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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 goodbye But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn The taxi's waiting, 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 leaving 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 let you down So many times I've played around I tell you now, they don't mean a thing Every place I go, I'll think of you Every 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 leaving 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 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 Oh, 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 leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go But I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Rhymes and Reasons album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
If I look like home to you, if I am your sign Don't try to understand it, girl, when I draw the line It hasn't come to this that you can say I waste my time Looking everywhere, going nowhere For the skies they look so lazy now, heavy are the clouds There's nothing here that I could learn or what it's all about You haven't said a thing to me and you talk so very loud Looking everywhere, going nowhere Well I think I'll try the circus or go back to Mexico It's time to make mistakes again, it's time to change the show It's time and time and time again to find another way It's time to gather forces and get out of yesterday Because I lost what I was looking for, there's nothing left to share I need to take myself away to be some other where A face, a life, a minute more, I don't think I can spare Looking everywhere, going nowhere Cause I tell you when you hurt me and you just don't seem to know I inform you that I'm lonely and you still don't think I'll go So if I lie to you and smile a thought, it's only half way here It's just the circus, and I'm singing I'm never really near If I look like home to you, If I am your sign Don't try to understand it, girl, when I draw the line It hasn't come to this that you can say I waste my time Looking everywhere Looking everywhere Looking anywhere, going nowhere Words and music by Michael Johnson, Laurie Kuehn and Michael Johnson |
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Do you remember days not so very long ago
When the world was run by people twice your size And the days were full of laughter and the nights were full of stars And when you grew tired you could close your eyes Yes the stars were were there for wishing and the wind was there for kites And the morning sun was there for rise and shine And even in the sniffles kept you home from school in bed You couldn't hardly stay there after nine And I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where's all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Do you remember campouts right in your own backyard And wondering how airplanes could fly And the hours spent just playing with a funny rock you found With crystal specks as blue as all the sky Yes, the days were each a treasure as they blended into years The memories that come so sharp and plain And while we were enjoying these moments, did we mourn That today would never come this way again And I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where's all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Now I watch my son, he's playing with his toys He's happy and I give him all I can But I can't help feeling just a little tingling inside When to hear him say, he wants to be a man And I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where's all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Will I ever catch another butterfly |
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Yes I've been dreaming about you every day
Each and every day Had I been thinking about you all night long I even wrote a song Just to try to tell you how I really feel To make you understand my love is real That you're on my mind all the time I wish to God you were mine once again I remember talkin' to you I remember walkin' with you I remember laughin' all the time And you were mine Now the days seem so long I can't face a night alone I beg you please won't you please come home I remember talkin' to you I remember walkin' with you I remember laughin' all the time I remember singin' to you I remember dreamin' with you I remember lovin' you alone And now the days seem so long I can't face a night all alone I beg you please won't you please come home Words and music by John Denver |
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It's by far the hardest thing I've ever done,
To be so in love with you and so alone. Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way and all around, take my hand and say you'll follow me. It's long been on my mind, you know it's been a long, long time, I've tried to find the way that I can make you understand The way I feel about you, and just how much I need you To be there where I can talk to you when there's no one else around. Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way and all around, take my hand and say you'll follow me. You see I'd like to share my life with you And show you things I've seen, Places that I'm going to Places where I've been To have you there beside me to never be alone and all the time that you're with me, we will be at home Follow me where I go, what I do, who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me. Follow me up and down, all the way... take my hand and I will follow you. |
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see the sunlight through the pine
taste the warm of winter wine dream of softly falling snow winter's gold aspenglow as the winter days unfold hearts grow warmer with the cold peace of mind is all you know winter's gold aspenglow aspen is the life to live see how much there is to give see how strongly you believe see how much you may receive smiling faces all around laughter is the only sound memories that can't grow old winter's gold aspenglow aspen is the life to live see how much there is to give see how strongly you belive see how much you may receive see the sunlight through the pine taste the warm of winter wine dream of softly falling snow winter's gold aspenglow winter's gold aspenglow |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Take Me To
Tomorrow album, and has also been released on the Reflections and The Country Roads Collection albums. When I was a young man I ran away trom home I went to join the circus Went to see the cotton candy whirl And make me lots ot money on my own For Molly, oh my pretty Molly But she's waiting all alone Someday soon I will return to her Then I made the big time Bright 11ghts show biz I'm really in the circus There's only one thing wrong I haven? saved a peony on my own For Molly, oh my pretty Molly But she's writing everyday Molly understands so it's okay Ride a windy box car See a thousand children young and old Oh that grease paint smile Can hide your soul Here comes a carrousel Guess which town it is Feel the thrill Grease paint covers everything But winters chill I? reading Molly? letter The ink is fading And the page is fuming yellow Long ago I promised Molly Don? you know I I will close my eyes and go to her Words and Music by Rose |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Take Me To Tomorrow Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
Sticky summer weather always pains me It's like living beneath a blanket I can't breathe The days are like an oven the nights forever Nothing to do not much else to see Then again, I can't stand the thought of winter Ain't got a fire there's nobody to keep me warm The night is grey and my coffee tastes so bitter My memories go raging back to storm Seems like twenty years ago in the springtime The rain was sweet the wind was cool and clean I had a girl she was a lady I could talk to Now it's almost like she's never been I've been a long time looking for rainbows Trying to find a way to believe tomorrow There was a time I think when I remember dreaming There was a reason I can't find it now As I recall it almost made my life worth living It must be hiding like the sun behind a cloud I've been a long time looking for rainbows Trying to find a way to believe tomorrow Sticky summer weather always pains me It's like living beneath a blanket I can't breathe The days are like an oven the nights forever Nothing to do not much else to see Like spending a long time looking for rainbows Words and music by John Denver |
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Isabel is waiting
In a room of many shadows Her eyes like flashing diamonds Shining brightly from the sea Her hair in silken tresses Like a robe around her shoulders Hiding tantalising treasures That the sun has never seen Isabel is watching Like a princess from the mountains For the first soft snows of winter And the icy winds they bring With a whisper of her sadness In the passing of the summer Her crown is wild red roses With a lace of forest green And she wraps her arms around me and she sighs And she sing to me in silence with her eyes And her hair upon my pillow comforts me Isabel is weeping And her eyes are full of wonder She knows that it's the time for her And she cannot understand She's a mistress of the moonlight To the stars she is a sister And the morning now awaits her To betray her once again And she whispers as she sadly slips away Then she smiles because there's nothing left to say And she takes with her the sadness and the sun |
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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 Sunshine almost always... |
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Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone Lady, you've been dreaming, I'm as close as I can be And I swear to you our time has just begun Close your eyes and rest your weary mind I promise I will stay right here beside you Today our lives were joined, became entwined I wish that you could know how much I love you Lady, are you happy, do you feel the way I do Are there meanings that you've never seen before Lady, my sweet lady, I just can't believe it's true And it's like I've never, ever loved before (Chorus) Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me Did you think our time together was all gone Lady, my sweet lady, I'm as close as I can be And I swear to you our time has just begun |
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Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads All my memories gather 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama 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 Mama Take me home, country roads Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Take me home, (down) country roads Take me home, (down) country roads |
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I've been lately thinkin' 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 And I have to say it now, it's been a good life all in all It's really fine to have the 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 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? The days they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long Time around me whispers when it's cold The changes somehow frighten me, still I have to smile It turns me on to think of growing old For though 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 And I have to say it now, it's been a good life all in all It's really fine to have the 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 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? |
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It's a long way from L.A. to Denver
It's a long time to hang in the sky It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen My sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Oh my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Springtime is rollin' round slowly Gray skies are bringin' me down I can't remember when I've ever been so lonely I forgot what it's like to be home Can't remember what it's like to be home I think on my lady's sweet memories I think on my children sweet smiles I think on my home in Starwood in Aspen All my friends and the snow covered hills Oh my friends are the snow covered hills Can I tell you I'm happy to be here To share and consider this time For I see here the shadows of changes And a feeling of new friends to find And I see here some new friends to find It's a long way from this place to Denver It's a long time to hang in the sky It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen A sweet Rocky Moutnain paradise Oh my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise |
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City of New Orleans Lyrics
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders 3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail All along a southbound oddeusy And the train pulls out of Kankakee And rolls along past the houses, farms and feilds Passin' trains that have no names And freightyards full of old black men The grave yards of the rusted automobiles Singin' good mornin' America, how are you? Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son? I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done. Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car. Penny a point, aint no one keepin' score Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle. Feel the wheels a rumblin' through the floor. And the son's of Pullman Porter's and the son's of engineers Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel And mothers with their fantasies, a rockin' to the gentle breeze And the rythym of the rail is all they feel Singin' good mornin' America, how are you? Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son. Yes, I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be gone 500 miles when they day is done. But its twilight on the City of New Orleans. Changing cars in Memphis, Tennesee Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin' Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea But all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news The conductor sings hius song again The passengers will please refrain This train has got the disapearing blues Singin' good morning America, how are you? Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son? I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done. |
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All of my memories lay in the life of the highway
All of my nights in old motels and sleeping alone All of my days on the road with no one beside me All of my dreams of a place that I can call home Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm and a family Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try 'Cause I'm tired of big cities and so tired of big city ways Scratchin' off sunsets, and walkin' around in the maze Some sweet taxi dancer's tryin' to save me from bein' alone Ah, it's much worse than lonely, there is no place that I really belong I want to be home I'm leavin' this city life In my mind I'm flyin' away I'm leavin' tomorrow and all of the old yesterdays I'm leavin' the trash cans, the bright lights, the telephone lines I'm leavin' my sorrows and all of my memories behind To see what I find Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm, and a family Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try Somewhere to grow older, somewhere to laydown and die |
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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, and 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 |
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What a friend we have in time
Gives us children, makes us wine Tells us what to take or leave behind And the gifts of growing old Are the stories to be told Of the feelings more precious than gold Friends I will remember you, think of you Pray for you And when another day is through I'll still be friends with you Babies days are never long Mother's laugh is baby's song Gives us all the hope to carry on Friends I will remember you, think of you Pray for you And when another day is through I'll still be friends with you Friends I will remember you, Think of you, pray for you And when another day is through I'll still be Friends with You Friends I will remember you, Think of you, pray for you And when another day is through I'll still be Friends with You |
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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 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 hanging 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 It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lullaby Rocky Mountain high (Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept the memory Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams 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 Talk to God and listen to the casual reply Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear Of the simple things he cannot comprehend Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more More people, more scars upon the land In 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 The Colorado Rocky Mountain high I've seen it raining fire in the sky Friends around the campfire and everybody's high Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado) |
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This song appears on seven albums, and was first released on the rocky mountain high, the countryr oads collection and reflections albums, and has also been released on the greatest hits vol 1,
Es, country classics and voice of america albums. I'll walk in the rain by your side I'll cling to the warmth of your hand I'll do anything to keep you satisfied I'll love you more than anybody can And the wind will whisper your name to me Little birds will sing along in time Leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime I'll be there when you're feelin' down To kiss away the fears if you cry I'll share with you all the happiness I've found A reflection of the love in your eyes And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow A whisper of the joy that is mine And leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime I'll walk in the rain by your side I'll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand I'll do anything to help you understand And I'll love you more than anybody can And the wind will whisper your name to me Little birds will sing along in time Leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime Words and music by john denver |
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It's five o'clock this morning and the sun is on the rise
there's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes the stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone and so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come CHORUS And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' 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, the days are soft and warm I long to lay me down again, and hold you in my arms I long to kiss the tears away, give you back the smile Other voices beckon me, to go a little while CHORUS I have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know, some who aren't familiar with my name It's something that's inside of me, not hard to understand It's anyone who listens to me sing And if you hours are empty now, who am I to blame 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, the greatest peace I've ever known But it's goodbye again, and I'm sorry to be leavin' 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 |
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Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day Yes, I'm the one responsible I made it just this way To make myself some pictures And see what they might bring I think I made it perfectly I wouldn't change a thing (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la) (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la) Welcome to my happiness You know it makes me smile And it pleases me to have you here For just a little while While we open up the spaces Try to break some chains And if the truth is told They will never come again (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la) (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la) (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la) Welcome to my evening The closing of the day You know, I could try a million times Never find a better way To tell you that I love you And all the songs I play Are to thank you for allowing me In the lovely day you made Welcome to my morning Welcome to my day Yes, I'm the one responsible I made it just this way To make myself some pictures And see what they might bring I think I made it perfectly I wouldn't change a thing (La la la, la-la-la-la-la-la....etc.) |
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Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they lived there the ways that they died And one is a teacher one a beginner Just wanting to be there and wanting to know And together they're trying to tell us a story That should have been listened to long long ago Now the life in the mountains is living in danger From too many people too many machines And the time is upon us today is forever Tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds The man and the mountains are brothers again Clear waters are laughing they sing to the sky The Rockies are living they never will die Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride |
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Annie's song
애니를 위한 노래 - John Denver - You fill up my senses. Like a light in the forest. Like the mountains in spring time. Like a walk in the rain. Like a storm in the dessert. Like a sleepy blue ocean. You fill up my senses. Come fill me again. Come let me love you. Let me give my love to you. Let me drown in you 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 love to you. Come let me love you. Come love me again. You fill up my senses. Like a light in the forest. Like the mountains in spring time. Like a walk in the rain. Like a storm in the dessert. Like a sleepy blue ocean. You fill up my senses. Come fill me again. 당신은 내 마음을 풍요롭게 해 줍니다 숲속에서 맞이하는 밤처럼 봄날의 포근한 산처럼 빗속을 거니는 산책처럼 사막의 폭풍우처럼 잔잔한 푸른 바다처럼 당신은 내 마음을 풍요롭게 해 줍니다 와서 내 마음을 채워 주세요 당신을 사랑하겠어요 내 인생을 당신에게 바치겠어요 당신의 웃음 소리로 내 근심 걱정을 잊고 싶어요 당신의 품 안에서 죽게 해주세요 당신 옆에 몸을 누이고 싶어요 당신과 언제나 함께 있고 싶어요 당신을 사랑하겠어요 그대여 나를 사랑해 주세요 당신에게 나의 사랑을 바치게 하세요. 당신을 사랑하겠어요 그대여 나를 사랑해 주세요 당신은 내 마음을 풍요롭게 해 줍니다 숲속에서 맞이하는 밤처럼 봄날의 포근한 산처럼 빗속을 거니는 산책처럼 사막의 폭풍우처럼 잔잔한 푸른 바다처럼 당신은 내 마음을 풍요롭게 해 줍니다 와서 다시 내 마음을 채워 주세요 |
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There's a storm across the valley
Clouds are rolling in The afternoon lies heavy On your shoulders There's a truck out on the four lane A mile or more away And the whining of his wheels Just makes it colder He's an hour away from riding On his prayers up in the sky And ten days on the road Are barely gone Like a fire softly burning Supper's on the stove It's the light in your eyes That keeps him warm Chorus Hey it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm Feels like a long lost friend Yes, and hey it's good to be back home again There's all the news to tell him How you've spent 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 (Repeat chorus then) (Bridge) And all the time that I can lay this tired old body down To feel your fingers feather soft upon me The kisses that I live for The love that lights my way The happiness that living 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 burning, supper's on the stove And it's the light in your eyes that makes me warm (Repeat chorus then) (Tag) I said hey it's good to be back home again... |
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Lost and alone on some forgotten highway
Travelled by many remembered by few Lookin' for something that I can believe in Lookin' for something that I'd like to do with my life There's nothin' behind me and nothin' that ties me To somethin' that might have been true yesterday Tomorrow is open and right now it seems to be more Than enough to just be here today And I don't know what the future is holdin' in store I don't know where I'm goin', I'm not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the livin', I don't need to see the end Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Lost and alone on some forgotten highway Travelled by many remembered by few Lookin' for something that I can believe in Lookin' for something that I'd like to do with my life There's nothin' behind me and nothin' that ties me To somethin' that might have been true yesterday Tomorrow is open and right now it seems to be more Than enough to just be here today And I don't know what the future is holdin' in store I don't know where I'm goin', I'm not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the livin', I don't need to see the end Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air Sweet, sweet surrender Live, live without care Like a fish in the water Like a bird in the air |
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The sun is slowly fadin' in the western sky
Sometimes it takes forever for the day to end Sometimes it takes a lifetime Sometimes I think I'll never see the sun again There's a heavy smog between me and my mountains It's enough to make a grown man sit and cry It's enough to make you wonder It's enough to make the world roll up and die I think it's kind of interesting the way things get to be The way that people work with their machines Serenity's a long time comin' to me The fact I don't believe I know what it means In the east a shaded moon is hangin' lazily I do believe I saw the old man smile I do believe I did I do believe he's been laughin' all the while I think it's kind of interesting the way things get to be The way that people work with their machines Serenity's a long time comin' to me The fact I don't believe I know what it means any more When the sun is slowly fadin' in the western sky Sometimes it takes forever the day to end Sometimes it takes a lifetime Sometimes I think I'll never see the sun again Sun again |
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This old guitar taught me to sing a lovesong,
showed me how to laugh and how to cry, introduced me to some friends of mine, and brightened up some days, it helped me make it through some lonely nights, oh, what a friend to have on a cold lonely night. This old guitar gave me my lovely lady, it opened up her eyes and ears to me, it brought us close together, I guess it broke her heart, but it opened up the space for us to be, what a lovely place, a lovely space to be. This old guitar gave me my life my living, and all the things I know I love to do, to serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountain side, most of all to sing my songs for you, ooh, I love to sing my songs for you, yes I do,Lord, I love to sing my songs for you. |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Windsong album, and also on the The Country Roads Collection. It has also been released on the Live In London album, as a live track.
His spirit joined and so was formed Ten thousand years ago Between the swan and Hercules Where even dark clouds glow To live with grace, to ride the swell To yet be strong of will To love the wind, to learn it's song And empty space to fill Apollo taught me to rhyme Orpheus taught me to play Andromeda cast down her sign And vega lights my way Smoke rings in a galaxy An endless flight through time Lyra gave her harp to him And left him free to climb A winter's journey from the moon To reach the summer sun To rise again, to sing for you A song that's yet unsung Apollo taught me to rhyme Orpheus taught me to play Andromeda cast down her sign And vega lights my way His spirit joined and so was formed Ten thousand years ago Between the swan and Hercules Where even dark clouds glow To live with grace, to ride the swell To yet be strong of will To love the wind, to learn her song And empty space to fill Words and Music by John Denver and Joe Henry |
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The wind is the whisper of our mother the Earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings Weaver of darkness, bringer of dawn The wind gives the rain (yes), and builds us a rainbow The wind is the singer who sang the first song The wind is a twister of anger and warning The wind brings the fragrence of freshly mown hay The wind is the racer and the white stallion running And the sweet taste of love on a slow summer's day The wind knows the songs of cities and canyons Thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea The wind is the taker and giver of mornings The wind is the symbol of all that is free So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers Follow her summons when she calls again In your heart and your spirit let the breezes surround you Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind |
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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 alway 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 center, 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 I go flying High. |
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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 gettin' ready to fly Fly away (mmmm) Fly away (mmmm...Fly away) Life in the city can make you crazy The sounds of the sand and the sea (I love the sea) Life in a highrise can make you hungry The things that you can't even see Fly away (mmmm) Fly away (mmmm...Fly away) In this whole world there's nobody as lonely as she (Nobody as lonely as me) There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere that she'd rather be (I'd rather be) She's looking for lovers and children playing She's looking for signs of the spring (Where is the spring?) She listens for laughter and sounds of dancing She listens for any old thing Fly away (mmmm) Fly away (mmmm...Fly away) In this whole world there's nobody as lonely as she (There's nobody as lonely as me) There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere that she'd rather be (I'd rather be) All of her days have gone soft and cloudy All of her dreams have gone dry (Where are my days?) All of her nights have gone sad and shady She's gettin' ready to fly Fly away (mmmm) Fly away (mmmm) Fly away (mmmm...Fly away) (Where are my days?) (Where are my nights?) (Where is the springtime?) (I wanna fly...) (I wanna fly...) (I wanna fly...) |
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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 taught 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 |
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Usually in the morning
I'm filled with sweet belonging And Everything is beautiful to see Even when it's raining The sound of heaven singing Is simply joyful music to me Sometimes I feel like a sad song Like I'm all alone without you So many different places A million smiling faces Life Is so incredible to me Especially to be near you And how it is to touch you Oh, paradise was made for you and me Sometimes I feel like a sad song Like I'm all alone without you I know that life goes on just perfectly Everything is just the way that it should be Still there are times when my heart feel like breaking And anywhere is where I'd rather be Oh, and in the nighttime I know that it's the right time To hold you close and tell you I love you so To have someone to share with And someone I can care with And that is why I wanted you to know Sometimes I feel like a sad song Like I'm all alone without you Without you. |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Spirit album, and has also been released on the Reflections and The Country Roads Collection albums.
A country dance was being held in a garden I felt a bump and heard an “Oh, beg your pardon?" Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams All around a pug-nosed dream The music started and was I the perplexed one I held my breath and said “May I have the next one?" In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream There were questions in the eyes of other dancers As we floated over the floor There were questions but my heart knew all the answers And perhaps a few things more Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter I know the meaning of the words “ever after?" And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams When I kiss my pug-nosed dream Words by Johnny Burke, Music by Jimmy van Heusen |
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In the grand way, she loves me
The way she holds me close to rest with me And to know she is my life to me My empty days are done My running days are run For the first time I love the morning Burning sundowns, colored autumn trees Mountain rivers, country livers put my mind at ease And to realize such perfect harmony Standing in the dawn Of a new day coming on I'm looking for no tomorrow I can still hear the lonely sound The engines of the midnight freight train northward bound And to feel my life, my life slowly losing ground I never quite understood Though I see it for the good It seems like I've just been dreaming The way she holds me close to comfort me My empty days are done My running days are run For the first time I love the morning For the first time I love the morning For the first time, the first time |
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Di di di di di la la la la la la
In a spaceship over the mountains Chasing rainbows in the setting sun Leaving heart and home for the city of angels I feel my life is undone There are pathways winding below me In pleasure I've gone where they go In the quiet stillness I can hear symphonies The loveliest music I know How can I leave you again I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you again Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened Still longer since I've walked with you For the first time I know what I'm missing Some answers are no longer true So I question the course that I follow I'm doubtful and deep in despair My heart is filled with impossible notions Can it be you no longer care? Still, I ride on the wings of a high wind Blowing steady and strong behind me As the clouds surrender my fate is for certain I'm a sailor who runs to the sea How can I leave you again I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you again |
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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album. It has been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and the Country Classics Albums.
You came looking for the answers To some questions on his mind Seeking truth and understanding In the hope that he would find A way to better serve his brothers And his sisters in the sun Sharing all that he has given Giving all to everyone Come and listen to the story Of a journey once begun Of a people and their plenty And their season in the sun And how they gave themselves to symbols And things that they could hold Living lives in desperation In the fear of letting go It amazes me And I know the wind will surely one day Blow it all away It amazes me And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way For our plans have come together now Where do we go from here Will our differences divide us Must we always live in fear For there are things that we must move through Some things to cast aside But our father watches over us Our mother will provide It amazes me And I know the wind will someday surely Blow it all away It amazes me And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way It amazes me It amazes me It amazes me Words and music by John Denver |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
So many years ago, I can't remember now Someone was waiting for me I had the answers to all of my questions Love was so easy to see, I didn't know When I was younger, I should have known better I thought nothing was new Through all the spaces, and all of the changes What I lost sight of was you I didn't know, I didn't know I could see you in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told My life became shady, and I grew afraid And I needed to find my way home I just couldn't see you, I thought that I'd lost you I never felt so much alone, are you still with me Somehow in reason, I lost sight of seasons I'm growin' out, growin' in Sometimes in evenings, when daylight was needed I thought I'd never see you again Are you still with me, are you still with me I'm with you in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told If my faith should falter And I should forsake you, and find myself turning away Will you still be there, will you still be there I'll be there in singing skies and dancing waters laughing children growing old And in the heart and in the spirit And in the truth when it is told Words and music by John Denver |
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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on the Changes, Reflections: Songs of Love and Life and The Country Roads Collection albums.
Dearest Esmeralda, in another age Antiques would be modern, we would be the rage Silk would be in fashion, we would dress in lace Love would be the passion and the saving grace I slept one rainy night with you in Paris Made up for a thousand wasted years Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic I close my eyes and you make love appear Dancing in the shimmer of a crystal chandelier Shadows singin' so low only we could hear Moving to the glimmer, shaking to the storm Outside it was raging, but inside it was warm We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder Now I wake and find you're never there I'm becoming old enough to wonder Happy that I'm still too young to care Masterpieces crumble, empires tumble down Refugees and fantasies go underground Romance lasts forever, love don't fade away They may take our future, but they don't stop yesterday ‘Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris we were part of some artist's design Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic In the gray around me how you shine Oh oh, how you shine Words and music by Bill Danoff |
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Thirsty Boots
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection and The Country Roads Collection albums. You've long been on the open road You've been sleepin' in the rain From dirty words and muddy cells You're clothes are soiled and stained But the dirty words, the mud of cells Will soon be judged insane So only stop and rest yourself And you'll be off again Oh take off your thirsty boots And stay for awhile Your feet are hard and weary From a dusty mile And maybe I can make you laugh And maybe I can try Lookin' for the evening And the morning in your eyes Then tell me of the ones you saw As far as you could see Across the plains from field to town Marchin' to be free And of the rusted prison gates That tumbled by degree Like laughing children one by one They look like you and me So take off your thirsty boots And stay for awhile Your feet are hard and weary From a dusty mile And maybe I can make you laugh And maybe I can try Just lookin' for the evening And the morning in your eyes I know you are no stranger now A crooked rainbow trail From dancing cliffheads shattered sills To slander shackled jails Where the voices drift up from below Its walls are being scaled Yes, all of this, and more my friend Your song SHALL not be failed |
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There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain There are children raised beneath the golden sun There are children of the water And 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 |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the John Denver album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
The wheels go down I'm back in town Three months full of summer And nothing to do It's been a strain at the reins But the picture remains Southwind's blowin' my love to you Southwind's blowin' my love For sixty-one days I got caught in the maze Twenty thousand watching The songs go by The lights go down In an east Texas town Southwind's blowin' my love to you Southwind's blowin' my love I couldn't wait until Till I got back home to you Oh to get my fill Of those California summer nights It's good to be home My how the children have grown Screen door's barking out That old familiar tune Games at the park But honey wait until dark Southwind's blowin' my love to you Southwind's blowin' my love I couldn't wait until Till I got back home to you Oh to get my fill Of those California summer nights The wheels go down I'm back in town Three months full of summer And nothing to do It's been a strain at the reins But the picture remains Southwind's blowin' my love to you Southwind's blowin' my love Words and Music by Herb Pedersen |
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| 2:42 |
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Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow All it takes is a rake and a hoe And a piece of fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow Someone warm them from below Till the rain comes tumblin down Pullin weeds and pickin stones Man is made of dreams and bones Feel the need to grow my own Cause the time is close at hand Rainful rain, sun and rain Find my way in natures chain Tune my body and my brain To the music from the land Plant your rows straight and long Temper them with prayer and song Mother Earth will make you strong If you give her love and care Old crow watchin hungrily From his perch in yonder tree In my garden Im as free As that feathered thief up there |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Autograph Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
I don't know why We still live together We're so far apart So much of the time I don't know why This beautiful weather Is breaking my spirit And tearing my mind all apart Are you so lonely Are you so sad Have you lost your purpose The faith that you had If life is a question I don't understand If time is the reason Then nobody can In my heart it is just an illusion It's not even real Much more than you think It's much more than you feel My ears are still ringing There's nothing to say Why look to the ocean To wash me away There goes my best friend There goes my last dime If love is the answer I'm wasting my time In my heart it is just an illusion It's not even real Much more than you think It's much more than you feel Do you feel Is this real How I feel In my heart Words and music by John Denver |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Autograph album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
I came here from the city A thousand miles away I came just for a little while You know I never meant to stay I meant to take my pleasure Have a good time and be gone But I fell in love with a lady Now I sing a mountain song I listened to the music Of the night wind in the pines I saw the quiet slendour Of a field of columbine I skied on crystal pathways To a mountain peak so tall And I walked the mighty summits With the one who made it all And I fell in love with a lady 'Cause I've seen her at her best And I've walked her wild and rugged paths Through her open wilderness And now I never can betray her Steal her riches and be gone 'Cause when you love a mountain lady You're gonna sing a mountain song Now people come from everywhere To see what they can find And some take lots of pictures And some just take their time But they're some who take her beauty That can't be bought or sold And they think of only money While destroying wealth untold But you fall in love with a lady When you've slept upon her breast And I've walked her wild and rugged paths To her open wilderness And you never can betray her Steal her riches and be gone 'Cause when you love a mountain lady You're gonna sing a mountain song Words and Music by Tracey Wickland |
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I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately it just ain't my style And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to They pass quicker like when I's a child Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the sun goin' down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for the life I have found It keeps my feet on the ground Don't the midsummer days sit so heavy But don't they flow like a breeze through your mind And nothin occurs in a hurry To make up for someone's lost time Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the sun goin down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for a friend I have found She keeps my feet on the ground Somehow I've learned how to listen For a sound like the breeze dyin down In the magic the morning is bringing There's a song for the life Ihave found It keeps my feet on the ground |
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Here I am closing my eyes again
Trying so hard not to see All the things that I see Almost willing to lie again I swear that it just isn't so It just isn't me We are never alone Even though we'd like to be The I go and open my eyes again Love in your eyes is the thing That I'd most like to see I'd be willing to die again To know of a place and a time Where it always could be To be always with you And you always with me This is my autograph Here in the songs I sing Here in my cry, in my laugh Here in the love that I bring To be always with you And you always with me Say a prayer and open your heart again You are the love and the life That we all need to see Always willing to shine and then Peace on this earth is the way That it always can be To be always with you And you always with me This is my autograph Here in the songs I sing Here in my cry, in my laugh Here in the love that I bring To be always with you And you always with me |
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When You asked how I've been here without you
I'd like to say I've been fine and I do. But we both know the truth is hard to come by And if I told the truth, that's not quite true Some days are diamonds some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds some days are stones. Now the face that I see in my mirror More and more is a stranger to me More and more I can see there's a danger In becoming what I never thought I'd be Some days are diamonds some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds some days are stones. Some days are diamonds some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds some days are stones. |
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Nashville tears are lonely signs that point to broken hearts
Broken lives and families that love has split apart Children who miss daddy, mommy's on the run The pleasure that is painful and hidden from the sun Nashville hearts are lonely words that speak of love gone wrong Sad and soulful stories and beautiful love songs For each and every melody of happiness denied You know that there's another one that shows the other side Country love is kisses in the kitchen Country love is honest and it's true Country love is home with your family County love's the way that I love you Country love is silky nights and warm familiar hands Someone who's been there before and always understands Nashville nights are lonely roads that we've all travelled on Sometimes they take you far away or they can bring you home If you're lost out on the highway, do not deny the dove When Nashville night's the question, the answer's country love Country love is kisses in the kitchen Country love is honest and it's true Country love is home with your family County love's the way that I love you Country love is kisses in the kitchen Country love is honest and it's true Country love is home with your family County love's the way that I love you |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
There are dreams that sail away to sea And some that stay at home There are dreams in need of company And some that stand alone There are dreams that stay inside all day And never see the light And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight In a corner bar the local star Destroys a passing chord He sits behind a Mason jar And dreams of his reward Then he takes his break And he counts his take A dollar buys a beer A quarter of his life is gone And what's he doing here Times are hard The old backyard is covered in cement The people seem afraid to dream And dream don't cost a cent There are dreams that stay inside all day And never see the light And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight And if dreams come true I swear to you I'll dream of you tonight Words and Music by Stephen Geyer |
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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album. It has also been released on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), The Country Roads Collection and the Country Classics albums.
I haven't seen all there is to see But I've seen quite a bit Some things I'll always remember Some things I wish that I could forget I haven't quite been around the world But I've been around the block I know that distances are meaningless Like the hands that move around a clock And I know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where it's going to Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Here I am sitting in old Hong Kong The harbor and the lights They're like diamonds in the heavens Enough to brighten the darkest of nights There's another side to sorrow As there is to everything Like the other side of lonely Is falling in love again And then you know that there's an answer To the suffering we see And though it isn't easy It's still as simple as you and me And you'll know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where it's going to Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Your heart to mine My heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours Your heart to mine Love is a light that shines From heart to heart Words and music by John Denver |
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| 3:12 |
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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 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 we 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 we 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 And the moon and the stars are the same ones we 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 |
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This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the Seasons of the Heart Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 3, Favourites, A Portrait, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A new studio version has been released on the Love Again Album.
Of course we have our differences You shouldn't be surprised It's as natural as changes In the seasons and the skies Sometimes we grow together Sometimes we drift apart A wiser man than I might know The seasons of the heart And I'm walking here beside you In the early evening chill A thing we've always loved to do I know we always will We have so much in common So many things we share That I can't believe my heart When it implies that you're not there Love is why I came here in the first place Love is now the reason I must go Love is all I ever hoped to find here Love is still the only dream I know So I don't know how to tell you It's difficult to say I never in my wildest dreams Imagined it this way But sometimes I just don't know you There's a stranger in our home When I'm lying right beside you Is when I'm most alone And I think my heart is broken There's an emptiness inside So many things I've longed for Have so often been denied Still I wouldn't try to change you There's no one that's to blame It's just some things that mean so much And we just don't feel the same Love is why I came here in the first place Love is now the reason I must go Love is all I ever hoped to find here Love is still the only dream I know True love is still the only dream I know Words and music by John Denver |
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Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm And in those times of trouble when you are most alone The memory of love will bring you home Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do The memory of love will see you through Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel For some a way of living, for some a way to feel And some say love is holding on and some say letting go And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true My memories of love will be of you Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel For some a way of living, for some a way to feel And some say love is holding on and some say letting go And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the It's About Time Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection. A live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert Album.
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 true love ends First of all there's no one to 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 Somehow tomorrow doesn't matter much anymore The future holds no promise Your life's already done 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 true love ends The 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 around you You simply can't believe it But it comes as no surprise 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 true love ends What's the 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 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 true love ends Oh this is just the way a true love ends I don't believe a true love ever ends Words and music by John Denver |
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He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water, heading 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 21st 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 achin' in his heart Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave CHORUS Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's 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 CHORUS x2 |
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I caught a ride on the dreamland express last night,
I was sailing on an ocean of blue. When 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. 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, let me be the one that you love. And now it's four in the morning, honey, I can't sleep. I can't seem to get you out of my mind. I keep tossing and turning, yearning 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're living there with me. 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, let me be the one that you love. |
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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the One World Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
Almost exactly a year ago I came here for the very first time Looking up at the Spanish window From a trail on the edge of the timberline I've been off on a journey to find myself Maybe find my way back home Been many an hour all by myself In the darkest of nights I was never ever alone Back in the San Juan Mountains again On a ride with some good old boys Telling stories around a campfire The sound of laughter is the loudest noise There's something in a night in the wilderness It's a magical thing to me Like the sky is just a little bit brighter And your life is everything that you'd like it to be There'll be snow on the passes tomorrow You can feel it in the chill of the wind Let the rain wash away all my sorrow Today is the day that my life starts all over again I guess that it's just about over now Everything's about to change Everything's a brand new number, darlin' Everything's a brand new game And it's funny I could even call you that After all the pain we've been through Ah, but time is the master of healing Love is the master of everything that we do There'll be snow on the passes tomorrow You can feel it in the chill of the wind Let the rain wash away all my sorrow Today is the day that my life starts all over again Words and music by John Denver |
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I didn't think it could happen again
I'm just too old and set in my ways I was convinced I would always be lonely All of the rest of my days Maybe I give up on romance In my longing to give up the pain I just didn't believe I would ever love again I was like one who had shut myself in Closed the windows, locked all the doors Afraid of the dark and the beat of my heart Yet knowing there had to be more Though it sounds like a great contradiction It's the easiest thing to explain You see, I was afraid I might never love again What does it take for a blind man to see That there's more there than just meets the eye What are the ways that the magic comes in That can turn a song into a sigh Sometimes I think that I'm dreaming Or maybe I'm going insane Or maybe it's just that I'm falling in love again Here I am standing beside you Oh life's such a wonderful game Look at me now, I'm falling in love Look at me now, I'm falling in love Look at me now, I'm falling in love again |
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Well I guess that you probably know by now
I was one who wanted to fly I wanted to ride on that arrow of fire right up into heaven And I wanted to go for every man Every child, every mother of children I wanted to carry the dreams of all people right up to the stars And I prayed that I'd find an answer there Or maybe I would find a song Giving a voice to all of the hearts that cannot be heard And for all of the ones who live in fear And all of those who stand apart My being there would bring us a little step closer together They were flying for me They were flying for everyone They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone They gave us their light They gave us their spirit and all they could be They were flying for me They were flying for me And I wanted to wish on the Milky Way And dance upon a falling star I wanted to give myself and free myself, and join myself with it all Given the chance to dream, it can be done The promise of tomorrow is real Children of spaceship Earth The future belongs to us all She was flying for me She was flying for everyone She was trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone She gave us her light She gave us her spirit and all she can be She was flying for me They were flying for me They were flying for everyone They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone They gave us their light They gave us their spirit and all they could be They were flying for me. (written for and dedicated to the crew of the Challenger and their families and all the staff and personnel of NASA) |
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