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Take Me Home, Country Roads By John Denver (1971) - For Oldies Music Fans

Take Me Home, Country Roads is a song by John Denver released in 1971. It was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert. The inspiration for the song came from a road trip to Maryland taken by Danoff and Nivert, who then wrote the song with Denver. It has since become one of Denver's most popular and well-known songs.

Did You Know

  • Take Me Home, Country Roads was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert, and was released in 1971.

  • The inspiration for the song's lyrics about West Virginia came from a postcard Danoff and Nivert received featuring the state's Blue Ridge Mountains.

  • Take Me Home, Country Roads has become one of John Denver's most popular and beloved songs, and has been covered by numerous artists over the years.

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Lyrics

Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze


Country roads, take me home to the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mamma, 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 mamma, take me home, country roads


I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away

And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday


Country roads, take me home to the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads


Country roads, take me home to the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads

Take me home, down country roads

Take me home, down country roads

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