Had an uncle named MatthewHe was his father's only boyBorn just south of Colby, KansasHe was his mother's pride and joyYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised onLove is just the way to live and dieGold is just a windy Kansas wheat fieldAnd blue is just a Kansas summer skyAnd all the stories that he told meBack when I was just a ladAll the memories that he gave meAll the good times that he hadGrowin' up a Kansas farm boyLife was mostly havin' funRidin' on his Daddy's shouldersBehind the mule, beneath the sunYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised onLove is just the way to live and dieGold is just a windy Kansas wheat fieldAnd blue is just a Kansas summer skyWell, I guess there were some hard timesAnd I'm told some years were leanThey had a storm in forty-sevenA twister came and stripped them cleanHe lost the farm and lost his familyHe lost the wheat and lost his homeBut he found a family BibleFaith as solid as a stoneYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised onLove is just the way to live and dieGold is just a windy Kansas wheat fieldAnd blue is just a Kansas summer skySo he came to live at our houseAnd he came to work the landHe came to ease my Daddy's burdenAnd he came to be my friendSo, I wrote this down for MatthewAnd it's for him the song is sungRidin' on his Daddy's shouldersBehind the mule, beneath the sunYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised onLove is just the way to live and dieGold is just a windy Kansas wheat fieldAnd blue is just a Kansas summer skyYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised onLove is just the way to live and dieGold is just a windy Kansas wheat fieldBlue is just a Kansas summer sky
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Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (Roswell, Nuevo México, 31 de diciembre de 1943-Bahía de Monterrey, cerca de Pacific Grove, California; 12 de octubre de 1997), conocido por su nombre artístico John Denver, fue un músico de country y actor estadounidense. Fue uno…
