This song appears 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 Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a of months ago all our time together, it was hard to see her go She called me up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy to lay me down and love the lady's chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for days She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's with me
I think I'd rather be a I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
I'd live on the side of a mountain Than wander canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the rain and the Then lay down my sun in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, I awake alone The absence of her laughter, is a cold and sound But her memory makes me smile, and I want you to know I love her yes I love her, enough to let her go
I think I'd be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I think I'd rather be a to lay me down and love lady's chains
Words and music by Denver