Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high.

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle

I know he'd be a poorer man, if he'd never seen an eagle fly

The Colorado Rocky Mountain high,
I've seen it rain and fire in the sky.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high.

No sunshine on,your shoulder is,a nuisance!

This line has always made me laugh. from the overall mood of the song, one surely would suppose that the comma that I've placed in the middle of the line belongs there. but you can't actually hear commas or other punctuation in singing. nor does checking a lyrics site help much in trying to determine intended punctuation. even when various lyrics sites agree as to the words of a song, the punctuation that they indicate varies all over the place, and not a few lyrics sites omit punctuation altogether. but the overall sense of the song tells us that the comma surely must belong. but on hearing this line alone, it is equally possible to hear it without the comma, giving the line quite a different meaning and sense altogether!

It's a cute little song, but in 2 minutes, he only uses 7 words, in one of these four combinations. It can get a little more than annoying.

Nine feet high? That's almost to the ceiling! You'd need a ladder to get in and out of bed.

If your shoulders got sunburned, it wouldn't make you happy.

He is talking about sexual gratification. getting oral copulation, to be exact.

Everybody"s high just put two and two together

Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry

'Sally Gooden' is a well-known North American folk song

What an unexpected place to fine scary lyrics, in this romantic ballad know for being written to John Denver's wife at the time, and sweet to the point of being often perceived as cloying. But these particular lines employ death metaphors that might not bother one who appreciates them. The first might be less prone to be taken literally by anyone, since drowning in laughter is literally impossible. But since dying in someone's arms is literally possible, I bet that line has spooked some, especially children not yet developed in their language skills to the point of clearly recognizing and understanding metaphors.

"Shanghai Breezes" was a later Top 40 hit for John Denver (in 1982). Besides the city of Shanghai (in China) that is in the chorus as I have posted above and also in the title of the tune, there is also again a mention of the Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon and the sun.

The Communist country of China. During that time, China was in turmoil and many Chinese were being tortured. This wouldn't be the case now because China is starting to become an Industrious Nation.

Talk too odd and glisten to the casual reply.