. >> ♪ almost heaven, ♪ west virginia, ♪ blue ridge mountains, ♪ shenandoah river. ♪ life is old thereinia, ♪ mountain mama, ♪ take me home. >> take me home, country roads is a classic sing-along song. it's an audience song. it just fits into that great sort of tradition of a song that everybody sings, and everybody wants to sing. you don't have to be the greatest singer in the world. you could just sing that melody, just pour your heart into it. >> ♪ dark and dusty ♪ painted on the sky, ♪ misty taste of moonshine, ♪ teardrops in my eye. >> it has become popular all over the world, and surprisingly, it was a very big song in china, and that came about when john did a concert at constitution hall in washington. the president and the premier of china were invited to john's concert. afterwards, someone told me that the premier wanted to take some cassettes of john's music back to china. i asked how many cassettes he wanted, and they said, "500." >> ♪ i hear her voice. ♪ in the morning hours, ♪ she calls me. ♪ the radio reminds me ♪ of my home far away. ♪ driving down the road, ♪ i get a f