John Denver

[fox69]

"Around And Around"

"Around And Around"


Time as I've known it doesn't take much time to pass by me.
Minutes into days, turn into months turn into years, they hurry by me.
Still I love to see the sun go down and the world go around.

Dreams full of promises, hopes for the future I've had many.
Dreams I can't remember now, hopes that I've forgotten, faded memories.
Still I love to see the sun go down and the world go around.

And I love to see the morning as it steals across the sky,
I love to remember and I love to wonder why,
and I hope that I'm around so I can be there when I die, when I'm gone.

I hope that you will think of me in moments when you're happy and you're smiling.
that the thought will comfort you on cold and cloudy days if you are crying.
And that you'll love to see the sun go down and the world go around and around and around.

 

[fox69]

"Aspenglow"

"Aspenglow"


See the sunlight through the pine, taste the warm of winter wine.
Dream of softly falling snow, winter skol, aspenglow.
As the winter days unfold, hearts grow warmer with the cold.
Peace of mind is all you know, winter skol, aspenglow.

Aspen is a life to live, see how much there is to give,
see how strongly you believe, see how much you may receive.

Smiling faces all around, laughter is the only sound,
memories that can't grow old, winter skol, aspenglow.

Aspen is a life to live, see how much there is to give,
see how strongly you believe, see how much you may receive.

See the sunlight through the pine, taste the warm of winter wine.
Dream of softly falling snow, winter skol, aspenglow.
As the winter days unfold, hearts grow warmer with the cold.
Peace of mind is all you know, winter skol, aspenglow. Winter skol, aspenglow.

 

[fox69]

"Autograph"

"Autograph"


Here I am, closing my eyes again, trying so hard not to see all the things that I see.
Almost willing to lie again, I swear that it just isn't so, it just isn't me.
We are never alone even though we'd like to be.
Then I go and open my eyes again.
Love in your eyes is the thing that I'd most like to see.
I'd be willing to die again, to know of a place and a time where it always could be,
to be always with you, and you always with me.

This is my autograph, here in the songs that I sing.
Here in my cry and my laugh, here in the love that I bring
to be always with you and you always with me.

Say a prayer and open your heart again.
You are the love and the light that we all need to see.
Always willing to shine and then.
Peace on this earth is the way that it always can be,
to be always with you and you always with me.

This is my autograph, here in the songs that I sing.
Here in my cry and my laugh, here in the love that I bring
to be always with you and you always with me.

 

[fox69]

"Away In A Manger"

"Away In A Manger"


Away in a manger, no crib for his bed. The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes. But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky and stay by my side till morning is nigh.

Be near me Lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay close by me forever and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care and fit us for heaven to live with thee there.
Away in a manger, no crib for his bed. The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

 

[fox69]

"Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight"

"Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight"


I've been out on this highway now, five days in a row.
My words all run together and my feet are moving slow, got to stop and eat while it's still light.
Local angel sitting on my right, do you believe in love at first sight?
Baby, you look good to me tonight.

Well, I'm ordinarily very shy and I'd be polite if I had the time.
Baby, you look good to me tonight.
Tomorrow I'll be good and gone, please don't make me wait that long.
Baby, you look good to me tonight.

"I get off at eleven," she said and walked away.
She poured a cup of coffee and she brought it on a tray.
She said, "It would be nice if you could stay, you're the best idea I've had all day,
usually I put up a fight but baby, you look good to me tonight."

Well I'm ordinarily very shy but I grinned at her as I ate my pie, said,
"Baby, you look good to me tonight."
I thought I must be in a dream when she asked me if I wanted cream,
baby, you look good to me tonight.
All in all, you know it's not a bad life on the road
if you've got wheels to roll and lucky stars above.
Your destiny's your own, you go as far as you can go
and if there's time to sleep, there's time to make love.

I came, I saw, I conquered and I rode off in the sun.
You know the look she left me with keeps telling me she won, her face is the only thing I see.
Whispering these words of prophecy: "Well, I may come easy but I don't come free,
you're never gonna see the last of me."

Baby, you look good to me, I was born to love you now can't you see,
baby, you look good to me tonight.
Well, I'm ordinarily very shy, but I take the time to satisfy,
baby, you look good to me tonight. Baby, you look good to me tonight.

 

[fox69]

"Back Home Again"

"Back Home Again"


There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in,
the afternoon is heavy on your shoulders.
There's a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away,
the whining of his wheels just makes it colder.

He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the sky
and ten days on the road are barely gone.
There's a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove,
but it's the light in your eyes that makes him warm.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

There's all the news to tell him, how's you spend your time,
and what's the latest thing the neighbors say?
And your mother called last Friday, "Sunshine" made her cry
and you felt the baby move just yesterday.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

Oh, the time that I can lay this tired old body down,
and feel your fingers feather soft upon me.
The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way,
the happiness that living with you brings me.

It's the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you.
It's the little things that make a house a home.
Like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove,
the light in your eyes that makes me warm.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.
I said hey, it's good to be back home again.

 

[fox69]

"Berkeley Woman"

"Berkeley Woman"


I saw a Berkeley woman sitting in a rocking chair. A dulcimer in her lap, feather in her hair.
Her breasts swayed freely with the rhythm of the rocking chair,
she was a sitting and a singing and a swaying, Her cheeks were red I declare.

'Twas hard to believe what my eyes showed me then,
the color in her cheeks was just her natural skin.
She wore no makeup to make her look that way.
She was a natural mama with the red cheeks, what more can I say?

Well, I finally realized there was hunger in my stare.
In my mind I was swaying with the woman in the rocking chair.
But the lady I was living with was standing right by my side,
she saw my stare and she saw the hunger and Lord, it made her cry.

So with anger on her face, yes and hurt in her eyes,
she scratched me and she clawed me, she screamed and she cried,
"oh, you don't give me near all the loving that you should,
yet you're ready to go and lay with her, well you're just no damn good."

Well, I guess she's probably right, oh, I guess I'm probably wrong.
I guess she's not too far away, she hasn't been gone very long.
And I guess we could get together and try it one more time,
but I know that wanderlust would come again, she'd only wind up a-crying.

Well, now you've heard my story as plain as the light of day.
It's hard to feel guilty for loving the ladies, that's all I gotta say.
Except a woman is the sweetest fruit that God ever put on the vine,
I'd no more love just one kind of woman than drink only one kind of wine.

 

[fox69]

"Bet On The Blues"

"Bet On The Blues"


Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues.
Find a man who thinks he's over the hump,
I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet on the blues.

Lucky old sun is shining today. Even money says you'll be paying some dues, bet on the blues.
You say you found your lady fair.
Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues.
Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues, bet on the blues,
bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues.

 

[fox69]

"Blow Up Your TV"

"Blow Up Your TV"


She was a levelheaded dancer on the road to alcohol,
I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal.
Well, she pressed her chest against me about the time the jukebox broke.
She gave me a peck on the back of the neck, and these are the words she spoke.

Blow up your TV, throw away your paper, go to the country, build you a home.
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches, try and find Jesus on your own.

I sat there at the table, and I acted real naive.
Cause I knew that topless lady, she had something up her sleeve.
She danced around the room awhile and she did the hoochy coo.
Yeah, singing a song all night long, telling me what to do.

Blow up your TV, throw away your paper, go to the country, build you a home.
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches, try and find Jesus on your own.

Well, I was young and hungry, and about to leave that place.
Just as I was going. she looked me in the face.
I said "You must know the answer," she said "No, but I'll give it a try."
To this day we've been living our way, here is the reason why.

We blew up your TV, threw away your paper, went to the country, build us a home.
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches, they all found Jesus on their own.

 

[fox69]

"Blue Christmas"

"Blue Christmas"


I'll have a blue Christmas without you;
I'll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red
on a green Christmas tree
Just won't mean a thing if
you're not here with me

And when those blue heartaches start hurting,
I'll have some blue memories for certain;
You'll be doing all right
with your Christmas of white,
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.

Decorations of red
on a green Christmas tree
Just won't mean a thing if
you're not here with me

And when those blue heartaches start hurting,
I'll have some blue blue memories for certain;
You'll be doing all right
with your Christmas of white,
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.
Yes I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.