Take Me Home Country Roads
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
Modest 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 mornin’ hours she calls to me
Radio reminds me of my home far a-way
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 belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
November 22nd, 2006
Debut on 02-02-02! @ Last Day Saloon in San Francisco as the encore.
Great suprise breakout to sum up a killer show. This was the first and only time we see this song in the setlists.
Side Note: I am a huge John Denver fan and my Dad looks identical to him and he has acted in movies and music videos as John Denver. And to link in another influencial country icon of TLG infamy, the music video my Dad was in was a Kenny Rodgers video for a really cool song called “Cowboys from Space” and my Dad played John Denver in space sitting in a spaceship playing an acoustic guitar through the window. Haha, anyways, love them Country Roads.
December 2nd, 2008
Listen to this one! Of course you know Country Roads by John Denver and Three Little Birds by Bob Marley.
Country Roads / Three Little Birds mash-up mp3, by Lael Neale and Trevor Garrod, 11-02-2008, Las Tortugas, Groveland, CA
http://www.archive.org/details.....r77.flac16
Trevor Garrod on keys and vocals
Lael Neale on guitar and vocals
Transcript / excerpt of the way they sang it:
Woke up this mornin, // Country roads
I smiled with the risin sun, // Take me home
Three little birds!! // To the place
Were on my doorstep // Where I belong
Singin’ sweet songs // West Virginia
Melodies pure and true, // Mountain mama, take me home
This is my message to you!
Baby don’t worry bout a thing,
Every little thing gonna be all right.
Baby don’t worry bout a thing,
Yes very little thing gonna be all right.
Let’s sing ‘em both together
Woke up this mornin,
I smiled at the risin sun,
Three little birds!!
Were on my doorstep
Singin’ sweet songs
Melodies pure and true,
This is my message to you!
Country roads
Take me home
To the place
I belong
West Virginia // Las Tortugas
Mountain mama
Take me home
Country roads
Woke up this mornin, // Country roads
I smiled at the risin sun, // Take me home
Three little birds!! // To the place
Were on my doorstep // Where I belong
Singin’ sweet songs // West Virginia, Mountain mama
Melodies pure and true, // Take me home
This is my message to you… // Country roads…