Interpret:

John Denver

Album:

Farewell Andromeda

Jessie went away last summer, a couple of months ago 
 After all our time together, it was hard to see her go 
 She called me right up when she arrived 
 Asked me one more time to come 
 Livin’ on an LA freeway ain’t my kind of havin’ fun 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 I think I’d rather ride the range 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains 
 We were just beginning; it was such an easy way 
 Layin’ back up in the mountains makin’ songs for sunny days 
 She got tired of pickin’ daisies and cookin’ my meals for me 
 She can live the life she wants to, yes; it’s all right with me 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 I think I’d rather ride the range 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains 
 I’d rather live on the side of a mountain 
 Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel 
 I’d rather laugh with the rain and sunshine 
 Than lay down my sundown in some starry field 
 Oh bur I miss her in the mornin’ when I awake alone 
 The absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound 
 But her memory always makes me smile 
 And I want you to know 
 I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 I think I’d rather ride the range 
 I think I’d rather be a cowboy 
 Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains 
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