Amana Roads

Amana Roads – (sung to the tune of John Denver’s ‘Country Roads.’)

Almost heaven, Main Amana Lily Pond and the Iowa river Life is old here, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, 7 Colonies

Gravel roads, take me home To the place I belong West Amana, East, High and Middle Take me home, country roads

Dandelion wine, among a hundred others, Farmer’s markets, Zuber’s bed and breakfast Oktoberfest – yes – and Maifest in the spring Misty taste of Millstream, beer that helps me sing

Country roads, take me home To the place I belong Main Amana, South and Homestead Take me home, country roads

I hear her guitars on Friday nights she calls me Where’s the open mic? Robert please put me on the list Halfway through the set I get the feeling that I should have practiced yesterday And today

Country roads, take me home To the place I belong 7 Villages, here to choose from Take me home, country roads

—joe Wilford, 2015