John Denver

[fox69]

"Thought Of You"

"Thought Of You"


It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend, it was more than a lifetime ago.
How it happens to mind after all of this time and brings tears to my eyes, I don't know.
It's the thought of you and the way that it hurts to be so much in love.
The thought of you brings it all my way

I know that it's late, I'm sorry I called. I'm surprised to have found you at home.
It's just once in a while I remember your number, I was hoping that you'd be alone.
For I thought of you and the way you can turn it around with a smile.
And the thought of you brings it all my way.
I know that it's over, but I can't discover a way to erase how I feel.
I remember the nights and the passionate fights and I know that I love you and I always will.

And I want you to know that I'm always here for you. Any day, any night, any time.
It happened before, it could happen once more,
there's a chance that you might change you're mind.
For the thought of you and the way that it feels to be safe in your arms,
the thought of you brings it all my way.

I know that it's over, but I can't discover a way to erase how I feel.
I remember the nights and the passionate fights and I know that I love you and I always will.
It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend, it was more than a lifetime ago.

 

[fox69]

"Till You Opened My Eyes"

"Till You Opened My Eyes"


Down, down, down, deeper into love, all around I can feel your love.
All my life I've been dreaming night into morning, till you opened my eyes.
Love, love, love, such a mystery, golden lights shining down on me.
Soft and warm as the morning, but I never saw it, till you opened my eyes.

Floating in circles I'm flying, it feels so good that I'm crying.
Down, down, down, deep inside of me, love sweet love's all that I can see.
Golden light keeps on shining, shining forever since you opened my eyes.

 

[fox69]

"To The Wild Country"

"To The Wild Country"


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 stone wall, my finger in the dam,
I'm losing strength and going down again.
When 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 calling me
to the mountains, I can rest there. To the rivers, I will be strong.
To the forests, I'll find peace there. To the wild country, where I belong.

Oh, I know sometimes I worry on worldly ways and means, and I can see the future killing me.
On a misbegotten highway of prophesies and dreams, a road to nowhere and eternity.
And I know it's just changes and mankind marching on, I know we can't live in yesterday.
But compared to what we're losing 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 forests, I'll find peace there. To the wild country, where I belong.
to the mountains, I can rest there. To the rivers, I will be strong.
To the forests, I'll find peace there. To the wild country, where I belong.

 

[fox69]

"Today"

"Today"


Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrow shall all pass away, 'ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover, you'll know who I am by the songs that I sing.
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover, who cares what tomorrow shall bring?

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrow shall all pass away, 'ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory, I can't live on promises winter to spring.
Today is my moment, now is my story, I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrow shall all pass away, 'ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.

 

[fox69]

"Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life"

"Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life"


Today is the first day of the rest of my life, I wake as a child to see the world begin.
On monarch wings and birthday wonderings, want to put on faces, walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old, to grow is to change, to change is to be new,
to be new is to be young again, I barely remember when.

My memories are stolen by the morning, blotted out by the suns hypnotic eye.
I'll abide the sun's hypnotic eye.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life, I wake as a child to see the world begin.
On monarch wings and birthday wonderings, want to put on faces, walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old.

 

[fox69]

"Tools"

"Tools"


Tools was a baby rabbit, he was a friend of mine.
His momma and poppa, brothers and sisters left him all behind.
He came into our house to brighten up a couple of days.
Tools, you made me smile a lot, and I wish you could've stayed.

 

[fox69]

"Tradewinds"

"Tradewinds"


Riding on a tradewind, filling my sails with a soft and southerly breeze,
living on the ocean of blue.
Dreaming of the islands, wrapping myself in a glow of the tropical moon,
I never shiver when the sun goes down.
All the earth she sings to me, every shallow, every tree, surely my love's 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 dancing, rolling like the water across my sleepless night,
making me a peaceful place.
All my life to be with you, all I ever want to do, knowing you are felling that way too.

Distant thunder, heavy seas, Rocky Mountain memories, Surely I was lost till I found these.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

 

[fox69]

"Trail Of Tears"

"Trail Of Tears"


No more beautiful moons may we spend on our land, in the north the scarlet council talks of war.
And the long knives have massacred the tribes and burned corn,
we're not welcome in our homeland anymore.
There will be a trail of tears, there will be a trail of pain.
Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty-dollar bill,
but for us the trail is all that will remain.

No more songs of the hunters on the buffalo plain,
no more smoke from sacred fires touch these hills.
And the numbers of the people grow fewer every mile
and our children will not learn The Great Spirit's ways.

There will be a trail of tears, there will be a trail of pain.
Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty-dollar bill,
but for us the trail is all that will remain.

On the streets of Rapid City, on the road to Wounded Knee,
there is whiskey for forgetting every thing.
But the old ones say there may be time learning from each other
the way that it had once been meant to be.
But there is still a trail of tears, there is still a trail of pain.
Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty-dollar bill
but for us the trail of tears is all that will remain.
Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty-dollar bill,
but how long will the trail of tears remain?

 

[fox69]

"Tremble If You Must"

"Tremble If You Must"


So tremble if you must, for the dust is still breathing.
And the trees are just the leaves on a big breathing globe.
And there's life in the rocks, and the seashells are listening
to the sounds of the sands as it rests on its way.

 

[fox69]

"True Love Takes Time"

"True Love Takes Time"


As I travel down the road and search the empty sky,
waiting for the moment when my eyes will see.
Many are the memories, the mysteries of time,
how they dance around and whisper endlessly.
Yes, I've traveled down this road before where so many men have come and gone.
But you know it takes time (true love takes time).
You know that true love takes time (true love takes time).
And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time). You know that love takes time.

It seemed impossible that I could care again, so it seemed I had forgotten how to give.
What is this miracle that brings me back my dreams?
All at once I can remember how to live.
Yes, I've traveled down this road before where so many men have come and gone.
But you know it takes time (true love takes time).
You know that true love takes time (true love takes time).
And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time).
You know that true love takes time.

I have been too much alone for oh, so many years, looking for someone to sing with me.
Sweet harmony, my heart is open now and tender to the touch.
But there is love enough to heal me in your hands,
I'll give you all my nights, all my sun and rainy days.
I'll give you all the time it takes to understand we've all traveled down this road before.
Where so many fools have come and gone.
But you know it takes time (true love takes time).
You know that true love takes time (true love takes time).
And it's so very hard to find (true love takes time).
You know that true love takes time. True love takes time.
True love takes time. True love takes time.