John Denver

[fox69]

"Wooden Indian"

"Wooden Indian"


I was a red man, I was proud, I was strong.
You were the white man and you stole away my home.
Now I am a wooden Indian, painted dreams inside my head.
Times the way you bring me down make me wish that I was dead.
Na na na na na na, na na na na na. Na na na na na na, na na na na na.

I was a red man, in my passing made no sound.
You were the white man and you drove me in the ground.
Now I am a wooden Indian standing silent in the rain.
I swear by my grandfather's father, we're gonna rise again.
Na na na na na na, na na na na na. Na na na na na na, na na na na na.

I was a red man, I was proud, I was strong.
You were the white man and you stole away my home.
Now I am a wooden Indian standing silent in the rain.
I swear by my grandfather's father, we're gonna rise again.

 

[fox69]

"World Game"

"World Game"


I want to play in the world game. I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
I want to play in the world game. I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
About using less, doing so much more.

Everywhere I'm going I see trouble. Everywhere I'm looking I see all kinds of pain.
Maybe we can get back on the double. Maybe we can turn around and make it all change.
They say it's you against your neighbor. If it gets right down to it, you against your friend.
I swear that this is not the answer. As far as I can see it is the way it all ends.
I want to play in the world game. I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
I want to play in the world game. I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
About using less, doing so much more.

Hey man, you know me I don't worry. Hey man, you know me I am never afraid.
Only one thing can make me sorry. Something to say and then it never gets said.
What kind of man turns on his brother? What kind of man would turn his back on a friend?
Who has the right to say it's over? (No one!) Who has the right to say how far it can bend?
I want to play in the world game. I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
I want to play in the world game. I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
About using less, doing so much more.

Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah, Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah.
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah, Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah.
You and me you and me. You and me you and me. I and I - I and I, I and I - I and I.

I want to play in the world game. I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
I want to play in the world game. I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
About using less, doing so much more.

 

[fox69]

"Yellow Cat"

"Yellow Cat"


It's late December and the New Year's never coming,
time passes slowly in a two-room walk-up flat,
The sun is silent, there's a cold rain's gonna come on, no one to talk to but my lady's yellow cat.

Raindrops falling on the flowers in the window box, plastic roses that I planted yesterday.
I didn't think they'd die so soon but they're all withered now,
seems like everything I touch turns out that way.

Well, I guess I'll just go walking, the cat's no good for talking to,
He don't know what I'm saying and the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind.

Street lights drifting through the blinds that cover window-panes
blending softy with the bare lights overhead.
Then together they run swiftly through my memory,
an eerie image of a strange and empty bed.

The wind is whipping up the papers in the street below,
I got some books to read but it seems they've all been read.
Clouds are crowded in a misty drifting sky above,
And I wish to hell I could remember what I said.

Well, I guess I'll just go walking, the cat's no good for talking to,
He don't know what I'm saying and the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind.

One crystal wineglass on a table filled with scarlet stains
stands alone and empty where there once were two.
The jug is silent on the table by a broken plate,
the wine is gone, my lady, and so, my love, are you.

Well, I guess I'll just go walking, the cat's no good for talking to,
He don't know what I'm saying and the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind.

 

[fox69]

"You Say That The Battle Is Over"

"You Say That The Battle Is Over"


And you say that the battle is over, and you say that the war is all done.
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun.
And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships,
or on ice floes where conscience is tossed.
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die,
and it's we who must measure the loss.

And you say that the battle is over, and finally the world is at peace.
You mean no one is dying, and mothers don't weep, or it's not in the papers, at least.
There are those who would deal in the darkness of life,
there are those who would tear down the sun.
And most men are ruthless, but some will still weep
when the gifts we were given are gone.

Now the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few, it's become such a part of the race.
It's eternally tragic when that which is magic be killed at the end of the glorious chase.
From young seals to great whales, from waters to wood,
they will fall just like weeds in the wind.
With fur coats and perfumes and trophies on walls, what a hell of a race to call men.

And you say that the battle is over, and you say that the war is all done.
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun.
And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships,
or on ice floes where conscience is tossed.
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die,
and it's we who must measure the loss.
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die,
and it's we who must measure the loss.

 

[fox69]

"You're So Beautiful"

"You're So Beautiful"


Born on a quiet morning, just a dream in someone's eye.
A dream that's like a promise meant to be.
Giving rise to speculation on a place called paradise.
If I've ever been there it's when you were with me.
You're so beautiful, I can't believe my eyes each time I see you again.
You're so beautiful that I'm in paradise each time I see you again.

I remember some hidden valley where the skies are never still
and alpine meadows burn in the evening light.
I remember the path to glory and the way around the hill
and I remember true love's eyes shining in the night.
You're so beautiful, I can't believe my eyes each time I see you again.
You're so beautiful that I'm in paradise each time I see you again.

And if paradise is everything you see, then the place you must be coming from is ecstasy.
You're so beautiful, I can't believe my eyes each time I see you again.
You're so beautiful that I'm in paradise each time I see you again.
I just want to see you again, I want to be with you again,
I just need to love you again, I just want to touch you again, I just need to love you again.

 

[fox69]

"Zachary And Jennifer"

"Zachary And Jennifer"


Oh, we want to call him Zachary, we'll raise him in the mountains.
He'll bathe in crystal fountains, shining laughter in the sun.
We want to call her Jennifer. She'll dance in field of flowers.
She'll sing in summer showers, blending music to the time.
Oh, we want to live forever. In this mirror see tomorrow.
All the joy and all the sorrow we can only hope to share.