Arrangement, Altered Lyrics, Lead and Backup Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums and Percussion track engineering by Avigdor Zeitlin.
This song is based on John Denver’s “COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME” which was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971. In this version, the altered lyrics portray the yearning of the Jewish person for the return of Jerusalem to its former glory, with the coming of King Moshiach, leading us all to the Ultimate Redemption and the rebuilding of the Bet Hamikdash.
LYRICS:
GUITAR INTRO
VERSE 1
Gates of Heaven, oh such Kedusha
For its mountains tears flow like a River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Songs of its mountains, blowing like a breeze
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
Shaarei Shamayim, Yerushalayim
Take me home, country roads
VERSE 2
All my memories, gather ‘round her
Asking for her in daily prayer
Dark and dusty, the exile sky
Now comes the sunshine, a tear of joy in my eye
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
Shaarei Shamayim, Yerushalayim
Take me home, country roads
BRIDGE
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
My soul is reminded of my home far away
As I pray to G-d I get a feeling that I should have been home
Yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
Shaarei Shamayim, Yerushalayim
Take me home, country roads
GUITAR INTERLUDE
OUTRO
Take me home, country roads…
Take me home, where I belong…