Rocky Mountain High

Our kids have fallen in love with this John Denver song; they request it over and over again in the car, and I'll catch Anne Peyton in particular humming the lyrics. In the car, she belts out the refrain; I'll look back and see her mouth wide open! :)

I love it too, so here are the lyrics:

He was born in the summer of his 27th year,
coming home to a place he'd never been before.
He left yesterday behind him,
you might say he was born again,
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 hanging by a song.
But the strings already broken
and he doesn't really care,
it keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long.

It's a Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lullabye.
Rocky Mountain High, ...in Colorado....
Rocky Mountain High.

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below,
saw everything as far as you can see.
And they say that he got crazy once and that he
tried to touch the sun,
and he lost a friend*, but kept the memory.

Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forest and the stream,
seeking grace in every step he takes,
his sight is 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 raining fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply.
Rocky Mountain High, ....in Colorado....
Rocky Mountain High.

Now his life is full of wonder,
but his heart still knows some fear,
of the simple things he can not comprehend.
Why they try to tear the mountains down**
to bring in a couple more.
More people, more scars upon the land.

It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky Mountain high

It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,
I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
Friends around the camp fire and everybody's high....
Rocky Mountain High, Rocky Mountain High,
Rocky Mountain High,
Rocky Mountain High.

* This lyric always generates much discussion in the back seat. Anne Peyton had already asked me about it, and fortunately I didn't have to get into the fact that the friend died (she's pretty sensitive about that topic).  I think she just think he got lost.  Today Tommy said "he lost his friend?" and AP replied knowingly "yep, he lost his friend".  But then she wanted to know if it was his best friend or not.

** This was another lyric that caught their attention.  Naturally, they don't like the sound of tearing the mountains down