John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (audio) Apr 2026

: It expresses a deep longing for home and an emotional connection to one's roots, using imagery like the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River.

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belongWest Virginia, mountain mamaTake me home, country roads

Take me home, (down) country roadsTake me home, (down) country roads John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Audio)

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belongWest Virginia, mountain mamaTake me home, country roads

You can listen to the full audio and follow along with the lyrics here: John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Lyrics) Unique Sound YouTube• Aug 19, 2022 : It expresses a deep longing for home

Almost Heaven, West VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah RiverLife is old there, older than the treesYounger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze

: The song is a signature track for Denver and was adopted as one of the official state anthems of West Virginia in 2014. mountain mamaTake me home

All my memories gather 'round herMiner's lady, stranger to blue waterDark and dusty, painted on the skyMisty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye