Oh My Sweet Carolina

Album: Heartbreaker (2000)
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  • Well I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone
    I passed up the station for the bus
    Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
    I ended up with pockets full of dust

    So I went on to Cleveland and ended up insane
    Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
    I was spending money like the way it likes to rain
    And I ended up with pockets full of 'caine

    Oh my sweet Carolina
    What compels me to go?
    Oh my sweet disposition
    May you one day carry me home

    I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
    Building news print boats I raced to sewer mains
    I was trying to find me something but I wasn't 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 it feels like things are closing in
    The sunset's 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 Writer/s: Ryan Adams
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Emmett from Canadian, Txi love this song it sounds beautiful if you play it on a twelve string
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