Joerg, I know exactly what you mean, and it is a very important thing. I am off on a search for lyrics to "Whispering Jesse"...and, a few minutes later, here they are:
OK, I'm going to try the pre format HTML command here, don't blame me if it doesn't work...at least you have the lyrics...

WHISPERING JESSE
  Words and Music by John Denver
  From Higher Ground (1988)    

C               F  G   Am   F           C      F
    I often have wandered in deep contemplation
        G              Am   G    F                     G    G7
    It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone
                     C       F     G             C       F
    The way that it could be, the ways that it should be
      G            Am G     F       G              C
    Things I'd do differently if I could do them again    

C                      F    G   Am   F          C      F
    I've always loved springtime, the passing of winter
          G           Am  G     F               G    G7
    The green of the new leaves, the life goin' on
                    C      F     G            C       F
    The promise of morning, the long days of summer
     G              Am G    F     G                 C
    Warm nights of lo-ving her beneath the bright stars    

C                  F  G Am     F        C      F
    I'm just an old cowboy from high Colorado
     G          Am G       F                 G    G7
    Too old to ri---de anymore, to blind to see
                    C       F  G           C        F
    I sleep in the city now, away from my mountains
      G            Am G F   G              C
    Away from the cab-in we always called home    

C F G          C        F      G        C    F
     I dream I left there on an old palomino
      G         Am G F                  G    G7
    Whispering Jesse  rode right by my side
               C       F    G              C        F
    I long to hold her, to hear her soft breathing
         G            Am   G   F       G        C
    The touch of her cool hands on my fevered brow    

C F G C F G C F G Am F G    

             C   F       G            G        F
    Whispering Jesse still rides in the mountains
           G            C       F
    Still sings in the canyons
           G           C
    Still lives in my heart

If you want to go THERE, click here, or URL is

http://fzucca.interfree.it/songs/gestsong.html
I hope this worked, I don't really understand the pre command...I guess I will find out...

HTML line breaks added. Even if you use preformat commands, you still have to add line breaks.--JoeClone, 26-Sep-02.