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 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, asked me one time to come Or on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a I think I'd rather the reigns I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and 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 pickin' daisies, cookin' my 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 I'd rather be a cowboy to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I'd rather on the side of a mountain Than wander through of concrete and steel I'd rather laugh with the rain and the Then lay down my sun in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I alone The absence of her laughter, is a and empty sound But her memory makes me smile, and I want you to know I love her yes I love her, just to let her go
I think I'd be a cowboy I think I'd rather ride the I think I'd be a cowboy Then to lay me down and the lady's chains
I I'd rather be a cowboy I think I'd ride the reigns I think I'd rather be a Then to lay me and love lady's chains
Words and music by John