It's About

This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the it's about time album, and has also been released on the greatest hits vol 3, changes, the very best of john denver (double cd),
Ry classics, the country roads collection and the rocky mountain collection albums. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert and the best of john denver live albums.

He was born in the bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water headin' north and home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing

Oh montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies

His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
He never knew his father and he never did ask why
He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way

His mother's brother took him in to family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand

Oh montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies

On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own
He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home
Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start

Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john
There was somethin' in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
And there was somethin' in the country that he said he couldn't leave

Oh montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies

Now some say he was crazy and they're glad that he is gone
But some of us miss him and we'll try to carry on
Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on

Oh montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies

Oh montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies

Words and music by john denver

This song was first released on the it's about time album. it is the only album this song appears on. it only appears on the cd version of this album.


I love the ocean on a peaceful morning
I love the freedom of a single man
I love the woman who just drives me crazy
I just can't help it that's the way i am

I don't like war
I don't like politicians
Don't like the one who has an angry hand
I don't like guns
I don't like nuclear missiles
Don't like the one who doesn't give a damn

It's all right, it's all right
We can make love, we can fight
It's all right, it's all right
We can make love, we can fight
We can make love

I love the lord
I love the little people
I love the one who is a gentle man
I love the rivers in the rocky mountains
I just can't help it that's the way i am

I've been to boston and i've been to china
I've been around the world and back again
I've got a hunger that just keeps me running
I just can't help it that's the way i am

It's all right, it's all right
We can make love, we can fight
It's all right, it's all right
We can make love, we can fight
We can make love

Words and music by john denver

This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the it's about time album. it has also been released on the john denver (italian) and country classics albums.

Lost in a boat on the ocean
Lost in a ship out at sea
Lost in the dark of misfortune
Where is a light i can see
Where is a light i can see
Where is the highway to heaven
Where is the love we all need
Where is the peace that we long for
Where is the man who is free

Here in the heart there is freedom
Here in the heart there is peace
Here in the heart is the answer
To questions much deeper than these

You've got to hold on tightly
Let go lightly
It's only surrender, it's all in the game
If you just hold on tightly
Let go lightly
There's always forgiveness and no one to blame

Some will take fame over fortune
Some will take love over gold
Some will pray only for power
Some never want to grow old
Some see the day that is coming
Some only see what has passed
Someone will always be first in line
Someone will always be last

Here in the heart there is freedom
Here in the heart there is peace
Here in the heart is the answer
To questions much deeper than these

You've got to hold on tightly
Let go lightly
It's only surrender, it's all in the game
If you just hold on tightly
Let go lightly
There's always forgiveness and no one to blame

Words and music by john denver

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the it's about time album. it has also been released on the country classics album.


It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend
It was more than a lifetime ago
How it happens to mind after all of this time
And brings tears to my eyes i don't know

It's the thought of you
And the way that it hurts to be so much in love
The thought of you
Brings it all my way

I know that it's late, i'm sorry i called
I'm surprised to have found you at home
It's just once in awhile i remember your number
I was hoping that you'd be alone

For i thought of you
And the way you can turn it around with a smile
The thought of you
Brings it all my way

I know that it's over, but i can't discover a way to erase how i feel
I remember the nights and the passionate fights and i know that i love you and i always will

And i want you to know that i'm always here for you
Any day, any night, any time
It happened before, it could happen once more
There's a chance that you might change your mind

For i thought of you
And the way that it feels to be safe in your arms
The thought of you
Brings it all my way

I know that it's over, but i can't discover a way to erase how i feel
I remember the nights and the passionate fights
And i know that i love you and i always will
It's been almost a year since that beautiful weekend
It was more than a lifetime ago

Words and music by john denver

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the it's about time album. it has also been released on country classics album.

I remember romance
Bubblebaths at night
Breakfast in the afternoon
Love by candlelight
Love by candlelight

I remember romance
And lying in her arms
Her hair across my shoulder
Her breast upon my arm
Her breast upon my arm

I remember romance
And laughing at the moon
Dancing at the rainbow's end
And losing her too soon
And losing her too soon

I know we both are sorry
I know we both still care
Oh how could we have lost it
A love beyond compare
A love beyond compare

Words and music by john denver

on the wings of a dream

Yesterday i had a dream about dying, about laying to
Rest and then flying,
How the moment at hand is the only
Thing we really own.
And i lay in my bed and i wondered, after all has been
Said and is done for,
Why is it thus we are here and so
Soon we are gone?
Is this life just a path to the place that
We all have come from?
Does the heart know the way and if not,
Can it ever be found
In a smile or a tear or a prayer
Or a sigh or a song?

And if so, then i sing for my father, and in truth, you
Must know i would rather
He were here by my side, we could fly on the
Wings of a dream.
To a place where the spirit would find us and the joy and
Surrender would bind us.
We are one anyway, anyway we are more
Than we seem.
There are those who will lead us, protect us
Each step of the way.
From beginning to end, for each moment,
Forever, each day.
Such a gift has been given, it can
Never be taken away.

Though the body in passing must leave us, there is one who
Remains to receive us.
There are those in this life who are friends
From our heavenly home.
So i listen to the voices inside me, for i know they
Are there just to guide me.
And my faith will proclaim it is so,
We are never alone.
From the life to the light, from the dark of
The night to the dawn,
He is so in my heart, he is here, he
Could never be gone.
Though the singer is silent, there still is the
Truth of the song, in the song.

Yesterday i had a dream about dying, about laying to
Rest and then flying,
How the moment at hand is the only
Thing we really own.
And i lay in my bed and i wondered, after all has been
Said and is done for,
Why is it thus we are here and so
Soon we are gone?
Oh, why is it thus we are here and so
Soon we are gone?