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 also appears on The Best of Denver Live Album.
Jesse away last summer, a couple of months ago all our time together, it was hard to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, me one more time to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather 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 an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' for summer 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 rather ride the I think I'd rather be a to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the of a mountain Than through canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather with the rain and the sunshine lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake The absence of her laughter, is a cold and sound But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to I her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd rather be a I I'd rather ride the reigns 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 I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love chains
Words and music by John