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"Rocky Mountain Way" Lyrics

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Spent the last year
Rocky Mountain way
Couldn't get much higher
Out to pasture
Think it's safe to say
Time to open fire

And we don't need the ladies
Cryin' 'cause the story's sad
'Coz the Rocky Mountain way
Is better than the way we had.

Well he's tellin' us this
And he's tellin' us that
Changes it ev'ry day
Says it doesn't matter
Bases are loaded
And Casey's at bat
Playin' it play by play
Time to change the batter

And we don't need the ladies
Cryin' 'cause the story's sad
'Coz the Rocky Mountain way
Is better than the way we had.

Yeah, yeah, yeah
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GenreRock, Pop
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Duration00:05:15
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Copyright ©Universal Music Publishing Group
WriterJoey Vitale, Joseph Fidler Walsh, Kenneth R. Passarelli, Rocke Grace
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Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
About"Rocky Mountain Way" is a 1973 song by rock guitarist Joe Walsh and his band Barnstorm, with writing credits given to Walsh, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, and Joe Vitale. The song was originally released on the album The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get.

Walsh appeared in studio on The Howard Stern Show on June 12, 2012 and talked about how the lyrics to the song came to him in 1972 shortly after releasing his first solo effort, Barnstorm.

"I'm living in Colorado and I'm mowing the lawn. I look up and there's the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and there's snow on them in the summer. And it knocked me back because it was just beautiful. And I thought, 'Well I have committed. I'm already in Colorado and it's too late to regret the James Gang. The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way I had, because the music was better.' I got the words. Bam!"

Walsh has varied that story over the years, however, telling the Rocky Mountain News that he wrote the lyrics while up recording the album at Caribou Ranch Recording Studio.

The song was used as the title to Walsh's 1985 compilation album, which featured previously released singles and tracks from albums Barnstorm, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get and So What.

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