Carolina Side (single)

Carolina Side

That blue green river winds through my memory and flows through the childhood of mine.
I used to swim and skip rocks and climb high on the banks covered in hemlock and pine.
The river formed the border between South Carolina and Georgia all over I would roam.
But the words of my mother I always remembered and knew how to find my way home.

She said son if you’re scared and you feel all alone and have nothing to use as a guide.
Remember you’ll find your way home on the Carolina side

No longer a boy but not quite a man she knew I was ready to go.
Eighteen years of age and moving from home I had my eyes on the road.
All set to leave out in the driveway she hugged me with tears in her eyes.
And told me these words again as she said goodbye.

Son if you’re scared and you feel all alone and have nothing to use as a guide,
Remember you’ll find your way home on the Carolina side.

It’s strange how time passes with memories fading away
The days of my youth had long since passed and my mother had grown old and gray,
She’d come to the end, I knew she was going and I didn’t want to let go.
So I pulled her close and whispered these words that I knew she’d already know.

Mom if you’re scared and you feel all alone and have nothing to use as a guide,
Remember you’ll find your way home on the Carolina side.

Mom if you’re scared and you feel all along when you’re crossing that great river wide,
Remember you’ll find your way home on the Carolina side.
Remember I’ll meet you at home on the Carolina side.

By Jesse Eisenbise (BMI)