How Can I Leave You Again

John Denver · The Music Of John Denver [2009]

In a spaceship over the mountain

Chasing rainbows in the setting sun

Leaving heart and home for the city of angels

I feel my life is undone



There are pathways winding below me

In pleasure I've gone where they go

In the quiet stillness I can hear symphonies

The loveliest music I know



How can I leave you again

I must be clear out of my mind

Lost in a storm I've gone blind

Oh how can I leave you again



Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened

Still longer since I've walked with you

For the first time I know what I'm missing

Some answers are no longer true



So I question the course that I follow

I'm doubtful deep in despair

My heart is filled with impossible notions

Can it be you no longer care?



Still, I ride on the wings of a high wind

Blowing steady and strong behind me

As the clouds surrender my fate is for certain

I'm a sailor who runs to the sea



How can I leave you again

I must be clear out of my mind

Lost in a storm I've gone blind

Oh how can I leave you again



How can I leave you again

I must be clear out of my mind

I'm lost in a storm I've gone blind

Oh how can I leave you again



Tradewinds

Riding on a tradewind

Filling my sails with a soft and southerly breeze

Living on the ocean blue

Dreaming of the islands

Wrapping myself in a glow of the tropical moon

I never shiver when the sun goes down

All the earth she sings to me

Every shallow, every tree

Surely my love shining like the sea

I can make you happy

If I can I'll take you away on a wave in my arms.

Never leave you on the edge all alone

If you feel like dancing,

Rolling like the water across my sleepless night

Making me a peaceful place

All my life to be with you

All I ever want to do

Knowing you are feeling that way too

Distant thunder, heavy seas

Rocky Mountain memories

Surely I was lost 'til I found these