* "Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy" (Sunshine = happiness)
* "Leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again" (Jet plane = travel, leaving)
* "Annie's song, it's a simple thing, Annie's song, makes me sing" (Song = love, happiness)
Similes
* "Take me home, country roads, to the place I belong" (Country roads are like home)
* "West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads" (West Virginia is like a mother)
* "Oh, Rocky Mountain high, I've been flying, or maybe it's been the Colorado rocky mountain wine" (The feeling of being high is like flying or drinking wine)