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Poems, Prayers and Promises Lyrics

Artist: John Denver
Album: Best Of John Denver Live

This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on the Poems, Prayers & Promises Album, then The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), This Is John Denver, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums, and has also been recorded on the Greatest Hits Vol 1, John Denver (Italian) and Rocky Mountain Holiday Albums. Live versions also appear on the An Evening With John Denver, Country Classics, The Wildlife Concert and The Very Best of John Denver Live Albums.

Ive been lately thinking
About my lifes time
All the things Ive done
And how its been
And I cant help believing
In my own mind
I know Im gonna hate to see it end

Ive seen a lot of sunshine
Slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
Ive known my ladys pleasures
Had myself some friends
And spent a time or two in my own home

And I have to say it now
Its been a good life all in all
Its really fine
To have a chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and pass the pipe around

And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long its been since yesterday
And what about tomorrow
And ehat about our dreams
And all the memories we share

The days they pass so quickly now
Nights are seldom long
And time around me whispers when its cold
The changes somehow frighten me
Still I have to smile
It turns me on to think of growing old
For though my lifes been good to me
Theres still so much to do
So many things my mind has never known
Id like to raise a family
Id like to sail away
And dance across the mountains on the moon

I have to say it now
Its been a good life all in all
Its really fine
To have the chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and pass the pipe around

And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long its been since yesterday
What about tomorrow
What about our dreams
And all the memories we share

Words and music by John Denver

Comments/Interpretations
by Barbara Kelley on 11/3/2008 2:21am I have listened to John Denver over the years but I do not remember this song. It is beautiful. I was wishing that my ex husband would have heard these words in his heart, as it is the way I was feeling about our future, once upon a time. But he didn't(or couldn't), see or appreciate the sentiment. But this was the way I wanted our marriage to be. I am so wishing to have that rare and wonderful quiet confidence in my man. We still miss you John, a person doesn't possess a talent and a voice such as yours and not go forgotten. I am ever confident that I will hear that beautiful voice once again..... somewhere.
by Gregory Ould on 7/23/2009 12:45am The greatest song ever written, period.
by Nidhi on 9/7/2009 4:03am He may not be with us but his voice is still living and when ever i turn my ipod on, automatically a magical milieu is created. I wish i could hear him live and learn something from him. He will always be remembered for what he has given to us. Thanks John.
by stephen johnston on 11/9/2009 8:11am uplifting songs from a sadly missed time.always remembered

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