Such a long way down winding twisting roads
Over the mountain, down in the valley
Me and my Mother going to forward home
To where the pine trees they grow tall
I had a dream I was in those old rooms
I could see everything so clearly
Could smell the cooking coming from the kitchen
Old voices echoing from the past.
Been such a long long time now
Touching home at last
I had begun to get the feeling that it was time to go
One of the fold had passed on so
He too, was going home
Going home he was going home
Trodding homeward to
Trodding home.
Oh what a joy to be touching home again
What a joy, what a joy to be
Touching home again.
Oh, we got to trod on back to our Father’s land as I would say
My dear Brother, will you go with me?
My dear Sister, will you go with me?
Where I can feel my old Grandfather
And I can feel my sweet Grandmother
And I can trod upon the ground my ancestors used to trod yea
I know that I can feel their spirit
I know that I can feel their spirit
As I run upon the ground that I used to run on in the days of my youth.
I want to go back
I want to go back yea
I want to go back, trod on back home
Won’t you please take me back?
Country roads take me back
I want to go back yea
Touching home again
We got to get together
Such a long way down, long long way down yea
Winding twisting roads
Over the mountain, down in the valley
Me and my Idren going to travel home
To where the pine trees they grow tall, so tall
Man had begun to get that feeling
I had begun to get that feeling
That it was time to go as I would say
For twenty years I never meant to stay away yea
Now I’m touching home, touching home
Said I’m trodding home, trodding home
Oh how good and how pleasant it would be
To gather together with my whole family
Under the Tree
Each generation, in this visitation
My soul knows the way
My soul knows the way, yea
Down each and every winding, twisting, turning,
dipping, diving back road
Country roads take me back
Say I want to go back
Won’t you please take me back?
I want to go back, I’ve got to trod on back home
Almost heaven, sweet Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
I want to go home, yea
Touching home, I’m touching home.