This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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 mama
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 mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
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 mama
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 mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Lyrics submitted by Greenday666
Take Me Home, Country Roads Lyrics as written by Mary Catherine Taffy Nivert-danoff John Denver
Lyrics © Roba Music Verlag GMBH, BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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How can I be the first person to read this and comment on it? John Denver wrote and sang some of the best music ever recorded, and this song is one of his greatest achievements. A great song to listen to at night on the way home from driving across the country. It almost puts tears in my eyes with the beauty end eloquence of its words and the love with which it is sung. I may be crazy, but I love it.
At my summer camp we sing this, and on the chorus we all jump up and down and sing. i think it is an awesome song. it has such beautiful imagry too
Beautifull song. i always dream away in my thoughts when i lissen to this song. btw for the people who can't get enough of it check out the cover of christiaan mauer. he's a street artist in my country (the netherlands) and one day a random person filmd him playing country roads. and the video went viral in my country. if you love this song you should really check it out. you wont regret it. even in my opinion he plays/sings it better. ofcourse a cover can never be as good as a originel in my opinion. because wrighting it is way harder then make a perfect cover. but the voice on that man make's te song even more beautifull
This is a song I used to sing with my family at family gatherings with our guitars around enormous summer bonfires. Brings back good memories.
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
@MrMagic <br /> Miner's lady, stranger to blue water??????<br /> Who or what is it about?
yea me too, i love this song as well, it makes me wanna travel to all these glorious places and just die there
i use to think john denver suck when i was younger. i heard a punk cover of this song and i though it was bad ass. now i'm older and more mature. this song truly kick ass and so does john denver.
i'd never heard this song until i moved to west virginia. but i learned to love it.
and when john denver wrote it, i'm sure he never imagined that at every bar in morgantown wv, at the stroke of midnight, thousands of drunk college kids would be screaming the lyrics at the of of their lungs.
gotta love wvu.
Man, I hate the idea that thousands of drunk college kids scream this song as some sort of lame ritual. I think it's a song that has a lot of feeling behind it. It's a beautiful song.
A lot of people tend to think of John Denver as being dorky and cliche, but I love him; he was an amazing songwriter.
FUCKIN RIGHTS!! DANCE AND SING TO THIS WHILE WE DRINK LONGNECKS DOWN AT THE BAR! YEAAA!!!!