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?

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?

I still long for that perfect summer

All my heroes are so much taller

Shouldn't I outgrow them by now?

Listen close, grow up strong

All my dreams were once my father's

Shouldn't I have my own by now?

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?