I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains) - Live at Red Rocks, CO - August 1973

Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago
 After all our time together, it was hard to see her go
 She called me right up when she
 arrived, asked me one more time to come
 Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 I think I'd rather ride the reigns
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
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 We were just beginnin', it was such an easy way
 Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days
 She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me
 She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 I think I'd rather ride the reigns
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
 I'd rather live on the side of a mountain
 Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel
 I'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine
 Then lay down my sun down in some starry field
 Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake alone
 The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound
 But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to know
 I love her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 I think I'd rather ride the reigns
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 I think I'd rather ride the reigns
 I think I'd rather be a cowboy
 Then to lay me down and love lady's chains