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 couple of 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 rather the reigns I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an way Layin' up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days She got of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, alright with 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 wander through canyons of concrete and steel I'd laugh with the rain and the sunshine Then lay down my sun down in some starry
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 you to know I love her yes I her, just enough to let her go
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 down and love the 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