1.Rocky Mountain High
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
He was born in the summer of his 27th year,
coming home to a place he'd never been before.
He left yesterday behind him you might say he was
born again,
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 hanging by a song.
But the strings already broken
and he doesn't really care,
it keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long.
It's a Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lullabye.
Rocky Mountain High, ...in Colorado....Rocky Mountain High.
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below,
saw everything as far as you can see.
And they say that he got crazy once and that he
tried to touch the sun,
and he lost a friend, but kept the memory.
Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forest and the stream,
seeking grace in every step he takes,
his sight is 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 raining fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply.
Rocky Mountain High, ....in Colorado....Rocky Mountain High.
Now his life is full of wonder,
but his heart still knows some fear,
of the simple things he can not comphend.
Why they try to tear the mountains down
to bring in a couple more.
More people, more scars upon the land.
It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an Eagle fly
Rocky mountain high
It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
Friend around the camp fire and everybody's high....
Rocky Mountain High, Rocky Mountain High, Rocky Mountain High,
Rocky Mountain High
2.Rhymes And Reasons
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter,
Fear that is within you now that seems to never end,
And the dreams that have escaped you and a hope that you've
forgotten
And you tell me that you need me now and you want to be my
friend,
And you wonder where we're going,
where's the rhyme and where's the reason,
And it's you cannot accept it is here we must begin
To seek the wisdom of the children
and the graceful way of flowers in the wind.
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
Their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
They're a promise of the future and a blessing for today.
Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea.
It is written： From the desert to the mountains they shall lead
us,
By the hand and by the heart they will comfort you and me.
In their innocence and trusting they will teach us to be free.
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
Their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
And the song that I am singing is a prayer to non believers,
Come and stand beside us we can find a better way.
3.Country Roads
Written：Bill Danoff／Taffy Danoff／John Denver
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.
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where 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,
Teardrop in my eye.
CHORUS
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,
Radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong：
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
4.Back Home Again
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
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,
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
There's all the news to tell him, how'd you spend your time,
And what's the latest thing the neighbors say？
And your mother called last Friday 'Sunshine' made her cry,
And you felt the baby move just yesterday.
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm seems like a long-lost friend.
Hey it's good to be back home again.
And oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down,
And feel your fingers feather soft upon me.
The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way,
The happiness 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' and supper on the stove and the
Light in your eyes that make me warm.
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old arm feels like a long-lost friend.
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend.
Hey, it's good to be back home again.
5.I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
Lyrics：Bill Danoff／Taffy Nivert
Music：Bill Danoff／Taffy Nivert
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather spend his time out
Where the sky looks like a pearl after the rain.
Once again I see him walking, once again I hear him talking
To the stars he makes and asking them the busfare.
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather play his banjo
In the morning when the moon is scarcely gone
In the dawn the subway's coming, in the dawn I hear him humming
Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
I guess he'd rather work
Out where the only thing you earn is what you spend
In the end up in his office
In the end a quiet cough
Is all he has to show he lives in New York City
6.Matthew
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
I had an uncle name of Matthew
He was his father's only boy
Born just south of Colby, Kansas
He was his mother's pride and joy
CHORUS
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on
Love was just a way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue was just the Kansas summer sky
All the stories that he told me
Back when I was just a lad
All the mem'ries that he gave me
All the good times that he had
Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
Life is mostly havin' fun
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
Behind a mule beneath the sun
CHORUS
Well, I guess there were some hard times
And I'm told some years were lean
They had a storm in 'forty seven
A twister came and stripped 'em clean
He lost the farm and lost his family
He lost the wheat and lost his home
But he found the family Bible
A faith as solid as a stone
CHORUS
And so he came to live at our house
And he came to work the land
He came to ease my daddy's burden
And he came to be my friend
And so I wrote this down for Matthew
And it's for him this song is sung
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
Behind a mule beneath the sun
CHORUS
7.Sunshine On My Shoulders
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a day that I could give you
I'd give to you the day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
I'd sing a song to make you feel this way
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a tale that I could tell you
I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high
8.You Say The Battle Is Over
Lyrics：David Mallett
Music：David Mallett
And you say that the battle is over,
And you say that the war is all done-
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gun,
And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships,
Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed-
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die
And it's we who must measure the loss.
And you say that the battle is over,
And finally the world is at peace-
You mean no one is dying, and mothers don't weep,
Or it's not in the papers, at least.
There are those who would deal in the darkness of life,
There are those who would tear down the sun,
And most men are ruthless, but some will still weep
When the gifts we were given are gone.
Now the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few,
It's become such a part of the race;
It's eternally tragic for that which is magic
To be killed at the end of the glorious chase.
From young seals to great whales,
From waters to woods,
They will fall just like weeds in the wind;
With fur coats, and perfumes, and trophies on walls：
What a hell of a race to call men.
And you say that the battle is over,
And you say that the war is all done-
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gun.
And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships,
Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed;
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die,
And it's we who must measure the loss.
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die,
And it's we who must measure the cost.
9.Eagles and Horses
Lyrics：John Denver／Joe Henry
Music：John Denver／Joe Henry
Horses are creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run, they are free
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like an old friend that's tried and been true
Chorus：
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I'm flying again
Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They're the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flying thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
(Chorus)
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its master back home
Like an old friend that's tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flying thing
Like an eagle that need neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
(Chorus)
10.Darcy Farrow
Written：Steve Gillette／Tom Campbell
Where the walker runs down to the Carson Valley Plain
There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was she
The sweetest flower that bloomed o'er the range
Her voice was as sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town
She was courted by Young Vandamere
A fine lad was he as I am to hear
He gave her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows came that year
But her pony did stumble and she did fall
Her dyin' touched the hearts of us one and all
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain
And we buried them together as the snows began to fall
They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too
At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round
and to young Vandy whose love was true
11.Whispering Jesse
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
I often have wandered in deep contemplation
It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone
The way that it could be
The ways that it should be
Things I'd do differently if I could do them again
I've always loved spring time, the passing of winter
The green of the new leaves and life goin' on
The promise of morning
The long days of summer
Warm nights of loving her beneath the bright stars
I'm just an old cowboy from high Colorado
Too old to ride anymore, too blind to see
I sleep in the city now
Away from my mountains
Away from the cabin we always called home
12.Me And My Uncle
13.Wild Montana Skies
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
He was born in the Bitteroot Valley
In the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
And softly she did sing
CHORUS：
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
And a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart
Give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
And the wild Montana Skies
His mother died that summer
And he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
And he never did ask why
He never knew the answers
That would make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And to be a man that way
His mother's brother took him in
To his family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And a strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer
And he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons
And he learned to make a stand
CHORUS
On the eve of his 2lst birthday
He set out on his own
He was 30 years and runnin'
When he found his way back home
Ridin' a storm across the mountains
And an aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
And to make a brand new start
Now he never told a story
Of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some say he was a John
There was somethin' in the city
That he said he couldn't breathe
And there was somethin' in the country
That he said he couldn't leave
CHORUS
Now some say he was crazy
And they're glad that he is gone
But some of us will miss him
And we'll try to carry on
Giving a voice to the forest
Giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on
14.Medley：Leaving On A Jet Plane／Goodbye Again
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Leaving On A Jet Plane
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye.
But the dawn is breakin',
It's early morn,
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn,
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around,
I tell you now they don't mean a thing.
Ev'ry place I go I'll think of you,
Ev'ry song I sing I'll sing for you,
When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time let me kiss you,
Then close your eyes I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone,
About the times I won't have to say：
Kiss me and smile for me.
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
I'm leavin' on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
Goodbye Again
It's five o'clock this mornin' and the sun is on the rise
There's frosting on the windowpane and sorrow in your eyes
The stars are fading quietly, night is nearly gone
And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go
It seems a shame to leave you now, you lay so soft and warm
I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms
I love to kiss the tears away and give you back your smile
But other voices beckon me and for a little while
It's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go
I have to go and see some friends of mine
and some that I don't know
And some who aren't familiar with my name
It's something that's inside of me not hard to understand
It's anyone who'll listen to me sing
And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame？
Do you think if I were always here our love would be the same？
As it is the time we have is worth the time alone
And lying by your side's the greatest peace I've ever known
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go
15.Bet On the Blues
Lyrics：Tom Paxton
Music：Tom Paxton
Five hundred'll buy you a stack
Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose
Bet on the blues
You tell me you're a gamblin' man
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose
Bet on the blues
If you're looking to get an inside slant
If you're looking for something so good you can't refuse
Bet on the blues
Find a man who thinks he's over the hump
I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use
Bet on the blues
Bet on the blues
Lucky old sun is shining today
Even money says you'll be paying some dues
Bet on the blues
You say you found your lady fair
Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes
Bet on the blues
Five hundred'll buy you a stack
Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose
Bet on the blues
If you're looking to get an inside slant
If you're looking for something so good you can't refuse
Bet on the blues
Bet on the blues (five times)
16.The Harder They Fall
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Aspen, Colorado on a Saturday night
Jesse wishes she was at home
Upset because her baby just ain't treatin' her right
So afraid of being alone
Said she heard some stories
He's been runnin' around
Said somehow she knows it's all true
She says a breaking heart can make a terrible sound
She said she don't know what to do
Think about a bad time
Can't get much worse
Think about a hard line
Take it to the wall
This won't be the last time,
Sure ain't the first
The bigger they are,
The harder they fall
You might say she's caught
Between a rock and a hard place
You might say she just can't win
Some just can't recover from a slap in the face
Some just get right up and start all over again
Think about a bad time
Can't get much worse
Think about a hard line
Take it to the wall
This won't be the last time,
Sure ain't the first
The bigger they are,
The harder they fall
Think about a bad time
Can't get much worse
Think about a hard line
Take it to the wall
This won't be the last time,
Sure ain't the first
The bigger they are,
The harder they fall
Aspen, Colorado on a Saturday night
Jesse wishes she was at home
She's mad because her baby
Just ain't treatin' her right
So afraid of being alone
So afraid of being alone
Nobody wants to be all alone
She don't want to be all alone
So afraid of being alone
We don't want to be all alone
17.Shanghai Breezes
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
It's funny how you sound as if you're right next door
When you're really half a world away
I just can't seem to find the words I'm looking for
To say the things that I want to say
I can't remember when I felt so close to you
It's almost more than I can bear
And though I seem a half a million miles from you
You are in my heart and living there
(Chorus)
And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai
There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park
And lovers who walk all alone
There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark
And lovers who long for home
Oh, I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to
You're in my dreams and always near
And especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you
You are in my heart and living there
And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your face in my dreams is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai
Shanghai breezes cool and clearing evening's sweet
caress
Shanghai breezes soft and gentle remind me of your
tenderness
And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your love in my life is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai
...Just like the breezes here in old Shanghai
18.Fly Away
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
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
19.A Song For All Lovers
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Dedicated to Mardy ＆ Olaus Murie
I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight
Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun
I hear them singing a song for all lovers
A song for the two hearts beating only as one
Imagine the morning no longer alone
The arms of another, a place to belong
No longer the struggle, no longer the night
And ever becoming in the quickening light
To see the darkness, to listen within
To answer in kindness, to ever begin
To ever be gentle, to always be strong
To walk in the wonder, to live in the song
In a place of enchantment where the wild things are known
Will the future remember when the lovers are gone？
To ever be gentle, to always be strong
To walk in the wonder, to live in the song
And I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight
Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun
And I hear them singing a song for all lovers
A song for the two hearts beating only as one
A song for the two hearts beating only as one
20.Dreamland Express
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
I caught a ride on the dreamland express last night
I was sailing on an ocean of blue
And right there by my side much to my surprise was you.
I said, come on over here, baby, let me look in your eyes
Let me see the very heart of you
And I couldn't believe it, to conceive that my dream would come
true.
Cause you said, hey there sweet daddy, everything is all right
For miles there's not a telephone line.
There's not a soul to disturb us, don't be nervous
Just come and be mine
CHORUS
You said, let me be the end of your rainbow
Let me be the stars up above
Let me be the one that you long for, darling
Let me be the one that you love oh oh
Let me be the one that you love.
And now it's four in the mornin', honey I can't sleep.
I can't seem to get you out of my mind
I keep tossin' and turnin', yearnin' for the sun to shine
I'd like to send you a ticket on the Dreamland Express,
And take you far away with me
I've got a vision of heaven and you livin' there with me.
CHORUS
Honey, let me be the end of your rainbow
Let me be the stars up above
Let me be the one that you long for, darling
Let me be the one that you love oh oh
Let me be the one that you love.
21.For You
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Just to look in your eyes again
Just to lay in your arms
Just to be the first one always there for you
Just to live in your laughter
Just to sing in your heart
Just to be every one of your dreams come true
Just to sit by your window
Just to touch in the night
Just to offer a prayer each day for you
Just to long for your kisses
Just to dream of your sighs
Just to know that I'd give my life for you
For you all the rest of my life
For you all the rest of my life
For you alone, only for you
Just to wake up each morning
Just to you by my side
Just to know that you're never really far away
Just a reason for living
Just to say I adore
Just to know that you're here in my heart to stay
For you all the rest of my life
For you all the rest of my life
For you alone, only for you
Just the words of a love song
Just the beat of my heart
Just the pledge of my life, my love for you
22.Is It Love？
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
I know how it feels to be head over heels
To be lost in true love and the light of the moon
When everything seems to be coming up roses
And every word seems to be rhyming with June
Suddenly, all of your dreams have come true
Happiness lives in your heart
Then out of nowhere, one becomes two
And everything seems to be falling apart
Is it love？ When your heart, feels like it's broken
Is it love？ And you just can't take anymore
Is it love？ When there's nothing left to be spoken
Is it love？ And there's nothing worth listening for
Is it love？ ooh ooh
I know what it means to get caught up in dreams
And in prayers that are answered with each passing day
When loving and laughter are birds of a feather
And sharing and caring is one simple way
You know you'll never be alone
That someone will always be near
Then you turn around when your best friend is gone
Oh, where do they go？ When they just disappear？
Is it love？ When your heart, feels like it's broken
Is it love？ And you just can't take anymore
Is it love？ When the good times have all been forgotten
Is it love？ And you fear there won't be anymore
Is it love？ ooh ooh
There's no answer, there seems to be nothing to say
In your anger would you even hear anyway
It was magic but somehow you've broken the spell
It was heaven and somehow it's turned into hell
Is it love？ When you know that your heart has been broken
Is it love？ And you just can't take it anymore
Is it love？ When you feel more than you could imagine
Is it love？ Now there's nothing that's worth living for
Is it love？ ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Another expression of love....
You could be falling in love...
Oh, to be in love.... I want to be in love....
C'mere darlin' lets's talk about it......
Come on right over here
Sit down....it could be....love....I want to be in love
23.Falling Out Of Love
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Chorus：
This is what it's like falling out of love
This is the way you lose your very best friend
This is how it feels when it's all over
This is just the way a true love ends
First of all there's no one you can talk to
When there is they just don't seem to hear
Words don't seem to matter much anyway
They can't describe the pain
They can't explain the fear
Then the nights grow cold and hard to live through
Still you hate to see the morning come
Somehoe tomorrow doesn't matter much anymore
The future holds no promise
Your life's already done
(Repeat Chorus)
Then you find your heart no longer flutters
You no longer look through a lover's eyes
What's to see when the world falls down aroundyou
You simply can't believe it
But it comes as no surprise
(Repeat Chorus)
What this sense of failure
It's such an incredible loss
It's all the things you'll never do
And all the dreams that will never come true
(Repeat Chorus)
Oh this is just the way a true love ends
I don't believe a true love ever ends
24.Annie's Song
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a 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
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a 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
25.Poems, Prayers ＆ Promises
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
I've been lately thinking about my life's time
All the things I've done and how it's been
And I can't help believin' in my own mind
I know I'm gonna hate to see it end.
I've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
I've known my lady's pleasures had myself some friends
Spent a time or two in my own home.
CHORUS
I have to say it now it's been a good life, all in all,
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
Lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire,
While all my friends and my old lady, sit and pass a pipe around
(alt- sit and watch the sun go down)
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone,
How right it is to care.
How long it's been since yesterday,
What about tomorrow and what about our dreams
And all the memories we share.
Days they pass so quickly now, the nights are seldom long
Time around me whispers when it's cold.
The changes somehow frightens me, still I have to smile
It turns me on to think of growing old.
Although my life's been good to me, there's still so much to do
So many things my mind has never known
I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away
And dance across the mountains on the moon.
CHORUS
I have to say it now it's been a good life, all in all,
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
Lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire,
While all my friends and my old lady, sit and pass a pipe around
(alt- sit and watch the world turn 'round)
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone,
How right it is to care.
How long it's been since yesterday,
What about tomorrow and what about our dreams
And all the memories we share
26.Calypso
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
Dedicated to Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and all
who served on the good ship, 'Calypso'
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of the 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
CHORUS
Aye Calypso
The place's 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 a wind-swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be
CHORUS
Aye Calypso
The place's 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
27.Amazon
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
There is a river that runs from the mountains
That one river is all rivers
All rivers are that one
There I a tree that stands in the forest
That one tree is all forests
All trees are that one
There is a flower that blooms in the desert
That one blossom is all flowers
All flowers are that one
It is the song of life
It is the flower of faith
It is the tree of temptation
It is the river of no regret
There is a child that cries in the ghetto
That one child is all children
All children are that one
There is a vision that shines in the darkness
That one vision is all of our dreams
All of our dreams are that one
It is a vision of heaven
It is a child of promise
It is the song of life
It is the river of no regret
Let this be a voice for the mountains
Let this be a voice for the river
Let this be a voice for the forest
Let this be a voice for the flowers
Let this be a voice for the ocean
Let this be a voice for the desert
Let this be a voice for the children
Let this be a voice for the dreamers
Let this be a voice of no regret
28.This Old Guitar
Lyrics：John Denver
Music：John Denver
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
and brightened up some days
And it helped me make it through some lonely nights
What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night.
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady
It opened up her eyes and ears to me
It brought us close together and I guess it broke her heart
It opened up the space for us to be
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be.
This old guitar gave me my life my living
All the things you know I love to do
To serenade the stars that shine form a sunny mountainside
And most of all to sing my songs for you
I love to sing my songs for you.
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