40 Miles from Denver

It's a cold, cold moon out tonight

And it's a cold, cold point on your knife

Could I call myself a man if I left by the morning line?

And I'd be forty miles from Denver when you woke up all alone

I'd be forty miles from Denver and three days from my home

In that cool mountain air on an Appalachian trail

Ohh, life is better there

It's a lonely road to travel on

But I've stood here waitin' much too long

And I'd rather leave this minute than try to carry on

And I'd be forty miles from Denver headed eastbound on the track

I'd be forty miles from Denver and tryin' to get back

To that cool mountain air on an Appalachian trail

Ohh, life is better there

It's a cold, cold moon out tonight

And it's a cold, cold point on your knife

Could I call myself a man if I left by the morning line?

And I'd be forty miles from Denver when you woke up all alone

I'd be forty miles from Denver and three days from my home

In that cool mountain air on an Appalachian trail

Ohh, life is better there

Ohh, life is better there

Ohh, life is better there

Ohh, life is better there