This song appears on six albums, and was 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 Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a of months ago all our time together, it was hard to see her go She me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come Or on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
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
We just 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 alright me
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 down and love the lady's
I'd rather live on the of a mountain Than through canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh the rain and the sunshine Then lay down my sun down in starry field
Oh, but I her in the morning, when I awake 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 her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd ride the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
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 lady's chains
Words and music by John