Rocky Mountain High

"Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver (lyrics) and Mike Taylor (music) 1973
"Rocky Mountain High" was adopted as another State Song with the passage of SJR07-023 on March 12, 2007. After the song's release in 1973 there was some controversy as some people thought that it encouraged drug use. Denver, in 1985, responded by saying that these people had obviously never experienced the beauty and wonder of the Rocky Mountains. Denver's real name was Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. but his stage name came from the capital city of Colorado.
Verse One

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 string's already broken

and he doesn't really care,

it keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long.
Chorus

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.

Verse Two

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 hetried 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 andunderstand,

the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake.

Chorus

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.

Verse Three

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 downto bring in a couple more.

More people, more scars upon the land.

Chorus

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.