My bags are packed and I'm ready to go I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenendoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing 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, a 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 drivin' down the road, I get the feelin' That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go 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 Country roads Country roads