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Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)

This version of Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada) was released by John Denver in 1973.

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Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta, two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride.
To see the high country and learn of her people,
the ways that they lived there, the ways that they died.
And one is a teacher and one a beginner just wanting to be there and wanting to know.
And together they’re trying to us a story that should have been listened to long, long ago.

How the life in the mountains is living in danger from too many people, too many machines.
And the time is upon us, today is forever, tomorrow is just one of yesterday’s dreams.
Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds, the man and the mountains are brothers again.
Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the skies. The Rockies are living, they never will die.

Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta, two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride

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The lyrics for Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada) are defined as the words making up the song released by John Denver in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada) have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Denver and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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