TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
JOHN DENVER
SONGWRITERS: BILLDANOFF; TAFFY
NIVERT & JOHN DENVER
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: POEMS, PRAYERS &
PROMISES
LABEL:RCA RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1971
"Take
Me Home, Country Roads", also known as "Take Me Home" or "Country
Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about
West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12,
1971, peaking at number 2 on Billboard's US Hot 100 singles for the week ending
August 28, 1971. 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. It has
continued to sell, with over 1.6 million digital copies sold in the United
States. It is considered to be Denver's signature song.
The song has a prominent status as an iconic symbol of
West Virginia, which it describes as "almost Heaven". In
March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia.
Poems,
Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter
John Denver. It was
released in April, 1971. This album was Denver's
commercial breakthrough, and contained several of his most popular songs, such
as "Poems, Prayers, and Promises", "My Sweet Lady", "I
Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado", "Sunshine on My Shoulders",
and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which would become one of
Denver's signature songs.
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue
Ridge mountains
Shenandoah
River
Life
is old there
Older
than the trees
Younger
than the mountains
Blowin'
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 gathered 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 her voice
In
the mornin' hour 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
Country
roads, take me home
To
the place I belong
West
Virginia, mountain momma
Take
me home, country roads
Country
roads, take me home
To
the place I belong
West
Virginia, mountain momma
Take
me home, country roads
Take
me home, country roads
Take
me home, country roads.