Thirsty Boots
John Denver

You've long been on the open road, you've been sleepin' in the rain.
From dirty words, and muddy cells your clothes are soiled and stained.
But the dirty words, and the mud of cells, will soon be judged insane,
So only stop and rest yourself, and you'll be off again.

Oh, take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, and maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
Then tell me of the ones you saw as far as you can see, across the plains from field to town marchin' to be free
And of the rusted prison gates that tumble by degree
Like laughing children one by one they look like you and me
Oh take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
and maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
I know you are no stranger down the crooked rainbow trail
from dancing cliff edge shattered sills to slander shackled jails
where the voices drift up from below as walls are being scaled
yes all of this and more my friend
your song shall not be failed
Oh take off your thirsty bots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin'
And the mornin' in your eyes.


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  60 Second Song For A Bank, With The Words, â??m...   A Baby Just Like You   A Country Girl In Paris   A Little Further North   A Song For All Lovers   A Wild Heart Looking For Home   African Sunrise   Alaska & Me   Alaska And Me   Alfie The Christmas Tree   All My Memories   All This Joy   Along For The Ride   Along For The Ride (¡¯56 T-Bird)   Amazon   Amazon (Let This Be A Voice)   American Child   Amsterdam   Ancient Rhymes   And So It Goes   And You Say That The Battle Is Over   Angel From Montgomery   Angels From Montgomery   Ann   Annie's Other Song   Annie's Song   Annie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Other Song   Annie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Song   Annie's Song   Annie¡¯s Other Song   Annie¡¯s Song   Annie’s Song   Annieâ??s Other Song   Anthem - Revelation   Anthem-revelation   Around   Around And Around   Aspenglow   Aspenglow [*]   Autograph   Away In The Manger   Baby You Look Good to Me Tonight   Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight   Back Home Again   Berkeley Woman   Bet On The Blues   Black Bird Fly   Blow Up Your Tv   Blow Up Your TV (Spanish Pipe Dream)   Blue Christmas   Box   Boy From The Country   Bread And Roses   Calipso   Calypso   Calypso [Acoustic][#][*]   Calypso [Live]   Carolina In My Mind   Casey's Last Ride   Casey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Last Ride   Casey's Last Ride   Caseys Last Ride   Catch Another Butterfly   Chained To The Wheel   Children of the Universe   Choo Choo Ch'boogie   Choo Choo Ch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Boogie   Choo Choo Châ??boogie   Choo Choo ChBoogie   Christmas For Cowboys   Christmas Is Coming   Christmas, Like A Lullaby   Circus   City Of New Orleans   Claudette   Come & Let Me Look in Your Eyes   Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes   Come And Let Me Look Into Your Eyes   Cool An' Green An' Shady   Cool An\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Green An\u00e2\u20ac\u21...   Cool An¡¯ Green An¡¯ Shady   Cool Anâ?? 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Shady   Country Love   Country Roads   Country Roads (der Richtige Text!!)   Country Roads, Take Me Home   Coventry Carol   Cowboy's Delight   Cowboy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Delight   Cowboyâ??s Delight   Cowboys Delight   Daddy, What's A Train?   Daddy, What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A Train?   Daddy, Whatâ??s A Train?   Daddy, Whats A Train?   Dance Little Jean   Dancing With The Mountains   Darcy Farrow   Daydream   Daydream [*]   Daydreams   Deal With The Ladies   Dearest Esmeralda   Deck The Halls   Don't Be Kind   Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight   Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight   Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Close Your Eyes, Tonight   Don't Be Kind   Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight   Dont Close Your Eyes, Tonight   Down By The Old Mill Stream   Downhill Stuff   Dreamland Express   Dreams   Druthers   Durango Mountain Caballero   Eagle & The Hawk   Eagle and the Hawk   Eagles & Horses   Eagles & The Hawk   Eagles & Horses   Eagles And Horses   Eagles And Horses (i'm Flying Again)   Eagles And Horses (Im Flying Again)   Eagles and the Hawk   Earth Day Every Day   Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)   Earth Day, Every Day (celebrate)   Easy, On Easy Street   Eclipse   Eleanor Rigby   Eli's Song   Eli\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Song   Eliâ??s Song   Elis Song   Everyday   Everyday [*]   Fall   Falling Leaves   Falling Leaves (the Refugees)   Falling Out Of Love   Farewell Andromeda   Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)   Fire and Rain   Fishin' Gone   Flight   Flight (The Higher We Fly)   Flower That Shattered the Stone   Fly Away   Flying For Me   Follow Me   For Baby   For Baby (For Bobbie)   For Baby (for Bobby)   For You   Forest Lawn   Four Strong Winds   Freight Train Boogie   Friends With You   Friends With You [*]   Fugacity   Garden Song   Gimme Your Love   Going Camping   Golden Slumbers   Goodbye Again   Gospel Changes   Got My Heart Set On You   Grandma's Feather Bed   Grandma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Feather Bed   Grandma's Feather Bed   Grandmas Feather Bed   Gravel On The Ground   Gravel On The Road   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   Healing Time   Heart To Heart   Hey Old Pal   Hey There, Mr. Lonely Heart   High Wind Blowin'   High Wind Blowin'   High, Wide And Handsome   Higher Ground   Hitchhiker   Hold On Tightly   Hold On To Me   Holy Night   Home Grown Tomatoes   Home On The Range   How Can I Leave You Again   How Mountain Girls Can Love   I Can't Escape   I Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Escape   I Canâ??t Escape   I Cant Escape   I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado   I Guess He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d Rather Be In Colorad...   I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado   I Guess Hed Rather Be In Colorado   I Remember Romance   I Remember You   I Want To Live   I Watch You Sleeping   I Wish I Could Have Been There   I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock)   I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free   I'd Rather Be A Cowboy   I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (lady's Chains)   I'm In The Mood To Be Desired   I'm In The Mood To Be Desired Tonight   I'm Kissing You Goodbye   I'm Sorry   I've Been Working On The Railroad   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady\u00e...   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m In The Mood To Be Desired   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Sorry   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve Been Working On The Railroad   I'd Rather Be A Cowboy   I¡¯m Sorry   Iâ??m In The Mood To Be Desired   Iâ??m Sorry   Iâ??ve Been Working On The Railroad   Id Rather Be A Cowboy (Ladys Chains)   If Ever   Im In The Mood To Be Desired   Im Sorry Jd   In A Far Away Land   In My Heart   In The Grand Way   Is It Love   Is It Love?   Isabel   Islands   It Amazes Me   It Makes Me Giggle   It's A Possibility   It's A Sin To Tell A Lie   It's About Time   It's In Every One Of Us   It's Up To You   It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A Possibility   It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A Sin To Tell A Lie   It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s About Time   It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Up To You   It's Up To You   Itâ??s A Sin To Tell A Lie   Itâ??s About Time   Its A Possibility   Its A Sin To Tell A Lie   Its About Time   Its Up To You   Ive Been Working On The Railroad   Jenny Dreamed Of Trains   Jesse Dreamed of Trains   Jesse Dreamed of Trains (Reprise)   Jimmy Newman   Jingle Bells   Jingle Bells [*]   Jingle Bells [DVD]   John Denver Sunshine On My Shoulders   Johnny B. 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