Take Me Home, Country Roads
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
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 mornin’ hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin’ down the road, I get a feelin’
That I should’ve 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
Source: LyricFindSongwriters: Bill Danoff / John Denver / Taffy Nivert DanoffTake Me Home, Country Roads lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management Inc, Roba Music Verlag GMBH
However, I’m not sure where I am belonging. I have no plan to go back to Japan.
とは、言っても、私がどこに属しているのかよくわかりません。日本に帰る予定もありません。
The first time I saw Dan Graham‘s Homes For America, I was surprised because it is similar to Sapporo’s suburban residential area. However, this doesn’t need to surprise.
初めて、芸術家、ダングラハム氏の作品、ホーム フォー アメリカ を見た時、驚きました。なぜなら、そのイメージは札幌の郊外の住宅地にそっくりです。でも驚く必要は無いのです。
The development of Hokkaido is after the country’s opening, and it has not much about Japanese taste.
北海道の開拓は開国後です。日本的な趣きはあまりありません。
The Hokkaido Government Office and the clock tower in Sapporo are also Western-style buildings. Moreover, it is no exaggeration to say that Japan after World War II has been modeled after the United States. Mostly, after the war, the Constitution of Japan was created by the United States.
北海道庁や札幌の時計台も洋風な建物です。その上、第二次世界大戦後の日本はアメリカをお手本にしてきたと言っても過言では無いでしょう。だいたい、戦後、日本国憲法はアメリカによって作られたのですから。
I guess that the suburban residential area in Sapporo was also planned following that in the United States.
札幌の郊外住宅地も、アメリカのそれに習って計画されたと思うのです。
Ed Ruscha is an American painter. He made a painting, Japan is America in !982.
アメリカ人の絵描きさん、エド ルーシャ は、ジャパン イズ アメリカ という絵を1982年に描きました。
It’s awesome.
天晴れですね。
I like Ed Ruscha because this simplicity and his drawings make me think he is reading history.
エドルーシャに関して、何が好きかというと、この簡潔さと、彼の描く作品のどれからでも、彼は歴史を読んでいると、考えさせてくれるところです。
When I look at American 19th century paintings, the passage of time reaches Ed Ruscha.
１９世紀のアメリカの絵画を見る時、時の流れはエドルーシャにたどり着きます。