Ahh...John Denver. I first heard his songs when they were new, back when I was a tiny tot. I think a babysitter used to sing me "Country Roads" and I would imagine the country road stretching out before me. "Annie's Song" is one of the most beautiful love songs I know of. I always think how sad it is that even a brilliant, poetic song like that...and the feelings that went behind it...weren't enough to keep John Denver and Annie, his first spouse, together. At least they rekindled friendship shortly before his plane accident death...which, sadly, was far from being "dying in her arms." I'm glad he at least had a chance to experience the feelings that inpired him to write "Annie's Song," even if the relationship didn't last.
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