Lyrics:

This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the Aerie Album, then The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums, and has also been rerecorded on the Greatest Hits Vol 1, John Denver (Italian), Take Me Home, Country Roads and other Hits, Country Classics and Voice of America Albums. A live version also appears on the Live In London Album.

Its a long way from LA to Denver
Its a long time to hang in the sky
Its a long way home to Starwood in Aspen
A sweet Rocky Mountain paradise
Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise

Springtime is rollin round slowly
Grey skies are bringin me down
I cant remember when Ive ever been so lonely
I forgot what its like to be home
Cant remember what its like to be home

But I think on my ladys sweet memories
I think on my childrens sweet smiles
I think on my home in Starwood in Aspen
All my friends and the snow covered hills
Oh, my friends are the snow covered hills

And I tell you Im happy to be here
To share and consider this time
For I see here the shadows of changes
And a feeling of new friends to find
And I see here some new friends to find

But its a long way from this place to Denver
Its a long time to hang in the sky
Its a long way home to Starwood in Aspen
A sweet Rocky Mountain paradise
Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise

Words and music by John Denver