John Denver (61,75 %)
Rocky Mountain High (59,44 %)
Released: 1972-09-15
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
7
Year (1972):
33
Decade (1970's):
388
Overall:
1758
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1.
Rocky Mountain High
 04:41
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2.
Mother Nature's Son
 02:29
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3.
Paradise
 02:15
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4.
For Baby (For Bobbie)
 02:58
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5.
Darcy Farrow
 04:24
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6.
Prisoners
03:40
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7.
Goodbye Again
03:39
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8.
Season Suite: Summer
02:52
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9.
Season Suite: Fall
01:38
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10.
Season Suite: Winter
01:36
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11.
Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
04:00
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12.
Season Suite: Spring
02:57
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Album length:
37:09
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Lyrics |
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1.
Rocky Mountain High
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He was born in the summer of his 27th year 'Comin' home to a place he'd never been before He left yesterday behind him You might say he was born again You might say he found a key for every door When he first came to the mountains His life was far away On the road and hangin' by a song But the string's already broken And he doesn't really care It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long But the Colorado rocky mountain high I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky The shadow from the starlight Is softer than a lullabye Rocky mountain high He climbed cathedral mountains He saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once And he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept his memory Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight has turned inside himself To try and understand The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake And the Colorado rocky mountain high I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky You can talk to God And listen to the casual reply Rocky mountain high Now his life is full of wonder But his heart still knows some fear Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend Why they try to tear the mountains down To bring in a couple more More people, more scars upon the land And the Colorado rocky mountain high I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky I know he'd be a poorer man If he never saw an eagle fly Rocky mountain high It's Colorado rocky mountain high I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky Friends around the campfire And everybody's high Rocky mountain high |
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2.
Mother Nature's Son
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Born a poor young country boy Mother Nature's son All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone Sit beside a mountain stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Do do do do do do do do Yeah yeah yeah Find me in my field of grass Mother Nature's son Swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Do do do do do do do do Yeah yeah yeah Oh Mother Nature's Son |
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3.
Paradise
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When I was a child, my family would travel Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Well sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away And the coal company came with the world's largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away |
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For Baby (For Bobbie)
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I'll walk in the rain by your side I'll cling to the warmth of your hand I'll do anything to keep you satisfied I'll love you more than anybody can And the wind will whisper your name to me Little birds will sing along in time Leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime I'll be there when you're feelin' down To kiss away the tears if you cry I'll share with you all the happiness I've found A reflection of the love in your eyes And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow A whisper of the joy that is mine And leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime I'll walk in the rain by your side I'll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand I'll do anything to help you understand And I'll love you more than anybody can And the wind will whisper your name to me Little birds will sing along in time Leaves will bow down when you walk by And morning bells will chime |
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Darcy Farrow
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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 fair one was she the sweetest flower that bloomed over the range Her voice was as sweet as the 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 thru his brain we buried them togeher as the snow began to fall They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs thru 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 |
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6.
Prisoners
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Josie works the counter at the downtown five and dime Anything at all to help her pass the time Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on About the good times playing in his mind It's a hard life living when you're lonely It's a long night sleeping alone It's a hard time waiting for tomorrow It's a long, long way home Josie spends the evening with the people in the pages Of the paperback she picked up in the store Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter But they don't come too often anymore It's a hard life living when you're lonely It's a long night sleeping alone It's a hard time waiting for tomorrow It's a long, long way home And I stare at the gray walls before me And I see her face in the stone And I try to imagine our baby And I wish they would let me go home And I wish they would let me go home And I wish they would let me go home It's a hard life living when you're lonely And I wish they would let me go home It's a long night sleeping alone And I wish they would let me go home It's a hard time waiting for tomorrow And I wish they would let me go home It's a long, long way home And I wish they would let me go home It's a long, long way home And I wish they would let me go home Bring me and the other boys home And I wish they would let me go home Bring me and the other boys home And I wish they would let me go home Bring me and the other boys home |
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7.
Goodbye Again
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It's five o'clock this morning, and the sun is on the rise There's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes The stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone And so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you Goodbye again, as if you didn't know It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me Why do we always fight when I have to leave It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm I long to lay me down again, to hold you in my arms I long to kiss the tears away, give you back the smile Other voices beckon me, to go a little while And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you Goodbye again, as if you didn't know It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me Why do we always fight when I have to leave Have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know Some who aren't familiar with my name, It's something that's inside of me not hard to understand It's anyone who listens to me sing And if your hous are empty now, who am I to blame You think if I were always here, our love would be the same As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone And lying by your side, the greatest peace I've ever known But it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you Goodbye again, as if you didn't know It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me Why do we always fight when I have to leave |
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8.
Season Suite: Summer
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Silently the morning mist is lying on the water Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn Softly like a baby's breath a breeze begins to whisper The sun is coming, quick you must be gone Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing The promise of another sunny day And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine I do believe that summer's here to stay And oh I love the life within me I feel part of everything I see And oh I love the life around me A part of everything is here in me Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see So many ways and oh so many things Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me Yet as different as we are we're still the same And oh I love the life within me I feel part of everything I see And oh I love the life around me A part of everything is here in me |
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Season Suite: Fall
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Reflections in the water like shadows in my mind Speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time The falling leaves are whispering, "Winter's on it's way"? I close my eyes, remembering the warmth of yesterday It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the wind And more than that, it's, oh, so sad to see the summer end And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see If it were mine to make the change, I think I'd let it be But I don't remember hearing anybody asking me |
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10.
Season Suite: Winter
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It's cold and it's getting colder It's gray and white and winter all around And oh, I must be getting older And all this snow is tryin' to get me down There's a fire in the corner slowly dying Sometimes I just don't feel like goin' on And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting For another chance to see the summer sun Come on shine on me There's a fire in the corner slowly dying Sometimes I just don't feel like goin' on And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting For another chance to see the summer sun Come on shine on me |
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11.
Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
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12.
Season Suite: Spring
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His spirit joined and so was formed Ten thousand years ago Between the swan and Hercules Where even dark clouds glow To live with grace, to ride the swell To yet be strong of will To love the wind, to learn it's song And empty space to fill Apollo taught me to rhyme Orpheus taught me to play Andromeda cast down her sign And Vega lights my way Smoke rings in a galaxy An endless flight through time Lyra gave her harp to him And left him free to climb A winter's journey from the moon To reach the summer sun To rise again, to sing for you A song that's yet unsung Apollo taught me to rhyme Orpheus taught me to play Andromeda cast down her sign And Vega lights my way His spirit joined and so was formed Ten thousand years ago Between the swan and Hercules Where even dark clouds glow To live with grace, to ride the swell To yet be strong of will To love the wind, to learn her song And empty space to fill |