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 Collection Albums. A live version appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a couple of ago After all our time together, it was to see her go She called me right up she arrived, asked me one more time to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda fun
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather 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 days She got of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, alright with me
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the side of a Than through canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the and the sunshine Then lay my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, I awake alone The of her laughter, is a cold 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 rather be a I think I'd rather ride the I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
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 down and love lady's
Words and music by John