Country Roads, Massachusetts

Almost Heaven, Massachusetts
Berkshire Mountains, Housatonic River
Life is old there, older than this land
Old as proud First Peoples' trailblazing command.

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
Massachusetts, Walden's wonder
Take me home, country roads.

All my memories gather 'round her
Bay State lady, no stranger to blue water
Campus courtyards, hills and windswept dunes
Hearty taste of chowder, Massachusetts moon.

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
Massachusetts, freedom's cradle
Take me home, country roads.

I hear her voice in the evening hour, she calls me.
A Red Sox run 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
Massachusetts, moody mama
Take me home, down country roads.

(Can substitute "MassBay mama" or "masshole mama" as preferred...)

Sage Stossel is an editor and a cartoonist who has regularly cartooned for The Atlantic.com, The Boston Globe, and the Provincetown Banner. She is the recipient of the award for Best Editorial Cartoon by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and a New England Press Association Award. She was also the 2023 finalist for the Rex Babin Award for excellence in local cartooning. Her cartoons have been featured by the New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, CNN Headline News, and Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year. Her books include On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC., On the Loose in Philadelphia, On the Loose in New York City, On the Loose in New Orleans, the graphic novel Starling, and T-Ride, a board book about riding the Boston subway.