Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
Song Lyrics / Chart History / Artist Information

  • Written and originally performed by John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf on 12/31/43 in Roswell New Mexico)
  • Denver died 10/12/97 at the age of 53 when the plane he was piloting crashed off the California coast
  • The song hit # 2 on the Top 40 charts in 1972
  • This was Denver's first of 15 Top 40 hits during his career

Song Lyrics - Take Me Home Country Roads

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River,
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.

Country roads, take me home, to the place, I belong
West Virginia , mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

All my memories, gather round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrop in my eye.

Country roads, take me home, to the place, I belong
West Virginia , mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

I hear the voice in the morning hours she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road
I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday Yesterday....

Take me home, country roads, to the place, I belong
West Virginia , mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, country roads

Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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