This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a couple of 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 on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer She got of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can live the life she to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd rather be a I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
I'd rather on the side of a mountain Than through canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the and the sunshine Then lay down my sun down in some starry
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, I awake alone The absence of her laughter, is a cold and sound But her always 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 rather be a I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and love the lady's
I I'd rather be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy to lay me down and love lady's chains
Words and by John Denver