So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane 
I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance 
I was spending money like the way it likes to rain 
Man I ended up with pockets full of cane 

Oh my sweet Carolina 
What compels me to go? 
Oh my sweet disposition 
May you one day carry me home 

I ain’t never been to Vegas, but I gambled up my life 
Building newsprint boats I race to sewer mains 
Was trying to find me something but I wasn’t sure just what 
Funny how they say that “some things never change” 

Oh my sweet Carolina 
What compels me to go? 
Oh my sweet disposition 
May you one day carry me home 

Up here in the city feels like things are closing in 
The sunset’s just my light bulb burning out 
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family 
All the sweetest winds they blow across the south 

Oh my sweet Carolina 
What compels me to go? 
Oh my sweet disposition 
May you one day carry me home 
May you one day carry me home