"Rocky Mountain High" as state song?

Yes, some people want to make the bare foot John Denver classic an official state song.

According to the AP A lawmaker wants to make John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" Colorado's second state song, saying the current official song just isn't as memorable.
"You hear a few bars of John Denver and you recognize it," Democratic state Sen. Bob Hagedorn told the Aspen Daily News in today's editions.
The current state song is a turn-of-the-century waltz,"Where the Columbines Grow," by A.J. Flynn. "That's not a song that a lot of Coloradans know or can hum the lyrics to," said Hagedorn, who represents the Denver suburb of Aurora.

No bill has been introduced yet, but I can already sense dissidence among certain types of lawmakers. Look, I like "Rocky Mountain High." It's fun to sing and easy to play on a guitar around the camp fire. But have you looked at the lyrics to this song? Here's the damning stanza:

Now his life is full of wonder

but his heart still knows some fear

Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend

Why they try to tear the mountains down

to bring in a couple more

More people, more scars upon the land

This is a nod to smart growth, limiting development, and valuing natural heritage above property rights. Not something the state house will likely vote for.