This song appears on six albums, and was first 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 John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away 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 more to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my havin' fun
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 and love the lady's chains
We were beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer She got tired of daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's with me
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
I'd live on the side of a mountain Than wander through of concrete and steel I'd laugh with the rain and the sunshine Then lay 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 always makes me smile, and I want you to know 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 think I'd rather be a Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love lady's
Words and music by Denver