John Denver

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"All This Joy"

"All This Joy"


All this sorrow, all this promise, all this pain.
Such is life, such is being, such is spirit, such is love.
City of joy, city of sorrow, city of promise, city of pain.
Such is life, such is being, such is spirit, such is love.
World of joy, world of sorrow, world of promise, world of pain.
Such is life, such is being, such is spirit, such is love.
All this sorrow, all this promise, all this pain.
But such is life, such is being, such is spirit, such is love. Such is spirit, such is love.

 

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"Along For The Ride ('56 T-Bird)"

"Along For The Ride ('56 T-Bird)"


I had a '56 T-Bird, then I was king of the highway.
Trying to make it look fast and easy and dreaming of doing it my way.
Let's put the top down, baby, feel the wind in our hair.
We were too young to know better and to cool to care,
all I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.

Rock and roll on the radio, let's turn it up and get down.
Convertible dreams running wild in the streets in the all time American town.
When you played the thrill queen, baby, I heard the jazz of joy,
you were every girl in the world but I wasn't every boy.
All I wanted was you by side, baby, you're only along for the ride.
All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.

Memory pink and charcoal gray are the colors I painted this song.
You were 19 and perfect, baby, but no one stays perfect too long.
All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.

 

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"Amazon"

"Amazon"


There is a river that runs from the mountains, that one river is all rivers, all rivers are that one. There is a tree that stands in the forest, that one tree is all forests, all trees are that one.
There is a flower that blooms in the desert, that one blossom is all flowers,
all flowers are that one.
It is the song of life, it is the flower of faith, it is the tree of temptation it is the river of no regret.

There is a child that cries in the ghetto, that one child is all children, all children are that one. There is a vision that shines in the darkness, that one vision is all of our dreams,
all of our dreams are that one.
It is a vision of heaven, it is a child of promise, it is the song of life, it is the river of no regret.

Let this be a voice for the mountains, let this be a voice for the river,
let this be a voice for the forest, let this be a voice for the flowers,
let this be a voice for the ocean, let this be a voice for the desert,
let this be a voice for the children, let this be a voice for the dreamers,
let this be a voice of no regret, no regret.

 

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"American Child"

"American Child"


Going up to Alaska, up to the land of the midnight sun,
where the whale and polar bear run over the icy blue sea.
Going up to Alaska, up to the north and the pioneer life,
where courage and strength still survive and a man can be free.

American child, does the call of the wild ever sing through the mist of your dreams?
Does it fly with the wind when you waken again?
When it's gone do you know what it means?

Can you picture the time when a man
had to find his own way through an unbroken land?
Before the machine changed the blue and the green
to something you can't understand?

American child there's a burning inside you that calls you away through the cold.
To come back again to all that you've been,
can't you see that it's time to come home?
To the flowers and the trees and the rivers and the seas
and the earth who's the mother of all?
A promise once made will it shine, will it fade, will we rise with the vision or fall?

Going up to Alaska, up to the land of the midnight sun,
where the whale and polar bear run over the icy blue sea.
Going up to Alaska, up to the north and the pioneer life
where courage and strength still survive and a man can be free, men can be free.

Going up to Alaska, going up to Alaska, going up to Alaska.

 

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"Amsterdam"

"Amsterdam"


In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sings
of the dreams that he brings from the wide open seas.
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sleeps
while the riverbank weeps through the old willow trees.
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who dies full of beer,
full of cries in a drunken down fight.
In the port of Amsterdam, there a sailor who's born
on a muggy hot morn, by the dawn's early light.

In the port of Amsterdam, where the sailors all meet,
there's a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails.
He will show you his teeth that have rotted too soon
that can swallow the moon, that can haul up the sail.
And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide, bring me more fish, put it down by my side.
And he wants so to belch, but he's too full to try
so he gets up and he laughs, and he zips up his fly.

In the port of Amsterdam, you can see sailors dance,
haunchs bursting their pants, grinding women to paunch.
They've forgotten the tune that their whisky voice croaked,
and they're spitting the night with the roar of their jokes.
And they turn and they dance, and they laugh and they lust
to the rancid sound of the accordian's burst.
then it's out into the night with their pride in their pants
and a slut that they tow underneath the street lamps.

In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who drinks.
and he drinks, and he drinks, and he drinks once again.
He drinks to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
who have promised their love to a thousand other men.
And they bargain their bodies and their virtue, long gone,
for a few dirty coins, and when he can't go on,
he plants his nose in the sky and we wipes it up above
then he splits like I cry for an unfaithful love,
in the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam.

 

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"Ancient Rhymes"

"Ancient Rhymes"


Two days before the moon was round, you felt the urge of sun's light beams.
The muffled world of dolphin sound slipped down and back into your dreams.
For nine full months that passed before, you learned of all life's ancient rhymes.
Then mother sensed a farther shore and brought you forth into these times,
so taste the air of your new world and gently guide us to your mind.
It knows the winds and sails unfurled and holds to heart the dolphin kind.

Welcome precious earth made child, we met you first in your father's songs
and mother's smile and waters wild, it's in this place you now belong.
I know you know of all these things and feel the faith of a dolphin's sigh
for you were born on silver wings to taste the high blown crystal sky.
So sing one day to all of us, the songs you learned in dolphin lair,
giving hope to life as all we must and teach us how their grace to share.

 

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"Angels From Montgomery"

"Angels From Montgomery"


I am an old woman, named after my mother, my old man is another child that's grown old.
If dreams were lightning, and thunder were desire,
this old house would have burnt down a long time ago.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery, make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to, to believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

When I was a young girl, I had me a cowboy.
He weren't much to look at, just a free rambling man.
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
the years just flow by like a broken down dam.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery, make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to, to believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em in there buzzing.
And I ain't done nothing, since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning,
come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery, make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to, to believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery, make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to, to believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

 

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"Annie's Other Song"

"Annie's Other Song"


I'm bringing me home to you, that's all that I have to give,
my life, my love, my everything, it's you I choose to be with.

Had a wonderful time in the city, I smile when I recall.
The space, the songs, the company, I really had a ball.
It's a funny set of circumstances, sends me out on the road alone.
With the moon looking over my shoulder, I'm finding my way back home.
I'm bringing me home to you, that's all that I have to give.
My life, my love, my everything, it's you I choose to be with.

Riding high in the Rocky Mountains, they're quiet and peaceful times.
I'd swear the stars are smiling like they know what's on my mind.
You see, on any such an occasion, my thoughts will turn to you.
The time I spend all by myself I mostly spend with you.
I'm bringing me home to you, that's all that I have to give.
My life, my love, my everything, it's you I choose to be with.

When I lay down beside you, all the love that you show.
I wanna live my life with you, it's all the dreams that I know.
I'm bringing me home to you, that's all that I have to give.
My life, my love, my everything, it's you I choose to be with,
it's you I choose to be with, it's you I choose to be with, it's you I choose to be with.

 

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"Annie's Song"

"Annie's Song"


You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.

Come let me love you, let me give my life to you,
let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms,
let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.

You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.

 

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"Anthem-Revelation"

"Anthem-Revelation"


See the sun rise, open up your eyes, today is the very first day.
Watch the morning come, now the night is gone, yesterday is so very far away.
Trouble, you get out of my sight, you know I can't look at you when the sun is so bright,
You know everything's coming together now, can't you see?
And I live my life in celebration that I've got a life to live,
and I sing my song in revelation that I've got a song that I can give to you, and you know I do.

La la la la la la la:

I was blind but, now I can see, you know, I'm just learning how it feels to be free,
you know I never really knew just what it could be before.
And I live my life in celebration that I've got a life to live,
and I sing my song in revelation that I've got a song that I can give to you,
and you know I do and you know it's true.

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la.