1.Annie's Song
Words：john denver
Music：john denver
This song appears on twenty albums, and was first released on
the back home again album, and has also been released on the
changes, john denver (italian), favourites, greatest hits vol 2,
voice
Erica, the very best of john denver (double cd), the rocky
mountain collection, the country roads collection, reflections
and country classics albums. live versions appear on an evening
with joh
Ver, live in london,, live at the sydney opera house, the
wildlife concert and the best of john denver live albums. an
updated studio version has been released on the gift you are, a
portrait an
John denver collection - annie's song albums. a further new
version also appears on the love again album.
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
2.Back Home Again
Words：john denver
Music：john denver
This song appears on fifteen albums, and was first released on
the back home again album, and has also been released on the
favourites, the greatest hits vol 2, voice of america, john
denver (it
), the very best of john denver (double cd), the rocky mountain
collection, the country roads collection and country classics
albums. live versions appear on the live in london, the live at
the
Y opera house, the wildlife concert and the best of john denver
live albums. an updated studio version also appears on the love
again and a celebration of life albums.
There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rollin' in
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
There's a truck out on the four lane a mile or more away
The whinin' of his wheels just makes it colder
He's an hour away from ridin' on your prayers up in the sky
And ten days on the road are barely gone
There's a fire softly burnin', supper's on the stove
But it's the light in your eyes that makes him warm
Hey it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes 'n' hey, it's good to be back home again
There's all the news to tell him, how'd you spend your time
What's the latest thing the neighbors say
And your mother called last friday, sunshine§ made her cry
You felt the baby move just yesterday
Hey it's good to be back home again - yes it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes 'n' hey, it's good to be back home again
Oh the time that i can lay this tired old body down
Feel your fingers feather soft upon me
The kisses that i live for, the love that lights my way
The happiness that that livin' with you brings me
It's the sweetest thing i know of, just spending time with you
It's the little things that make a house a home
Like a fire softly burnin' supper on the stove
The light in your eyes that makes me warm
Hey it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes 'n' hey, it's good to be back home again
Hey it's good to be back home again - you know it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Hey, it's good to be back home again
I said hey it's good to be back home again
3.Calypso
Words：john denver
Music：john denver
This song appears on seventeen albums, and was first released on
the windsong album, and has also been released on favourites,
greatest hits vol 2, voice of america, john denver (italian),
the v
Est of john denver (double cd), the rocky mountain collection,
the country roads collection, reflections and country classics
albums. live versions appears on the live in london, the
wildlife co
And the best of john denver live albums. an updated studio
version has been released on the earth songs, the very best of
john denver (single cd), the john denver collection - calypso
and a por
Albums.
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
To work in the service of life and the living
In search of the answers to questions unknown
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand
Aye, calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, calypso, i sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
Like the dolphin who guides you
You bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and show us the way
For though we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must learn from the sea
To be true as the tide
And free as the wind-swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be
Aye, calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, calypso, i sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
Aye, calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, calypso, i sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
4.Fly Away
Words：john denver
Music：john denver
This song appears on ten albums, and was first released on the
windsong, the very best of john denver (double cd), country
classics, the country roads collection and the rocky mountain
collectio
Ums, and has also been released on greatest hits vol 2 and
favourites albums. lives versions appear on the live at the
sydney opera house, the wildlife concert and the best of john
denver live a
.
All of her days have gone soft and cloudy
All of her dreams have gone dry
All of her nights have gone sad and shady
She's getting ready to fly
Fly away, fly away, fly away
Life in the city can make you crazy
For sounds of the sand and the sea
Life in a high-rise can make you hungry
For things that you can't even see
Fly away, fly away, fly away
In this whole world there's nobody as lonely as she
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere that she'd rather be
She's looking for lovers and children playing
She's looking for signs of the spring
She listens for laughter and sounds of dancing
She listens for any old thing
Fly away, fly away, fly away
5.Grandma's Feather Bed
Words：jim connor
Music：jim connor
This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on
the back home again album. it has been released on the greatest
hits vol 2, favourites, changes, the country roads collection
and ro
Ountain holiday albums. live versions also appear on the an
evening with john denver, live in london, country classics, the
very best of john denver (2 cd), the john denver collection -
rocky mo
N high and live at the sydney opera house albums.
When i was a little bitty boy
Just up off-a floor
We used to go down to grandma's house
Every monthend or so
We'd chicken pie and country ham
＆n homemade butter on the bread
But the best darn thing about grandma's house
Was her great big feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids ＆n' four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On grandma's feather bed
After the supper we'd sit around the fire
The old folks'd spit and chew
Pa would talk about the farm and the war
And my grann'd sing a ballad or two
I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
Till the cobwebs filled my head
Next thing i'd know i'd wake up in the morning
In the middle of the old feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids ＆n' four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On grandma's feather bed
Well i love my ma, i love my pa
Love granny and grandpa too
Been fishing with my uncle, i rassled with my cousin
I even kissed aunt lou
But if ever had to make a choice
I guess it ought to be said
That i'd trade them all plus the gal down the road
For grandma's feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids ＆n' four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On grandma's feather bed
6.It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
Words：mayhew
Music：mayhew
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on live
at the sydney opera house album as a live version, and has also
been released on the changes album.
Be sure it's true when you say i love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken
I love you, yes i do, i love you
If you break my heart i'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say i love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Be sure it's true when you say i love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken
I love you, yes i do, i love you
If you break my heart i'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say i love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
7.I Want To Live
there are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain
There are children raised beneath a golden sun
There are children of the water
Children of the sand
And they cry out through the universe
Their voices raised as one
I want to live i want to grow
I want to see i want to know
I want to share what i can give
I want to be i want to live
Have you gazed out on the ocean
Seen the breaching of a whale？
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam？
Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles
away
Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home？
I want to live i want to grow
I want to see i want to know
I want to share what i can give
I want to be i want to live
For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
For the native and the wanderer in kind
For the maker and the user and the mother and her son
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine
We are standing all together
Face to face and arm in arm
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
No more hunger no more killing
No more wasting life away
It is simply an idea
And i know its time has come
I want to live i want to grow
I want to see i want to know
I want to share what i can give
I want to be i want to live
8.Looking For Space
Words：john denver
Music：john denver
This song appears on seven albums, and was first released on the
windsong album, and has also been released on the greatest hits
vol 2, the very best of john denver (double cd), country
classics
Country roads collection and the rocky mountain collection
albums. a live version appears on the live at the sydney opera
house album.
On the road of experience
I'm trying to find my own way
Sometimes i wish that i could fly away
When i think that i'm moving
Suddenly things stand still
I'm afraid ＆cause i think they always will
And i'm looking for space
And to find out who i am
And i'm looking to know and understand
It's a sweet sweet dream
Sometimes i'm almost there
Sometimes i fly like an eagle and
Sometimes i'm deep in despair
All alone in the universe
Sometimes that's how it seems
I get lost in the sadness and the screams
Then i look in the centre
Suddenly everything's clear
I find myself in the sunshine and my dreams
And i'm looking for space
And to find out who i am
And i'm looking to know and understand
It's a sweet sweet dream
Sometimes i'm almost there
Sometimes i fly like an eagle and
Sometimes i'm deep in despair
On the road of experience
Join in the living day
If there's an answer
It's just that it's just that way
When you're looking for space
And to find out who you are
When you're looking to try and reach the stars
It's a sweet sweet sweet dream
Sometimes i'm almost there
Sometimes i fly like an eagle and
Sometimes i'm deep in despair
Sometimes i fly like an eagle
Like an eagle, ooh
9.Me ＆ My Uncle
me and my uncle went a'riden down
From colorado west texas bound
We stopped over in santa fe
The part of being about half way.
Besides it was the hottest part of the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
Went to a bar, boys.
Bought drinks for all.
Two days in the saddle, my body hurt,
And being summer, took off my shirt,
And tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt.
West texas cowboys, all over town,
With gold and silver, their loaded down.
Just in for round up
You know it seemed a shame
And so my uncle starts a friendly game
Hollow jack, the winner takes the game.
But from the beginning my uncle started to win.
Them texas cowboys they was mad as sin.
Some said he's cheatin'
Ah, but that can't be, because my uncle, well, he's as honest as
me.
I'm about as honest as a denver man can be.
One of them cowboys, you know he started to draw.
I grabbed a bottle, slapped him on the jaw.
I had to shoot another now he won't grow old
In the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold.
We hightailed it down to mexico,
Mexico, went down to mexico.
God bless cowboys
God bless gold
God bless my uncle, god rest his soul
He taught me well, boys
He taught me all i know
Taught me so that i grabbed the gold
Left him lying there by the side of the road.
10.Moreton Bay
Words：traditional
music：traditional
This song was first released on the live at the sydney opera
house album. it is the only album it has been released on.
One sunday morning as i was walking
By brisbane waters i chance to stray
I heard a convict his fait bewhaling
As on the sunny riverbank he lay
I am a native of erin, ireland
But banished now from my native shore
They stole me from my independence
And from the maiden whom i do adore
I've been a prisoner at port macquarie
At norfolk island and emu plains
At castle ule and curstune garbby
At all these settlements i've been enchained
But of all places of condemnation
And penal stations in new south wales
To moreton bay i have found no equal
Excessive tyranny each day prevails
For three long years i was beastly treated
And heavy irons on my legs i wore
My back from flogging was lacerated
And oft times covered with my crimson gore
And many a man from downright starvation
Lies smouldering now beneath the cave
And captain logan he had us mangled
On the triangles of moreton bay
Like the egyptians and ancient hebrews
We were oppressed under logan's yoh
Till a native black lying bare and ambush
Did deal out tyrant with his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners be exhilerated
Let all such monsters like death shall find
And when from bondage we're extricated
Our former suffering shall will fade from mind
One sunday morning as i was walking
By brisbane waters i chance to stray
I heard a convict his fait bewhaling
As on the sunny riverbank he lay
11.Rocky Mountain High
Words：john denver
music：john denver and mike taylor
This song appears on twenty-one albums, and was first released
on the rocky mountain high album. this version has also been
released on this is john denver, the country roads collection
and the
Mountain collection albums. it has been rerecorded on the
greatest hits vol 1, take me home country roads ＆ other hits,
favourites, voice of america, john denver (italian) and country
class
Lbums. it has been rerecorded again on the earth songs, the very
best of john denver (single cd), a portrait and the john denver
collection - rocky mountain high albums. it has been rerecorded
a
On the love again and a celebration of life albums. live
versions also appear on the an evening with john denver, live at
the sydney opera house, the wildlife concert and the best of
john denver
Albums.
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door
When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin' by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long
But the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high
colorado)
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
And the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
You can talk to god and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high
colorado)
Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some
fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple
more
More people, more scars upon the land
And the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky mountain high
It's a colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and everybody's high
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high
colorado)
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high do de do
12.Take Me Home, Country Roads
Words：bill danoff, taffy nivert and john denver
Music：bill danoff, taffy nivert and john denver
This song appears on twenty-one albums, and was first released
on the poems, prayers and promises album. this version has also
been released on the very best of john denver (double cd), this
is
Denver, the country roads collection and the rocky mountain
collection albums. it has been rerecorded on the greatest hits
vol 1, take me home country roads ＆ other hits, changes,
favourites
Ce of america, john denver (italian) and country classics
albums. it has been rerecorded again on the a portrait and the
john denver collection - take me home, country roads albums, and
again on
Love again and a celebration of life albums. live versions also
appear on the an evening with john denver, live in london, live
at the sydney opera house, the wildlife concert and the best of
jo
Nver live albums.
Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gathered ＆round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice
In the mornin' hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road i get a feelin'
That i should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, now country roads
Take me home, now country roads
13.Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Words：john martin sommers
Music：john martin sommers
This song appears on thirteen albums, and was first released on
the back home again album. it has also been released on the
greatest hits vol 2, favourites, voice of america, the rocky
mountain
Ction, the country roads collection and changes albums. it has
been recorded for the love again album. live versions appear on
the an evening with john denver, live in london, country
classics,
Ery best of john denver (double cd) and live at the syney opera
house albums.
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i'm a country boy
When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
I pull out my fiddle and i rosin up the bow
The kids are asleep so i keep it kinda low
Thank god i'm a country boy
I'd play sally goodin'§ all day if i could
But the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So i fiddle when i could, work when i should
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well i wouldn't trade my life for diamonds and jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
Iid rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank god i'm a country boy
Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what i mean
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
Said, live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank god you're a country boy
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank god i'm a country boy
Well i got me a fine wife i got me a fiddle
When the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funy funny riddle
Thank god i'm a country boy
Thank god i'm a country boy
14.The Eagle And The Hawk
Words：john denver and mike taylor
Music：john denver and mike taylor
This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on
the aerie album, and has also been released on the greatest hits
vol 1, earth songs, the very best of john denver (single cd),
voice
Merica and the rocky mountain collection albums. live versions
also appear on the an evening with john denver, live in london,
thank god i'm a country boy, greatest hits, country classics and
l
T the sydney opera house albums.
I am the eagle, i live in high country
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky
I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers
But time is still turning they soon will be dry
And all of those who see me, all who believe in me
Share in the freedom i feel when i fly
Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops
Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
And all that we can be and not what we are
15.Today
Lyrics：Randy Sparks
Music：Randy Sparks
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I'll forget all the joy that is mine today
I'll be a dandy, and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what the morrow shall bring
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I'll forget all the joy that is mine, today
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment, now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today
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