World Cup revives debate: Is "Country Roads" about Virginia?

Pro-Virginia arguments:

• The Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River are mostly in Virginia.
• Songwriters Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert said they had never been to West Virginia when they wrote it.
• The country roads taking you to West Virginia can't be in West Virginia.

Pro-West Virginia: The state's name is literally in the lyrics.

• "Stranger to blue water" refers to a landlocked state.
• It's one of West Virginia's official songs.

Meanwhile, John Denver's estate told the AP "It's not limited to West Virginia."

• Which is good since Maryland also claims it because Danoff, a Massachusetts native, was inspired to write it while driving through Montgomery County.

The bottom line: This one's headed to penalties.