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 of John Denver Live Album.
went away last summer, a couple of months ago After all our 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 rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer She got tired of pickin' daisies, my meals for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright me
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'd rather live on the of a mountain Than wander canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the and the sunshine Then lay down my sun down in some 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 I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and love chains
Words and by John Denver