder, to live in the song In a place of enchantment where the wild things are known Will the future remember when the lovers are gone? And I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun I hear them singing a song for all lovers A song for the two hearts beating only as one A song for the two hearts beating only as one Words and music by John Denver |
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from John Denver - The Wildlife Concert [live] (1995)
There is a river that runs from the mountains
That one river is all rivers All rivers are that one There is a tree that stands in the forest That one tree is all forests All trees are that one There is a flower that blooms in the desert That one blossom is all flowers All flowers are that one There is a bird that sings in the jungle That one song is all music All songs are that one It is the song of life It is the flower of faith It is the tree of temptation It is the river of no regret There is a child that cries in the ghetto That one child is all children All children are that one There is a vision that shines in the darkness That one vision is all of our dreams All of our dreams are that one It is a vision of heaven It is a child of promise It is the song of life It is the river of no regret Let this be a voice for the mountains Let this be a voice for the river Let this be a voice for the forest Let this be a voice for the flowers Let this be a voice for the ocean Let this be a voice for the desert Let this be a voice for the children Let this be a voice for the dreamers Let this be a voice of no regret |
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from John Denver - The Wildlife Concert [live] (1995)
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again Let me give my life to you Come let me love you Come love me again You fill up my senses Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again |
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from John Denver - The Wildlife Concert [live] (1995)
There's a storm across the valley
Clouds are rolling in The afternoon lies heavy On your shoulders There's a truck out on the four lane A mile or more away And the whining of his wheels Just makes it colder He's an hour away from riding On his prayers up in the sky And ten days on the road Are barely gone Like a fire softly burning Supper's on the stove It's the light in your eyes That keeps him warm Chorus Hey it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm Feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey it's good to be back home again There's all the news to tell him How you've spent your time And what's the latest thing the neighbors say And your mother called last Friday Sunshine made her cry And you felt the baby move just yesterday (Repeat chorus then) (Bridge) And all the time that I can lay this tired old body down To feel your fingers feather soft upon me The kisses that I live for The love that lights my way The happiness that living with you brings me It's the sweetest thing i know of Just spending time with you It's the little things that make a house a home Like a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove And it's the light in your eyes that makes me warm (Repeat chorus then) (Tag) I said hey it's good to be back home again... |
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from John Denver - The Wildlife Concert [live] (1995)
Bet on the Blues (Paxton)
Copyright 1975 Accabonac Music Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues. You tell me you're a gambling man. Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues. If you're looking to get an inside slant, if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues. Find a man who thinks he's over the hump, I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet on the blues. Lucky old sun is shining today. Even money says you'll be paying some dues, bet on the blues. You say you found your lady fair. Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues. Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues. You tell me you're a gambling man. Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues. If you're looking to get an inside slant, if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues. |
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