Lyrics to
Ripplin’ Waters

This version of Ripplin’ Waters was released by John Denver in 1977.

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I’ve got rippling waters to wake me to the morning my woman in love,
tall pine trees are pointing us easily to heaven above.
Blue spruce flaming on the grate in the evening, takes the chill away fine,
cut the telephone line, the story’s the same.
There’s a worn red chair by the window that she found at a sale down the way,
when some old woman said that they needed more room for the winter.
People like pulling out the stuffing when they sit down, so it passes the time,
cut the telephone line, the story’s the same.

Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day start to flutter when I hear you say,
That you feel too good to go away and you make me feel fine.
And you made the world a warmer place, by the sparkle of your diamond face.
On a gray spot, put a little lace and you make me feel fine,
warm as a mountain sunshine, on the edge of a snowline, in a meadow of columbine.

Oh, little Jennifer, I’d give a penny for what you’ve got on your mind,
seems like most of the time you’re lying there dreaming.
Maybe in your vision you see how our mission is, slightly less than defined,
Cut the telephone line, the story’s the same.
Now rippling waters flow through the ceiling and the walls and they’re keeping me warm
and the closest I’ve been to my family for days is my music.
But to silently stare in the morning sky is like hearing her calling my name,
cut the telephone line, the story’s the same.
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day start to flutter when I hear you say,
That you feel too good to go away and you make me feel fine.
warm as a mountain sunshine, on the edge of a snowline, in a meadow of columbine.

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About Lyrics and Ripplin’ Waters by John Denver

The lyrics for Ripplin’ Waters are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by John Denver. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Ripplin’ Waters have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Ripplin’ Waters - John Denver and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Ripplin’ Waters by John Denver in multiple 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 Ripplin’ Waters" means the words set to the music of Ripplin’ Waters, 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 Ripplin’ Waters and the lyrics to Ripplin’ Waters 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 Ripplin’ Waters, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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