[Verse 1]
I guess he’d rather be in Colorado
He’d rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after the rain
Once again I see him walkin', once again I hear him talkin'
To the stars he makes and askin’ them the bus fare

[Verse 2]
I guess he’d rather be in Colorado
He’d rather play his banjo in the mornin' when the moon is scarcely gone
In the dawn the subway’s comin', in the dawn I hear him hummin'
Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon
I guess he’d rather be in Colorado

[Verse 3]
I guess he’d rather be in Colorado
I guess he’d rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend
In the end up in his office, in the end a quiet cough is all he has to show
He lives in New York City