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He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year
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Coming home to a place he'd never been before
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He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
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You might say he found a key, for every door
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When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away
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On the road and hanging by a song
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But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care
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It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long
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But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
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I've seen it raining fire in the sky
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The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
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He saw everything as far as you can see
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And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
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And he lost a friend but kept the memory
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Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams
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Seeking grace in every step he takes
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His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
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The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
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I've seen it raining fire in the sky
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Talk to God and listen to the casual reply
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear
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Of a simple thing, he cannot comprehend
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Why they try to tear the mountains down, to bring in a couple more
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More people, more scars upon the land
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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
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I've seen it raining fire in the sky
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I know he'd be a poorer man, if he never saw an eagle fly
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Rocky Mountain high
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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
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I've seen it raining fire in the sky
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Friends around the campfire and every body's high
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado...
Written by John Denver-Mike Taylor