Carolina

Heading south to Asheville town we stumbled down the mountain singing
Oh don’t you remember the Lonesome River Band?
No way back to Winston Salem, engine failing you were playing a song
I couldn’t remember and I didn’t understand
And just before the chorus, Nantahala Forest, pine and promise
And oh now, please don’t let me down
But you were bound for Johnson City, sounds so pretty, here’s the pity
Oh I didn’t understand and I’m only hearing now

(when you sang)
Carolina, I’m inclined to leave you and never come back
Carolina I’m inclined to go
Carolina take the time to know me, cause I never knew you
Know me, whatever is left to know

Searching for the lost horizon, sleeping through the Blue Ridge rising
Oh, don’t you remember? We didn’t get too far
Passed the night is restless dreaming and never guessed that you were leaving
Oh telling me the future on a little Swiss guitar
And just before the chorus, Nantahala Forest, keep your promise
And oh now, please play one more time
But you were bound for Johnson City, sounds so pretty, here’s the pity
Oh I didn’t understand and I never heard goodbye

(when you sang)
Carolina, I’m inclined to leave you and never come back
Carolina I’m inclined to go
Carolina take the time to know me, cause I never knew you
Know me, whatever is left to know