(original by Ryan Adams ) 



I went down to Houston

and I stopped in San Antone

I passed up the station for the bus

I was trying to find me something

but I wasn抰 sure just what

Man I ended up with pockets full of dust

So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane

I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance

I was spending money like the way it likes to rain

Man I ended up with pockets full of cane 

Oh my sweet Carolina

What compels me to go?

Oh my sweet disposition

May you one day carry me home 

I ain抰 never been to Vegas, but I gambled up my life

Building newsprint boats I race to sewer mains

Was trying to find me something but I wasn抰 sure just what

Funny how they say that some things never change 

Oh my sweet Carolina

What compels me to go?

Oh my sweet disposition

May you one day carry me home 

Up here in the city feels like things are closing in

The sunset抯 just my light bulb burning out

I miss KENTUCKY and I miss my family

All the sweetest winds they blow across the south 

Oh my sweet Carolina

What compels me to go?

Oh my sweet disposition

May you one day carry me home

May you one day carry me home