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WHEN YOU ASK HOW I'VE BEEN HERE WITHOUT YOU,
I LIKE TO SAY I'VE BEEN FINE, AND I DO.
BUT WE BOTH KNOW THE TRUTH IS HARD TO COME BY,
AND IF I TOLD THE TRUTH, THAT'S NOT QUITE TRUE.
SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOME DAYS ARE STONE.
SOMETIMES THE HARD TIMES, WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE.
SOMETIMES THE COLD WINDS BLOW A CHILL IN MY BONES;
SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOMEDAYS ARE STONE.
SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOME DAYS ARE STONE.
SOMETIMES THE HARD TIMES, WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE.
SOMETIMES THE COLD WINDS BLOW A CHILL IN MY BONES;
SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOMEDAYS ARE STONE.
NOW THE FACE THAT I SEE IN MY MIRROR,
MORE AND MORE IS A STRANGER TO ME.
MORE AND MORE I CAN SEE THERE'S A DANGER,
IN BECOMING WHAT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE.
John Denver
HENRY JOHN DEUTCHENDORF
"JOHN DENVER"

BORN DECEMBER 31, 1943 AT
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO;

DIED OCTOBER 12, 1997 AT
MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA
JOHN DENVER'S FIRST HIT THAT SOLD
OVER ONE MILLION RECORDS WAS
"TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS." 
SEVERAL MORE HITS ACCRUED TO
14 GOLD AND 8 PLATINUM RECORDS.

HE WROTE AND SANG "ANNIE" AFTER THE BREAK UP OF HIS AND ANNIE'S MARRIAGE. "SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS" FOLLOWED
HIS "ANNIE" HIT.  IT WAS WRITTEN BY
DICK FELLERS. 

JOHN DENVER'S HOME WAS AT ASPEN, COLORADO WHERE HE HAD LIVED SINCE 1970.

THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN A SHORT TIME BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1997.  HIS SINGLE ENGINE TEST PLANE CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN NEAR MONTEREY BAY, ENDING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND TAKING THE
LIFE OF A VALUED SONGWRITER,
MUSCIAN, AND SINGER.

JOHN DENVER WAS 53 YEARS-OLD.
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SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS SOMEDAYS ARE STONE