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 of months ago After all our together, it was hard to see her go She me right 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 rather be a I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and love the chains
We were just beginnin', it was an easy way back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days She got tired of pickin' daisies, my meals for me She can live the life she to, yes, it's alright with me
I I'd rather be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the of a mountain Than wander through canyons of and steel I'd rather laugh with the and the sunshine Then lay down my sun in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I alone The absence of her laughter, is a cold and sound But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to I love her yes I love her, just to let her go
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I think I'd 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 rather be a to lay me down and love lady's chains
Words and music by Denver