O Carolina creeks Running through my veins
Lost I was born Lonesome I came Lonesome I'll always stay
Carolina knows Why for years I roam
Free as these birds Light as whispers Carolina knows
* And you didn't see me here No, they never did see me here And she's in my dreams
** Into the mist, into the clouds Don't leave I make a fist, I make it count
And there are places I will never ever go And things that only Carolina will ever know
Carolina stains On the dress she left Indelible scars
Pivotal marks Blue as the life she fled Carolina pines Won't you cover me?
Hide me like robes Down the back road Muddy these webs we weave
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O Carolina knows Why for years they've said That I was guilty as sin
And sleep in a liar's bed But the sleep comes fast And I'll meet no ghosts
It's between me The sand and the sea Carolina knows