When I Was a Girl in Colorado

When I was a girl in Colorado Rivers danced on canyon walls Paintbrush nodded in the springtime I could hear the bluebirds' calls When I was a girl in Colorado Winter held me in its arms Summers rocked me like a lover I could never come to harm When I was a girl in Colorado I could conquer anything I could fly with wings of silver I could whisper, I could sing Will you take me to the mountains Before another summer ends? We could catch the outbound zephyr We can travel like the wind When I moved out to the desert 40 years to lose my soul Somewhere back there in her rivers Colorado made me whole When I go back to the mountains I always find a windy hill Watch the sunset over Long's Peak Ski those slopes and feel the thrill Will you take me to the mountains Before another summer ends? We can catch the outbound zephyr We can travel like the wind When I was a girl in Colorado I knew enough to fall in love Like the bluebirds in the pine trees Like the snowfall from above Will you take me to the mountains Before another summer ends? We can catch the outbound zephyr We can travel like the wind Like the wind Like the wind Like the wind