Take Me Home Country Road - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River, Life is old there Older than the trees Younger than the mountains Blowin' like the breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads All my memories gathered 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine Teardrops in my eye I hear her voice In the mornin' hour 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 Take me home, now country roads Take me home, now country roads

Take me home Take me home To the place I belong 'Cause I miss ya And I wish ya Would take me home Take me home Said my goodbyes And hit the road A head full of dreams In a suitcase of clothes But I never made it Made it far 'Cause I realized I needed To be where you are Been a lot of places Seen a lot of faces Now I know That I've been away for a minute I've been away for too long Take me home Take me home To the place I belong 'Cause I miss ya And I wish ya Would take me home Take me home Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh Lights in my rearview Almost gone Thought I could make it Man, was I wrong Out on my own I could only get so far Then I realized I needed To be where you are Been a lot of places Seen a lot of faces Now I know That I've been away for a minute I've been away for too long Take me home (Take me home) Take me home To the place I belong 'Cause I miss ya ('Cause I miss ya) And I wish ya Would take me home Take me home Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh Take me home Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh Take me home (Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh) Take me home (Come on) Oh, take me home (Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh) 'Cause I miss ya (Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh) Take me home (Take me home) Take me home (Take me, take me, take me home) And take me, home

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

Same ol' bedroom floor Same ol' empty sheets I hate this haunted bed So down here's where I sleep Tryin' to find a place To hide what you have left Some things never change My heart hasn't yet Well I don't wanna go out tonight Yeah, but I can't be alone Standing underneath this broke street light Can't somebody take me home Can't somebody take me home The hope that we had left Wrapped around your ring That river just rolled on by When I watched it sink Well I don't wanna go out tonight Yeah, but I can't be alone Standing underneath this broke street light Can't somebody take me home Can't somebody take me Out of this bar Out of this heartache Out of this town That just keeps breakin' down Keeps breakin' down Well I don't wanna go out tonight Yeah, but I can't be alone Standing underneath this broke street light Can't somebody take me home But I don't wanna go out tonight Yeah, but I can't be alone Standing underneath this broke street light Can't somebody take me home Can't somebody take me home Won't you take me home

Kaleohano (a name meaning: The Voice (of) Authority and Respect), Kaleohano (is) your name Ku'u home, ku'u home, ku'u home 'o Keaukaha* My (in a form expressing affection) home, my home, my home, Keaukaha Kaulana 'o Keaukaha Famous (is) Keaukaha (E hana hou I ka paukû mua loa) (Repeat first verse) Kaleohano, 'o Kaleohano kou inoa Kaleohano, Kaleohano (is) your name Ku'u 'âina, ku'u kulâiwi, a huli I ke kai My land, my native land, and dashing and receding (is) the sea Kaulana 'o Keaukaha. Famous (is) Keaukaha. Aloha au Iâ Mauna Kea, I ke anu o ke ahiahi Love I Mauna Kea (meaning, White Mountain, referring to mountain on the island of Hawai'I), in the cold of the evening. Ho'olono, ho'olono, ho'olono I ka leo ka makani Listen, listen, listen to the voice of the wind Keaukaha nô e ka wahi. Keaukaha indeed, the place. (E hana hou I ka paukû hope) (Repeat last verse) *Keaukaha = the passing current, referring to Hawaiian homestead land in Hilo, Hawai'I; in fast speech the "au" sound in Keaukaha is pronounced as an "ou" sound.

I'm waiting on a warm and sunny seashore Yearning for the one that I adore My heart is true, I'm thinking of you Forever, I'll love you, Kainoa I see a sunbeam dancing on the water Surfing on a wave that comes to shore The promise in that beam is a long awaited dream Which tells me that you love me, Kainoa Now day is done the sun sets Kainoa Stars are peek a booing from above The moon gets brighter still in my heart, I feel a thrill The trade winds say you love me, Kainoa The silvery moon is shining on the land Casting palmy shadows on the sand They dance beneath the moon while the breezes hum a tune They do this 'cause they love you, Kainoa Kainoa, I love you, you