Tennessee has brought right onto my knees
The pretty boys of Memphis has made fool out of me
Times are hard in Nashville, the cash I had is gone
I left my can in Carolina, this land is not my home
I meant to leave not before the river run
Like I'm Carolina Bound
I'm Carolina Bound
I burn to prove the mountains through the blue, blue smoke
I let these folks change me, and re-write
And that's what hurts the most
The days have turned to weeks
The months have turned to years
Is long past time I return to my kinds
I'll be damned if dying here
I meant to leave not before the river run
Like I'm Carolina Bound
I'm Carolina Bound