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You know we tried to make you understand We tried to make you realise Her fame is down and time is up But somehow it don't seem enough ‘Cos the world wouldn't listen anymore Caught by social evil Wasn't streetwise after all Was she there at all? Pictures in the mirror, pictures she never knew Pictures in the mirror, always reflecting you Not such an ordinary life Pictures in the mirror (2x) The sun goes down The moon appears on the horizon The streets are bare She walks alone |
Well I quit my job down at the carwash Left my mother a goodbye note By sundown I left Kingston with my guitar under my coat Hitchiked all the way down to Memphis Got a room at the YMCA For the next three weeks went hunting at nights Just looking for a place to play Well I thought my picking would set them on fire But nobody wanted to hire a guitarman Well I nearly starved to death down in Memphis I run out of money and luck So I bummed me a ride down to Mecon, Georgia On an overloaded poultry truck Thumbed on down to Panama City Started picking at |
If I have to run, I'm not runnin' out on you. If I have to shake a little sand out of my shoes, I'm runnin' from the law, or they'll put me inside. Baby, won't you let me have a little time to hide. Baby, won't you let me have a little time to hide. I've been on the run since the Good Lord knows when, And the day I die, I'll still be runnin' then, Runnin' from the days when I would lay me down and cry. Baby, won't you let me have a little time to hide. Baby, won't you let me have a little time to hide. Will I love you tomorrow? Yes, I |
This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the Aerie Album, then The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums, and has also been rerecorded on the Greatest Hits Vol 1, John Denver (Italian), Take Me Home, Country Roads and other Hits, Country Classics and Voice of America Albums. A live version also appears on the Live In London Album. It's a long way from LA to Denver It's a long time to hang in the sky It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen A sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise Springtime is |