Country Roads was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert, and was partially inspired by a back road in Maryland. Denver described how he felt peaceful and content in the countryside, which inspired the songs lyrics.
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Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
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Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin'
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like a breeze.
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Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
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West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
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All my memories gather 'round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
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Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
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Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
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West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
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I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me.
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The radio reminds me of my home far away.
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And drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been home
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yesterday, yesterday.
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Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
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West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
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Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
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West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.