She chose to spend the summer back in Boulder Simply made no sense to come on home For it seems her long time lover had gone and found another and left our h**ne on her own First, she started wonderin' If she'd ever love again of find someone who knew her many moods and many ways Then she started wanderin' up the mountains/down again so it wasn't long 'till she found friend no one could take a way And she called one night to say . . . Chorus I am falling in love with Colorado and I'm calling, just to let you know that I'm filling up this empty space with the mountains tall and strong and I think it's clear that while I'm here I'm right where I belong. She started climbing in the foothills and made it cross the great divide for she learned that when you climb the most important thing you find ain't the view/but all that you have down deep inside And she learned what summers for
swimming in the resevoir . . or climbing mighty mountains more than 14,000 feet And sometimes she would go walk down past Arapaho And see some friends that you know down on Peral Street And they'd all sing when they'd meet . . . Chorus I am falling in love with Colorado and I'm calling, just to let you know that I'm filling up this empty space with the mountains tall and strong and I think it's clear that while I'm here I'm right where I belong. Bridge Do you remember when you were just a kid And after the whole summer, you had to tell folks what you did? Well, school is over but there's still a lot to know Like all that you cann hold on to when you can let go . . . Chorus I am falling in love with Colorado and I'm calling, just to let you know you can feel free to follow me to the mountains tall and strong and I think it's clear that while I'm here I'm right where I belong.