This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell 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 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 right up when she arrived, asked me one time to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, my kinda havin' fun
I I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days She got tired of daisies, cookin' 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 I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
I'd rather on the side of a mountain Than wander canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the rain and the lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I alone The absence of her laughter, is a and empty sound But her memory 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 rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
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 love chains
Words and by John Denver