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5. Rocky Mountain High, of course (dating back to when the PTB thought it was totally about drugs

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:31 PM

19 hrs ago

and censored it--then a mere 10 or so years later, made it the Colorado State song. Hah!

Not an Independence Day song, you say? Well, it sure as hell was mine and just about every other Coloradoan's.

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