I woke up this morning and I thought that I was back in Colorado
Cause the air was cold and freezing
But the sky was azure blue
Sugar on the mountain tops
Made me think of you
California has been nothing less than kind
Colorado's on my mind

I was still a young girl when I lingered in the spell of Colorado
I was just 19 and he was 22
To string our fates together
Seemed the simple thing to do
Confusion held me captive in its nest
In magic Colorado

Silver meadows filled with columbines
A million stars appoint the velvet sky
Winds that swept the cobwebs from my mind and called me home

I approached the priming when I wandered past the edge of Colorado
From the passage through the Front Range
To the vastness of South Park
I left the hills and valleys
And went looking for a place to make my mark
California has been nothing less than kind
But Colorado's on my mind

It's a funny kind of feeling when I wake up with my heart in Colorado
When the smell of wood-smoke-fires
And the pine trees fill the air
I know I'm not returning
Cause I left my childhood there
It must have been the romance of the West
That made me think that I could do with less
Until I knew I couldn't stay another day in Colorado

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