Back To Caroline

Well I’m out here on the job
Trying to make an honest pay
Driving down these spikes
Just counting down the days
This hammer’s heavy
Oh, but my heart is light
Knowing that I’ll soon be
Back by her side

If you’re going my way I could use a ride
Back to that blue-eyed gal by the Carolina line
I’m here in Virginia, tryin’ to earn a dime
Just to pay my way on back to Caroline

That old sun is scorching hot
And the days are mighty long
Swinging this ol’ iron
Just singing this ol’ song
If only these tracks
I’m laying on this ground
Could bring me on back
To my home in the South

If you’re going my way I could use a ride
Back to that blue-eyed gal by the Carolina line
I’m here in Virginia, tryin’ to earn a dime
Just to pay my way on back to Caroline

If you’re going my way I could use a ride
Back to that blue-eyed gal by the Carolina line
I’m here in Virginia, tryin’ to earn a dime
Just to pay my way on back to Caroline