How Can I Leave You Again? Lyrics

This song appears on seven albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 3, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), Country Classics, Reflections, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums.

Di di di di di la la la la la la
In a s***eship 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

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
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 question the course that I follow
I'm doubtful and deep in despair
My heart is full of impossible notions
Can it be you no longer care?
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

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

Words and music by John Denver