I'd Rather Be a Cowboy Lyrics

The song I'd Rather Be a Cowboy is performed by John Denver in the album named The Rocky Mountain Collection in the year 1996 .



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
But livin' on the L. A. 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 lady's chains

When we were just beginning it was such an easy way
Lyin' backup in the mountains makin' love 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 lady's chains

I'd rather live on the side of a mountain
Than wander through the canyons of concrete and steel
I'd rather laugh with the rain and sunshine
And lay down my sundown in some starry field

I miss her in the mornin' when I awake alone
The absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound
The 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 lady's chains

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 lady's chains



John Denver - The Rocky Mountain Collection

Apr 1996

  1. Friends With You
  2. Sweet Surrender
  3. Windsong
  4. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
  5. Flying For Me
  6. Leaving, On a Jet Plane
  7. Rhymes & Reasons
  8. Follow Me
  9. Aspenglow
  10. Sunshine on My Shoulders
  11. My Sweet Lady
  12. Take Me Home, Country Roads
  13. Poems, Prayers and Promises
  14. Eagle and the Hawk
  15. Starwood in Aspen
  16. Goodbye Again
  17. Rocky Mountain High
  18. I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
  19. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
  20. Back Home Again
  21. Annie's Song
  22. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
  23. This Old Guitar
  24. Fly Away
  25. Looking for Space
  26. Calypso
  27. I'm Sorry
  28. Like a Sad Song
  29. How Can I Leave You Again
  30. Thirsty Boots
  31. It Amazes Me
  32. I Want to Live
  33. Autograph
  34. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stones)
  35. Seasons of the Heart
  36. Shanghai Breezes
  37. Perhaps Love
  38. Wild Montana Skies
  39. Love Again

I'd Rather Be a Cowboy