Take me home, West Virginia

That is the title of a song written by John Denver and a couple of other people. I've heard it a couple of times before and thought it was a pretty cool song, but didn't make much out of it.

I found out that this is actually an immensely popular song worldwide, particularly in Japan... friggin' JAPAN. How in the world did some mountain song about rural Western Virginia become so popular in the land of the rising sun is beyond me!
The juxtposition nearly makes my mind explode, but it's not just Japan, it's also big in europe as well. Italy, Germany, France, wherever... people know the song. I would say Canadians knew the song if they weren't filthy sub humans (Hi, Kat!)

Funny thing is, I learned is that most of these people have no idea that this is a real place.

oh crap... now the damn song is in my head now.


Here are the lyrics if you're interested... or a foreigner

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.

CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where 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,
Teardrop in my eye.

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

I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me,
Radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.