This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, 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 After all our time together, it was to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, me one more time 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 ride the I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and love the lady's
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days She got tired of daisies, cookin' 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 think I'd rather ride the I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the chains
I'd rather live on the side of a Than wander through 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 alone The absence of her laughter, is a and empty sound But her memory always 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 I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love lady's
Words and music by John