1. _ Thirsty Boots
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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2. _ Tradewinds
This song was first released on the i want to live album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Ridin' on a tradewind
Fillin' my sails with a soft and southerly breeze
Livin' on the ocean blue
Dreaming' of the islands
Rappin' myself in the glow of a tropical moon
I never shiver when the sun goes down
All the earth she sings to me
Every shallow, every tree
Surely my loves shining like the sea
I can make you happy
If i can i'll take you away on a wave in my arms
Never leave you on the edge all alone
If you feel like dancin'
Rollin' like the water across my sleepless night
Makin me a peaceful place
All my life to be with you
All i ever want to do
Knowing you are feeling that way too
Distant thunder, heavy seas
Rocky mountain memories
Surely i was lost till i found thee
Ye ye ye
Words and music by john denver
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3. _ Dearest Esmeralda
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 collect
Lbums.
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
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4. _ Ripplin' Waters
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the i want to live album, and has also been released on the the country roads collection album.
Got ripplin' waters to wake me
To be more than my woman in love
All pine trees are pointin' to see easily
To see heaven above
Blue spruce flamin' on the grate in the evening
Takes the chill away fine
Cut the telephone line
The story's the same
There's a worn red chair by the window
That you found at a sale down the way
When some old women said that they
Needed more room for the winter
People like pullin' at the stuffing
When they sit down
So it passes the time
Cut the telephone line
The story's the same
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when i hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
And you made the world a warmer place
By the sparkle of your diamond face
On a gray spot with a little lace
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain in sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
In a meadow of columbine
Oh little gennifer
I'd give a penny for
What you've got on your mind
Seems like most of the time you're lyin' there dreamin'
Maybe in your vision you see how
Our mission is slightly less than divine
Cut the telephone line
The story's the same
Now, ripplin' waters flow through the ceiling
And the walls there, their keepin' me warm
And the closest i've been with my family for days
Is my music
But the silently stare in the morning sky
Is like hearing her calling my name
Cut the telephone line
The story might change
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when i hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
In a meadow of columbine
Words and music by jimmy ibotson
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5. _ Druthers
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the i want to live album, and has also been released on the changes album.
If i had my druthers i'd go fishin'
Find myself a lake and a lazy day
If i had my druthers i'd quit wishin'
Get off the old caboose get on my way
Give me, whole lots of laughter
Great big barrels of fun
Nighttime full of romance
Daytime full of fun
If i had my druthers i'd go flyin' -ooh
Lookin' for the things i'd like to see - yeh
If i had my druthers i'd be tryin' tryin'
The only way to be what i can't be
Give me somebody to love me
Make me feel like the only one
Something that's worth doing more
I feel good when it's worked yeh yeh
If i had my druthers i'd go sailing - yes i would
Catch me campin' ou on the open sea
If i had my druthers i'd be singin'
Just how good this good life feels to me - feels so good
It just needs someone to talk to
Something you can't share
You don't need no reason for livin' long
It's already there - yes it is - ooh ooh
It makes me giggle
I can't sit down
Words and music by john denver
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6. _ Bet On The Blues
Bet on the blues (paxton)
Five hundred'll buy you a stack. bet it on the red or the black and you'll
Lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
If you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues.
Find a man who thinks he's over the hump,
I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet
On the blues.
Lucky old sun is shining today. even money says you'll be paying some dues, bet
On the blues.
You say you found your lady fair.
Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues.
Five hundred'll buy you a stack. bet it on the red or the black and you'll
Lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
If you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues, bet
On the blues,
Bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues.
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7. _ How Can I Leave You Again
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 full of 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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8. _ It Amazes Me
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
Ms.
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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9. _ I Want To Live
there are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain
There are children raised beneath a golden sun
There are children of the water
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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10. _ Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
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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11. _ To The Wild Country
This song appears on five albums, and was first released on the i want to live album, and has also been recorded on the earth songs, country classics, the very best of john denver (single cd) an
John denver collection - rocky mountain high albums.
There are times i fear i lose myself
I don't know who i am
I get caught up in the struggle and the strain
With my back against a stonewall
My finger in the dam
Losin' strength and goin' down again
And i take a look around me
My eyes can't find the sun
There's nothing wild as far as i can see
Then my heart turns to alaska
And freedom on the run
I can hear her spirit callin' me
To the mountains, i can rest there
To the rivers, i will be strong
To the forest, i'll find peace there
To the wild country, where i belong
Oh, i know some times i worry
On worldly ways and means
And i can see the future killing me
On a misbegotten highway
Of prophecies and dreams
A road to nowhere and eternity
And i know it's just changes
Yes, and mankind marchin' on
I know we can't live in yesterday
But compared to what we're losin'
And what it means to me
I'd give my life and throw the rest away
To the mountains, i can rest there
To the rivers, i will be strong
To the forest, i'll find peace there
To the wild country, where i belong
To the wild country, where i belong
Words and music by john denver
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