Country Roads - John Denver

[sasquatch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eaaR1Ay5P0
Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

All my memories, gather round her
Miners 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 be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice, in the mornin hours she calls to me
The radio reminds me of my home far a-way
And drivin down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

[TZ]

1. *sniff*

Gosh this song brings back memories..riding in the car with my dad this song playing on his 8 track (yeah yeah I know) as we drove to his house for our weekend visits...

[no name no slogan]

2. This is one of the first songs I learned how to sing

I was two years old, and my mother still has a reel-to-reel tape of that performance.

I've played a whole bunch of songs since then (even wrote a bunch, and released a CD or two of them), but I still remember this one.

Thanks for posting it.

[lost-in-nj]

3. I love John Denver

this is a great song....
When i went to W.V. last year when we crossed the state lime we started singing it.....


what a waste.......


:(



lost

[sasquatch]

4. Did you see the mountain removal mining?

:(

[CBR]

5. As a native West Virginian this song brings tears to my eyes...

sometimes I will go on youtube and watch the WVU band playing it -- their formation ends up in an outline of the state. :cry:

Beautiful state.

[Justpat]

6. I've heard it a thousand times

and I get tears in my eyes every time.




:cry:

[nomorenomore08]

7. This version's pretty good too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap_6raurmI8

[hellbound-liberal]

8. Thanks for playing this, Sasquatch. I was too young to appreciate John Denver when I was growing up

but now I realize what a truly special person he was. Here's one of my favorites, from the Wildlife Concert (which I HIGHLY recommend!):

Back Home Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlsFwHDPww

There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in,
the afternoon is heavy on your shoulders.
There's a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away,
the whining of his wheels just makes it colder.

He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the sky
and ten days on the road are barely gone.
There's a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove,
but it's the light in your eyes that makes him warm.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

There's all the news to tell him, how's you spend your time,
and what's the latest thing the neighbors say?
And your mother called last Friday, "Sunshine" made her cry
and you felt the baby move just yesterday.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

Oh, the time that I can lay this tired old body down,
and feel your fingers feather soft upon me.
The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way,
the happiness that living with you brings me.

It's the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you.
It's the little things that make a house a home.
Like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove,
the light in your eyes that makes me warm.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.

Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.
Yes, and hey, it's good to be back home again.
I said hey, it's good to be back home again.