Lyrics to
How Can I Leave You Again?

This version of How Can I Leave You Again? was released by John Denver in 1977.

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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.
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 filled with impossible notions, can it be you no longer care?
Still I ride on the winds 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.
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.

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John Denver has released many songs over the years besides How Can I Leave You Again?. John Denver released songs from 1969 to 1998 spanning across albums like Rhymes And Reasons, Take Me To Tomorrow, Whose Garden Was This?, Poems, Prayers And Promises, Aerie, Rocky Mountain High, Farewell Andromeda, Back Home Again, Rocky Mountain Christmas, An Evening With John Denver, Windsong, Spirit, I Want To Live, A Christmas Together, John Denver, Autograph, Some Days Are Diamonds, Seasons Of The Heart, Rocky Mountain Holiday, It's About Time, Dreamland Express, One World, Higher Ground, The Flower That Shattered The Stone, Christmas, Like A Lullaby, Different Directions, All Aboard!, and Forever, John. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Denver.

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About Lyrics and How Can I Leave You Again? by John Denver

The lyrics to How Can I Leave You Again? are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Denver used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to How Can I Leave You Again? have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Denver and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to How Can I Leave You Again? by John Denver. 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 How Can I Leave You Again?" means the words set to the music of How Can I Leave You Again?, 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 How Can I Leave You Again? and the lyrics to How Can I Leave You Again? 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 How Can I Leave You Again?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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