John Denver - I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains) lyrics

Jessie went away last summer, a couple of months ago

After all our time together, it was hard to see her go

She called me right up when she arrived

Asked me one more time to come

Livin’ on an LA freeway ain’t my kind of havin’ fun

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

I think I’d rather ride the range

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains

We were just beginning; it was such an easy way

Layin’ back up in the mountains makin’ songs for sunny days

She got tired of pickin’ daisies and cookin’ my meals for me

She can live the life she wants to, yes; it’s all right with me

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

I think I’d rather ride the range

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains

I’d rather live on the side of a mountain

Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel

I’d rather laugh with the rain and sunshine

Than lay down my sundown in some starry field

Oh bur I miss her in the mornin’ when I awake alone

The absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound

But her memory always makes me smile

And I want you to know

I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

I think I’d rather ride the range

I think I’d rather be a cowboy

Than to lay me down in love and ladies chains

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