Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze All my memories gather round her, miner s lady stranger to blue water Dark and dusty painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine tear drop 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 hours 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