Chosen Ones Lyrics

The song Chosen Ones is performed by John Denver in the album named The John Denver Collection [Laserlight] in the year 1997 .



This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the different directions album, and has also been released on the john denver collection - rocky mountain high album.


I heard how all the lights went out in memphis
On the death night anniversary of the king
The pretenders talking dirty in the palace
But it doesn't have that old familiar ring

I see there's been some changes in the valley
All the renegades have finally settled down
Now they worship in the temples of their rivals
And desecrate the holy heart of town

Can't you hear all those sweet voices singing
Takin' care of the chosen ones
Can't you hear all those mission bells ringin'
Say a prayer for the chosen ones

I read they're pourin' oil on troubled waters
Yet they cast a giant shadow on the land
Let's spend another night across the border
And bury all our secrets in the sand

Now they claim there is a message in the bible
They swear there is no master and his slave
But the future's lookin' dim for the lonesome cowboy
When the hand that rocks that cradle digs the grave

Words by nick smith, music by and joe camilleri



John Denver - The John Denver Collection [Laserlight]

Jun 1997

  1. Homegrown Tomatoes
  2. Ponies
  3. High, Wide and Handsome
  4. Hold on to Me
  5. Never a Doubt
  6. Eagle and the Hawk
  7. I Watch You Sleeping
  8. Potter's Wheel
  9. Two Different Directions
  10. Chained to the Wheel
  11. Country Girl in Paris
  12. All This Joy
  13. Thanks to You
  14. Gift You Are
  15. Chosen Ones
  16. Foxfire Suite
  17. Higher Ground
  18. Raven's Child
  19. Bread & Roses
  20. Marvelous Toy
  21. Deal With the Ladies
  22. Eclipse
  23. Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)
  24. Ancient Rhymes
  25. Tenderly Calling
  26. Falling Leaves (The Refugees)
  27. Flower That Shattered the Stone
  28. American Child
  29. Postcard from Paris
  30. In a Far Away Land
  31. Little Further North
  32. Sing Australia
  33. Alaska & Me
  34. Stonehaven Sunset
  35. Take Me Home, Country Roads
  36. Eagles and Horses
  37. Whispering Jesse
  38. For You
  39. Windsong
  40. Annie's Song
  41. Two Different Directions
  42. Chained to the Wheel
  43. I Want to Live
  44. Rocky Mountain High
  45. To the Wild Country
  46. Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
  47. Grandma's Feather Bed
  48. Sunshine on My Shoulders
  49. Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)
  50. Islands
  51. Children of the Universe
  52. Calypso
  53. Alaska & Me

Chosen Ones