ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE - TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD

TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD

ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE

SONGWRITER: JOHN DENVER; BILL DANOFF & TAFFY NIVERT DANOFF

COUNTRY: HAWAII

ALBUM: FANCING FUTURE

LABEL: BIG BOY RECORD COMPANY

GENRE: MUSIC OF HAWAII

YEAR: 1993

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver

The song was a success on its initial release and was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971 and Platinum on April 10, 2017. The song became one of John Denver's most popular and beloved songs, and is still very popular around the world. It has continued to sell, with over a million digital copies sold in the United States. It is considered to be Denver's signature song.

The song also has a prominent status as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as "almost Heaven"; for example, it was played at the funeral memorial for U.S. Senator Robert Byrd in July 2010. In March 2014, it became one of several official state anthems of West Virginia.

Almost Heaven, West Makaha,

high-ridge mountain, crystal-clear blue water.

All my friends there hanging on da beach,

young and old among them,

feel the ocean breeze.

Country road, take me home,

to the place I belong,

West Makaha, Mount Ka'ala.

Oh, take me home, oh, country road.

I heard a voice,

in the morning calm, she calls me,

as though to remind me of my Home far away.

Driving down the road,

I feel the Spirit coming to me,

from yesterday, yesterday.

All my memories hold Heaven on high,

brown-skinned woman, clear blue island sky.

Daytime sunshine, oo-ooh so bright,

midnight moon a-glowing, stars up in the sky.

Country road, take me home,

to the place I belong,

West Makaha, Mount Ka'ala.

Take me home, take me home, country road.

I hear a voice, in the morning calm, she's calling,

as though to remind me of my Home far away.

We driving down the road, I feel the Spirits coming to me,

of yesterday, yesterday.

Almost Heaven, West Makaha,

high ridge mountain, crystal clear blue waters.

All my friends there sitting on the beach,

young and old among them,

eating fish straight from the sea.

Country road, take me home,

to the place I belong,

West Makaha, oh, Mount Ka'ala.

Take me home, oh country road.

Country road, take me home,

oh to the place I belong.

West Makaha, Mount Ka'ala,

take me home, oh country road.

Country road, oh take me home,

yes to the place, to the place, I belong,

West Makaha, Mount Ka'ala,

take me home country road.

Country road, take me home,

to the place I was born,

West Makaha, Mount Ka'ala.

Take me home, country road...
Huuhuu. Huuu-tah.

Good fo' be back.

White san', clean watah.

Hô boy, the mountain...feel the makani...

whew, what a place.