This song on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
went away last summer, a couple of months ago After all our time together, it was to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, me one more time to come Or on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer She got tired of daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
I'd rather on the side of a mountain Than wander canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh the rain and the sunshine Then lay down my sun down in starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, I awake alone The absence of her laughter, is a and empty sound But her always makes me smile, and I want you to know I her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy to lay me down and love lady's chains
Words and music by Denver