John Denver - I'd Rather Be A Cowboy Lyrics
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 mIn collection albums. a live version also appears on the best of john denver live album.Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months agoAfter all our time together, it was hard to see her goShe called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to comeOr livin' on an la freeway, ain't my kinda havin' funI think i'd rather be a cowboyI think i'd rather ride the reignsI think i'd rather be a cowboyThen to lay me down and love the lady's chainsWe were just beginnin', it was such an easy wayLayin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer daysShe got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for meShe can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with meI think i'd rather be a cowboyI think i'd rather ride the reignsI think i'd rather be a cowboyThen to lay me down and love the lady's chainsI'd rather live on the side of a mountainThan wander through canyons of concrete and steelI'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshineThen lay down my sun down in some starry fieldOh, but i miss her in the morning, when i awake aloneThe absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty soundBut her memory always makes me smile, and i want you to knowI love her yes i love her, just enough to let her goI think i'd rather be a cowboyI think i'd rather ride the reignsI think i'd rather be a cowboyThen to lay me down and love the lady's chainsI think i'd rather be a cowboyI think i'd rather ride the reignsI think i'd rather be a cowboyThen to lay me down and love lady's chainsWords and music by john denver
