Lyrics to
Downhill Stuff

This version of Downhill Stuff was released by John Denver in 1979.

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Blue river, blue, I’d rather be outside. Here I am inside watching it rain.
Blue river, blue, I’d rather be somewhere. Here I am nowhere watching it rain.

(1,2,3,4!) Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

There’s work in what we practice, work in the things we save.
Sometimes we work just to try to make a living or we’re working just to make it pay.
Sometimes we’re trying to work our will, that won’t work anyway.
I only know that I’m working still just to get another chance to play.
Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

Keep moving in a forward direction like a river rolling down to the sea.
If you wanna make a different selection, honey, let yourself go with gravity.

Everybody’s looking for heaven, everybody’s looking for home.
Everybody’s looking for higher and higher but nobody wants to be looking alone.
Everybody’s trying to get down to it, everybody’s trying to sing.
Whatever it is, we’re all gonna do it but whatever we do, we gotta do our own thing.

Some people like that downhill stuff, they like it fast and breezy.
Some people walk on the other side, they like it slow and easy.
Some people run on a mountain trail, some like it wild and rough.
Some like to fly, some like to sail, some like the downhill stuff.

I like the downhill stuff. Let me slide down that downhill stuff.
Oh, honey give me some downhill stuff .

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About Lyrics and Downhill Stuff by John Denver

The lyrics to Downhill Stuff are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Denver in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Downhill Stuff are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Denver and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Downhill Stuff back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Downhill Stuff by John Denver in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Downhill Stuff" means the words set to the music of Downhill Stuff, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Downhill Stuff and the lyrics to Downhill Stuff are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Downhill Stuff, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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