Almost heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains growin' like a breeze.

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads.

All my mem'ries 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 mornin' hours, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road I get a feelin'
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.

Thanks for the earworm! :)

I've known two women from West Virginia. Both are hot:).....

Hardly heaven, northern Jersey
Newark Airport, Pulaski Skyway
Polution's old there, killed off all the trees
Trash piled up in mountains, blowing in the breeze

Concrete road, take me home
Out of this place I don't belong
Jersey City, truckstop momma
Take me home, concrete road

All the horseflies gather 'round her
Refinery lady, stranger to clean water
Dark and dirty, floating in the sky
Disgusting smell of sewage, cinder in your eye

(chorus)

I hear her voice, from the cheap hotel she calls me
Siren reminds me that the cops aren't far away
Driving down the road, I get the feeling
I forgot the toll again today
like yesterday

(chorus)

(c) 1976 C. Goff. All rights reserved.

it has to be modified:

"Almost level, West Virginia,
Strip-mined Mama,
coal filth in our rivers.

Life is cheap there
Cheaper by the ton
We lose more by law here
Than if they used a gun.

Strip mine roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia
Poor strip-mined Mama,
take me home
down strip mine roads.