Annie's song
John Denver
John Denver (December 31, 1943 - October 12,
1997) was an American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock
musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artistes of the 1970s
in terms of record sales. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in
1977. Songs such as "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Take Me Home, Country
Roads", "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy",
"Annie's Song" and "Calypso" are popular worldwide. Denver has been
referred to as "The Poet for the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based
on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend".
 "Annie's Song" is a song recorded and written by singer-songwriter
John Denver (Although credited as "Words and Music by John Denver" the
melody is actually based on the theme from the Second Movement of
Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 5"). It was his second number one song in
the USA, occupying that spot for two weeks in July 1974.
"Annie's Song" was written as an ode to Denver's then-wife, Annie
Denver (n‚e Martell). Denver "wrote this song in about ten-and-a-half
minutes one day on a ski lift" to the top of Bell Mountain in Aspen,
Colorado, as the physical exhilaration of having "just skied down a very
difficult run" and the feeling of total immersion in the beauty of the
colours and sounds that filled all senses inspired him to think about
his wife. The song has since become a wedding standard and an expression
of love for many people, due to its grand imagery and the fact it could
apply to anyone (Annie is not mentioned by name in any part of the
song).
You fill up my senses like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you
Come let me love you, come love me again.
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE
...Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you, come love me again.
You fill up my senses like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, come fill me again. |
