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 version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went 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 more 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 to lay me down and love the lady's chains
We were 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 the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the side of a Than wander through canyons of concrete and I'd laugh with the rain and the sunshine Then lay down my sun in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, I awake alone The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty But her memory makes me smile, and I want you to know I love her yes I her, just enough to let her go
I I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd rather be a to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and lady's chains
and music by John Denver