John Denver

[fox69]

"Dancing With The Mountains"

"Dancing With The Mountains"


Everybody's got the dancing fever, everybody loves to rock and roll.
Play it louder baby, play is faster, funky music's gotta stretch your soul.
Just relax and let the rhythm take you, don't you be afraid to lose control.
If your heart has found some empty spaces,
Dancing's just the thing to make you whole.

I am one who dances with the mountains. I am one who dances in the wind.
I am one who dances on the ocean,
my partner's more than pieces, more than friends.

Were you there the night they lost the lightning?
Were you there the day the earth stood still?
Did you see the famous and the fighting? Did you hear the prophet tell his tale?

We are one when dancing with the mountains.
We are one when singing in the wind.
We are one when thinking of each other
More than partner's, more than pieces, more than friends.

 

[fox69]

"Darcy Farrow"

"Darcy Farrow"


Where the walker runs down to the Carson Valley Plain,
there lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name.
The daughter of old Dundee, and a fair one was she,
the sweetest flower that bloomed o'er the range.
Her voice was as sweet as sugar candy, her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down.
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights that shine in the night out of Yerrington town.
She was courted by young Vandamere. A fine lad was he as I am to hear.
He gave her silver rings and lacy things. She promised to wed before the snows came that year.
But her pony did stumble, and she did fall. Her dying touched the hearts of us one and all.
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain,
We buried them together as the snows began to fall.

They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through,
they sing of her beauty in Virginia City, too.
At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round and to young Vandy whose love was true.

 

[fox69]

"Daydream"

"Daydream"


Yes, I been dreaming about you every day, each and every day.
And I been thinking about all night long, I even wrote a song.
Just to try and tell you how I really feel, to make you understand my love is real,
that you're on my mind all the time, I wish to God you were mine once again.

I remember talking to you, I remember walking with you,
I remember laughing all the time when you were mine.
Now the days seem so long, I can't face the night alone,
I beg you please, won't you please come home.

I remember talking to you, I remember walking with you,
I remember laughing all the time when you were mine.
Now the days seem so long, I can't face the night alone,
I beg you please, won't you please come home.

 

[fox69]

"Deal With The Ladies"

"Deal With The Ladies"


I like to deal with the ladies, I like to give 'em a real hard time.
Like to make 'em sigh, like to make 'em cry over me.
I like to swing with the good times. I like to have me a real live ball.
Doing what I can like a dirty old man, tee hee.

Like to have 'em just hanging around, wondering where I've been.
Like to see 'em with their big brown eyes, just a drinking me in.
I like to deal with the ladies, I like to hang 'em up on my line.
Treat 'em kinda rough, but they never get enough of me, rat tat tat tat tat.

Like to have 'em just hanging around, wondering where I've been.
Like to see 'em with their big brown eyes, just a drinking me in.
I like to deal with the ladies, I like to hang 'em up on my line.
Treat 'em kinda rough, but they never get enough of me, rat tat tat tat tat.

 

[fox69]

"Dearest Esmerelda"

"Dearest Esmerelda"


Dearest Esmerelda, in another age, antiques would be modern, and we would be the rage.
Silk would be in fashion, we would dress in lace.
Love would be the passion and the saving grace.
I slept one rainy night with you in Paris, made up for a thousand wasted years.
Dearest Esmerelda, you are magic, I close my eyes and you make love appear.

Dancing in the shimmer of a crystal chandelier. Shadows singing so low, only we could hear.
Moving to the glimmer, shaking to the storm, outside it was raging but inside it was warm.
We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder, now I wake and find you're never there.
I'm becoming old enough to wonder, happy that I'm still too young to care.

Masterpieces crumble, empires tumble down. Refugees and fantasies go underground.
Romance lasts forever, love don't fade away.
They may take our future but they can't stop yesterday.
Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris, we were part of some artist's design.
Dearest Esmerelda, you are magic. In the gray around me how you shine, oh, how you shine.

 

[fox69]

"Deck The Halls"

"Deck The Halls"


Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Don we now our gay apparel, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

See the blazing Yule before us, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Follow me in merry measure, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
While I tell of Yuletide treasure, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

Fast away the old year passes, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Hail the new year, lads and lasses, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Sing we joyous, all together, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Heedless of the wind and weather, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

 

[fox69]

"Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight"

"Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight"


There's a tenderness that I feel, very real you see. I can feel your body stir, so deep within.
Let it be an act of love tonight, completely. Let me ask of you one thing:
Don't close your eyes tonight. Just look at me, and see how many times I cried for you.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Let it be me, not just a fantasy, let it be me tonight.

You can lie so close to someone and still feel all alone.
Although I've heard you say you love me so many times.
When you give me love so beautiful and tender, someone else is in your mind.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Just look at me, and see how many times I cried for you.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Let it be me, not just a fantasy, let it be me tonight.

Sorry if I cry, feelings run so deep.
Many is the time when I wake up and find I've been crying in my sleep.
Look me in the eye, tell me what you see,
I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one who needs you, make this one for me.

Don't close your eyes tonight. Just look at me, and see how many times I cried for you.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Let it be me, not just a fantasy, let it be me tonight.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Just look at me, and see how many times I cried for you.
Don't close your eyes tonight. Let it be me, not just a fantasy, let it be me tonight.

 

[fox69]

"Down By The Old Mill Stream"

"Down By The Old Mill Stream"


Down by the old (not the new but the old)
Mill stream (not the river but the stream),
Where I first (not the last but the first)
Met you. (Not me but you.)
With your eyes (not your ears, but your eyes)
Of blue (not green, but blue).
Dressed in ging- (not silk but ging-) -ham too. (Not one but two.)

And it was there (not here, but there),
I knew (not old, but new)
That you loved (not hate, but loved)
Me too. (Not one but two.)

You were sixteen (not seventeen, but sixteen)
My village queen! (Not the king, but the queen).
Down by the old (not the new, but the old),
Mill stream (not the river, but the stream).

 

[fox69]

"Downhill Stuff"

"Downhill Stuff"


Blue river, blue, I'd rather be outside. Here I am inside watching it rain.
Blue river, blue, I'd rather be somewhere. Here I am nowhere watching it rain.

(1,2,3,4!) Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

There's work in what we practice, work in the things we save.
Sometimes we work just to try to make a living or we're working just to make it pay.
Sometimes we're trying to work our will, that won't work anyway.
I only know that I'm working still just to get another chance to play.
Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

Keep moving in a forward direction like a river rolling down to the sea.
If you wanna make a different selection, honey, let yourself go with gravity.

Everybody's looking for heaven, everybody's looking for home.
Everybody's looking for higher and higher but nobody wants to be looking alone.
Everybody's trying to get down to it, everybody's trying to sing.
Whatever it is, we're all gonna do it but whatever we do, we gotta do our own thing.

Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

I like the downhill stuff. Let me slide down that downhill stuff.
Oh, honey give me some downhill stuff .

 

[fox69]

"Dreamland Express"

"Dreamland Express"


I caught a ride on the dreamland express last night, I was sailing on an ocean of blue.
When right there by my side, much to my surprise was you.
I said, come on over here baby, let my look in your eyes, let me see the very heart of you.
And I couldn't believe it, to conceive that my dream would come true.
Cause you said, hey there, sweet daddy, everything is all right.
For miles there's not a telephone line.
There's not a soul to disturb us, don't be nervous, just come and be mine.

You said, let me be the end of your rainbow, let me be the stars up above.
Let me be the one that you long for, darling, let me be the one that you love, oh,
let me be the one that you love.

And now it's four in the morning, honey, I can't sleep. I can't seem to get you out of my mind.
I keep tossing and turning, yearning for the sun to shine.
I'd like to send you a ticket on the dreamland express, and take you far away with me.
I've got a vision of heaven and you're living there with me.

Honey, let me be the end of your rainbow, let me be the stars up above.
Let me be the one that you long for, darling, let me be the one that you love, oh,
let me be the one that you love, oh, let me be the one that you love.