John Denver

[fox69]

"Christmas, Like A Lullaby"

"Christmas, Like A Lullaby"


Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
A breeze upon the waters, rain fall on the sand
We celebrate a baby born from spirit into man
And Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land

It's morning in Australia; In fact, it's Christmas day
And Colorado never seemed so very far away

Back where night has fallen and it's still Christmas Eve
And snow is in the mountains that I always hate to leave
Christmas bells are ringing there's presents 'neath the tree
I know that it's been said before and now I know it's true
That home is where the heart is and Christmas lives there too

And on this morning Peace on Earth is still your fervent prayer
And I can feel it being whispered softly everywhere
And guns are called to silence and anger called to still
And brotherhood and sisterhood surrounded by goodwill

Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
A breeze upon the waters, rain fall on the sand
We celebrate a baby aborn from spirit into man
And Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land

 

[fox69]

"Circus"

"Circus"


If I look like home to you, if I am your sign, don't try to understand it girl when I draw the line.
It hasn't come to this that you can say I waste my time, looking everywhere, going nowhere.

For the skies, they look so lazy now, heavy are the clouds.
There's nothing here that I can learn of what it's all about.
You haven't said a thing to me, you talk so very loud, looking everywhere, going nowhere.

Well, I think I'll try the circus or go back to Mexico.
It's time to make mistakes again, it's time to change the show.
It's time and time and time again to find another way,
It's time to gather forces and get out of yesterday.
Because I lost what I was looking for, there's nothing left to share.
I need to take myself away to be some other where,
a face, a life, a minute more, I don't think I can spare, looking everywhere, going nowhere.

'Cause I tell you when you hurt me and you just don't seem to know,
I inform you when I'm lonely and you still don't think I'll go.
So if I lie to you and smile a thought that's only halfway here,
it's just a circus and I'm singing, I'm never really near.
If I look like home to you, if I am your sign, don't try to understand it girl when I draw the line.
It hasn't come to this that you can say I waste my time,
looking everywhere, looking everywhere, looking anywhere, going nowhere.

 

[fox69]

"City Of New Orleans"

"City Of New Orleans"


Riding on the "City of New Orleans," Illinois Central Monday Morning Rail.
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
three conductors and twenty five sacks of mail.
They're out on the south-bound odyssey and the train pulls out of Kankakee.
Rolling long past houses, farms and fields.
Passing towns that have no name, freight yards full of old gray men,
the graveyards of the rusted automobiles,

Singing, good morning America, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call "The City of New Orleans".
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Dealing cards with the old men in the club car.
Plenty of points, ain't no one keeping score.
Say, won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle.
And feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor.
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
ride their father's magic carpet made of steel.
And the days are full of restless, and the dreams are full of memories,
and the echoes of the freight train whistles clear.

Singing, good morning America, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call "The City of New Orleans".
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

But it's twilight on the city of New Orleans, talk about a pocket full of friends.
Halfway home and we'll be there by morning.
With no tomorrow waiting 'round the bend.

Singing good night, America, I love you.
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call "The City of New Orleans".
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Singing, good morning America, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call "The City of New Orleans".
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

 

[fox69]

"Claudette"

"Claudette"


Oh, oh Claudette, oh, oh Claudette. I got a brand new baby and I feel so good.
She loves me better than I thought she would.
I'm on my way to her house and I'm all out of breath,
and when I see her tonight I'm gonna squeeze her to death.
Claudette, pretty little pet, Claudette, never make me fret.
Claudette, well, she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met.
I got the best loving that I'll ever get, from Claudette, pretty little pet.

Claudette, oh Claudette, well, I'm a lucky man, my baby treats me right.
She's gonna let me hug and kiss and hold her tight.
When the date is over and I'm at her front door
and when I kiss her goodnight I holler more, more, more!
Claudette, pretty little pet, Claudette, never make me fret.
Claudette, well, she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met.
I got the best loving that I'll ever get, from Claudette, pretty little pet.

Claudette, oh, oh, Claudette, when me and my baby have a date or three
I'm gonna ask my baby if she'll marry me.
I'm gonna be so happy for the rest of my life
when my brand new baby is my brand new wife.
Claudette, pretty little pet, Claudette, never make me fret.
Claudette, well, she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met.
I got the best loving that I'll ever get, from Claudette, pretty little pet.
Claudette, oh, oh, Claudette, mm mm. Claudette, oh, oh, Claudette, mm mm. Claudette:

 

[fox69]

"Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes"

"Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes"


I guess growing isn't hard to do, just stand against the wall.
Once I was just two feet high, today I'm six feet tall.
But knowing who to listen to is something else again.
Words just whistle 'round my head like seasons in the wind.
All across the water, the clouds are sailing, they won't let me look at the sky.
All I want to do is try and find myself, come and let me look in your eyes.

In searching for the way to go, I've followed all the rules.
The way they say to choose between the wise men and the fools.
I listen to the words they say, I read what I should read.
I do whatever's right to do, try to be what I should be.
Someone let me in, I think the sky is falling, seems I've gotten lost on my way.
All I want to do is try and find myself, come and let me look in your eyes.

Oh, but wisdom isn't underground nor on a mountainside.
Where am I to take myself? There's no place here to hide, where can I hide?
All across the universe, the stars are fading. Seems we've gotten lost on our way.
All I want to do is try and find myself, come and let me look in your eyes.
Come and let me look in your eyes, come and let me look in your eyes.

 

[fox69]

"Cool An' Green An' Shady"

"Cool An' Green An' Shady"


Saturdays, holidays, easy afternoons,
lazy days, sunny days, nothing much to do.
Rainy days are better days for hanging out inside.
Grainy days and city ways make me want to hide
someplace cool and green and shady.

Find yourself a piece of grassy ground, lay down close your eyes.
Find yourself and maybe lose yourself while your free spirit flies.

August skies, and lullabies, promises to keep,
dandelions and twisting vines, clover at your feet.
Memories of aspen leaves trembling on the wind,
honey bees and fantasies, where to start again,
someplace cool and green and shady. Cool and green and shady.
Cool and green and shady. Cool and green and shady.

 

[fox69]

"Country Love"

"Country Love"


Nashville tears are lonely signs that point to broken hearts,
broken lives and families that love has split apart.
Children who miss Daddy, Mommy's on the run,
pleasure that is painful and hidden from the sun.
Nashville hearts are lonely words that speak of love gone wrong,
sad and soulful stories and beautiful love songs.
For each and every melody of happiness denied,
you know that there's another one that shows the other side.
Country Love is kisses in the kitchen, country love is honest and it's true.
Country love is home with your family, country love's the way that I love you.

Country love is silky nights and warm familiar hands,
someone who's been there before and always understands.
Nashville nights are lonely roads that we've all traveled on,
sometimes they take you far away or they can bring you home.
If you're lost out on the highway, do not deny the dove.
When Nashville night's the question, the answer's country love.
Country Love is kisses in the kitchen, country love is honest and it's true.
Country love is home with your family, country love's the way that I love you.
Country Love is kisses in the kitchen, country love is honest and it's true.
Country love is home with your family, country love's the way that I love you.

 

[fox69]

"Cowboy's Delight"

"Cowboy's Delight"


Sing songs of the sunrise into the night, the stars as your timepiece, make it all right.
Make friends with the darkness, talk to the moon. When the light lifts, you can let out a tune.

I've been to the mountains, climbed through the sky.
Shouldered their whiteness, watched their gold fly.
Shared in their treasures, shook at their might. Spoke softly of wonders, cowboy's delight.

Sing songs of the sunrise into the night, A song of the mountain, cowboy's delight.
The stars as your timepiece will make it all right, Sing songs of the mountains, cowboy's delight.

 

[fox69]

"Daddy, What's A Train?"

"Daddy, What's A Train?"


Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?" G

When I was just a boy and living by the track,
us kids would gather up the coal in big old gunnysacks.
Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view,
the engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through.
She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears
and we counted cars just as high as we could go.
I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream,
sounds my little kids will never know.

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"

I guess the times have changed, kids are different now.
'Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow.
My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars,
I remember how I memorized the names on railroad cars.
The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC,
the Nickel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe,
just names out of the past, I guess they're fading fast.

Every time I hear my little boy say,
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"

We climbed into the car, drove down into town,
right up to the depot house, but no one was around.
We searched the yard together for something I could show,
but I know there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so.
All the things I did when I was just a kid,
how far away those memories appear.
I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me
because my ambition was to be an engineer.

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"

 

[fox69]

"Dance Little Jean"

"Dance Little Jean"


Played a wedding for the money, and I wish I could've told the bride and groom
just what I think of marriage, what's in store after the honeymoon.
I was rumbling through the verses 'bout how men and women ought to live apart,
how the promise never made cannot be broken and can never break a heart.

Suddenly from out of nowhere this little girl came spinning across the floor,
her crinolines were billowing beneath the skirt of calico she wore.
As her joy fell on the honored guests, each one of them was drawn into her dream,
and they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands and hollered at her "dance little Jean!"

And they said dance little Jean, this day is for you.
Two people that you love stood up to say I do.
Dance little Jean, a prayer that you had was answered today, your mom is marrying your dad.

Well, the cynic's heart just melted as I figure what this gift together meant
And how it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had spent.
They told the band to pack it up about the time the couple cut the cake,
but we stayed and we played all night long for love and laughs and little Jeannie Sage.

We played dance little Jean, this day is for you. Two people that you love stood up to say I do.

And they said dance little Jean, this day is for you.
Two people that you love stood up to say I do.
Dance little Jean, a prayer that you had was answered today, your mom is marrying your dad.

And they said dance little Jean, this day is for you.
Two people that you love stood up to say I do.
Dance little Jean, a prayer that you had was answered today, your mom is marrying your dad.