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 version also appears on The Best of Denver Live Album.
went away last summer, a couple of months ago After all our time together, it was to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to Or on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me down and love the chains
We just beginnin', it was such an easy way Layin' back up in the mountains, songs for summer days She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my for me She can live the life she to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather ride the I I'd rather be a cowboy Then to lay me down and love the lady's
I'd rather live on the of a mountain Than wander canyons of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh the rain and the sunshine Then lay my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake The of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound But her memory makes me smile, and I want you to know I her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I I'd rather be a cowboy I I'd rather ride the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me and love the lady's chains
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 lady's chains
Words and music by Denver