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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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Almost heaven west Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah river Life is old there older than the trees Younger than the mountains growin' like a breeze Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads All my memories gather round her Miner's lady stranger to blue water Dark and dusty painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eyes Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads I hear a voice in the morning how she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away Drivin' down the road I get a feelin' That I should been home yesterday yesterday Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads Take me home country roads Take me home country roads |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day I’m the one responsible I made it just this way To make myself some pictures See what they might bring I think I made it perfectly I wouldn’t change a thing 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 Welcome to my evening The closing of the day 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 Inside this lovely day 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 |
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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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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 best 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 best 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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 two albums, and was first released on the A Portrait Album. A live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert Album.
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 |
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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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The Earth is our mother just turning around
With her trees in the forest and roots underground Our father above us who's sigh is the wind Paint us a rainbow without any end As the river runs freely the mountain does rise Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes In the hearts of the children of pure love still roams Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone Sparrows find freedom beholding the sun In the infinite beauty we're all joined in one I reach out before me and look to the sky Then I hear someone whisper it's something pass by As the river runs freely the mountain does rise Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes In the hearts of the children of pure love still roams Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home Like the flower that shattered the stone |
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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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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Higher Ground Album, and has also been released on the A Portrait, The John Denver Collection - Calypso and The Gift You Are Albums.
I come to Australia as many people do To see the old koala, hitch a ride on a kangaroo To hear somebody call me mate and call somebody blue To hear the aboriginee play a didgeridoo Some of you came as prisoners two centuries ago Some of you come as kings and queens your blessing to bestow Some of you stand all swelled with pride, some with shattered wings But all of us come with open hearts to hear Australia sing In the desert, in the city In the mountains and in the sea In the stories and in the people I can hear Australia sing Waltzing Matilda, the men of Galipoli Clancy of the Overflow, Crocodile Dundee The myth of all creation, the teaching of baiame The legends of a dreamtime for all eternity And in this celebration of a brief two hundred years The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears And if we stand divided, divided we will fall But if we stand together we shall conquer all In the desert, in the city In the mountains and in the sea In the stories and in the people I can hear Australia sing Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia In the sails on Sydney Harbour I can hear Australia sing Words and music by John Denver |
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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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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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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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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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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 four albums, and was first released on Spirit album. It has also been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection, Reflections: Songs of Love and Life and The Country Roads Collection albums.
I guess growing isn't hard to do Just stand against the wall Once I was just two feet high Today I'm six feet tall But knowing who to listen to Is something else again Words just whistle ‘round my head Like seasons in the wind All across the water the clouds are sailing They won't let me look at the sky All I want to do is try and find myself Come and let me look in your eyes In searching for the way to go I've followed all the rules The way they say to chooses between The wise men and the fools I listen to the words they say I read what I should read I do whatever's right to do Try to be what I should be Someone let me in I think the sky is falling Seems I've gotten lost on my way All I want to do is try and find myself Come and let me look in your eyes Ah, but wisdom isn't underground Nor on a mountainside And where am I to take myself There's no place here to hide All across the universe the stars are fading Seems we've gotten lost on our way All I want to do is try and find myself Come and let me look in your eyes Come and let me look in your eyes Come and let me look in your eyes Words by John Denver and Joe Henry - Music by John Denver |
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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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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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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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I often have wondered in deep contemplation,
It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone. The ways that it could be, the ways that it should be, The things I'd do differently if I could to them again. I've always loved springtime, the passing if winter, The green of the new leaves, and life going on. The promise of morning, the long days of summer, And warm nights of loving beneath the night stars. I'm just an old cowboy, from high Colorado, I'm 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. I dreamed I left there, on an old Palamino, And Whispering Jesse rode right by my side. I longed to hold her, to hear her soft breathing, The touch of her cool hands on my fevered brow. Whispering Jesse, Still rides in the mountain, She still sings in the canyon, Still lives in my heart. |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Different Directions Album, and has also been released on the A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Annie's Song Albums.
They say they love each other I've no doubt they do They say they'll always be together That may not be true They come from different places Different points of view They find themselves in different spaces Everything is all brand new Two different directions Too many different ways One always on the road somewhere The other one always stays Too often unhappy Too often on your own When you are moving in different directions True love is all alone Old stories start to surface Patterns from long ago And loving quickly turns to anger For reasons they don't even know The strongest heart can be broken With one insensitive word The deepest feelings remain unspoken No one is seen and nothing heard Two different directions Too many different ways One always wants to work things out The other one wants to play To ready for changes To much that just can't wait When you are moving in different directions True love can turn to hate If opposites attract each other What's the reason for One being like an open window One just like a closing door Two different directions Two many different ways One likes to see the morning sunrise The other one sleeps in late To many tomorrows To many times too late When you are moving in different directions True love may have to wait If you are committed to different directions True love will have to wait Words and music by John Denver |
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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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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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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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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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