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 Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse away last summer, a couple of months ago After all our together, it was hard to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one 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 ride the I I'd rather be a cowboy to lay me down and love the lady's chains
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, songs for summer days She got tired of daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can live the she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
I I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd rather the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the lady's
I'd rather live on the side of a Than wander through of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the and the sunshine lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I her in the morning, when I awake alone The absence of her laughter, is a and empty 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 be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and 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
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