Oh,Carolina creepsRounding through my veinsLost I was bornLonesome I cameLonesome I'll always stayCarolina knowsWhy for years I roamthese parts light as whispers carolina knows and you didn't see me here no they never did see me hereAnd she's inmy dreams Into the mist,into the cloudsDon't leave,I'll make a fist I'll make it count And there areplaces I will never,ever goThings that only Carolina would ever knowCarolinastainson thedress sheleft Indelible scars,pivotal marks Blue as the life she fled Carolina pines,won't you cover me?Hide me likeropes down the back roadMuddy these waves, we weepAnd you didn't see me hereNo, they never did see meShe's in my dreamsInto the mist,into the cloudsDon't leave, I'll make her fistI'll make it countAnd there are places I will never,ever goThings that only Carolinawill ever knowAndyou didn't see me hereThey never did see me hereNo,you didn't see me hereOh, Carolinaknowswhy for years they've said That I was guilty as sin and sleep in a liar'sbed But the sleepcomes fast and I'll meet noIt's between me,the sand and the sea Carolina, her nose
