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 live 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 called me up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come Or livin' on an LA freeway, my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an way Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' for summer days She got tired of pickin' daisies, 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 down and love the lady's
I'd rather live on the side of a Than wander through canyons of and steel I'd rather with the rain and the sunshine lay down 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 empty But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to I her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me and love lady's chains
and music by John Denver