Come Back, Carolina

Carolina

I couldn’t find you

Dancing to the band

Out on the back lawn

By the big tree

I thought you might

Come back to me

But I got so far

From who I’ve been

Found a part of me

Way up in the city

Guess I miss me

Can you ever really

Go home again?

Oh come back, Carolina

Remind me what I used to dream

Can I be who I was

And still be who I want to be?

Oh, Tennessee

I gotta see you

You know it’s been too long

I’ve been dancing

To my own song

You know I used

To just sing along

But the river runs

Through you and me

Muddy water

Might just wash a man clean

All I’m asking

Is why can’t I be everything?

Oh come back, Tennessee

I gotta find that piece of me

Can I be who I was

And still be who I want to be?

‘Cause I still long for

That perfect summer

And all my heroes

Are so much taller

Shouldn’t I

Outgrow them by now?

Listen close

Grow up strong

But all my dreams

Were once my father’s

Shouldn’t I

Have my own by now?

Oh, Carolina

I couldn’t find you

Dancing to the band

Out on the back lawn

By the big tree

I thought you might

Come back to me

But I got so far

From who I’ve been

Found a part of me

Way up in the city

Now I miss me

Can you ever really

Go home again?

Oh come back, Carolina

Remind me what I used to dream

Can I be who I was

And still be who I want to be?

Oh come back, Tennessee

I gotta find that piece of me

Can I be who I was

And still be who I want to be?