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Country Roads Take Me Home

By Gaither Vocal Band

1,838 views Jul 3, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

The Gaither Vocal Band performs a live cover of John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' at Studio C. This version is a nostalgic tribute to the beauty of West Virginia and the longing for home. The lyrics describe memories of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River, and a simpler life. While the song is not explicitly Christian, it evokes themes of belonging and yearning for a place of comfort. The performance is part of a gospel music setting, but the song itself remains a secular folk-country classic about homesickness and love for one's homeland.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

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 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 morning hour she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

And driving down the road I get a feeling

That I should have 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

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