John Denver

How Can I Leave

In a spaceship over the mountains
chasing rainbows in the setting sun
leaving heart and home for the city of angels
I feel my life is undone
There are pathways winding below me
In pleasure I've gone where they go
In the quiet stillness, I can hear symphonies,
the loveliest music I know
(Chorus)
How can I leave you again?
I must be clear out of my mind
Lost in a storm I've gone blind
Oh, how can I leave you again?
(Bridge)
Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened
still longer since I've walked with you
For the first time I know what I'm missing
Some answers are no longer true..... so I
(Verse 2)
question the course that I follow
I'm doubtful, deep in despair
My heart is filled with impossible notions
Can it be you no longer care?
Still I ride on the wings of a high wind
blowing steady and strong behind me
As the clouds surrender, my fate is for certain --
I'm a sailor who runs to the sea... but (to chorus)