Story Behind The Song

my childhood growing up in the south

Song Description

memories of driving down a southern highway

Lyrics

Carolina

we'd leave early in the morning 'round 5am
drive and watch the sun come up
old men selling peaches watermelons boiled peanuts
from the back of pick up trucks
on our way now

I watched the world go by from the back window
of a green ford country squire
with lovely wood paneling my dad at the wheel
mama would say the air smells better
as we crossed that line

Carolina Carolina so far away now

I never got a winks sleep at my grandmother's house
she had 200 clocks and they would chime
just one second later than the one before
and it sounded like church bells
ringing out in the night

Carolina Carolina so far away now

lightning bugs little stars
catch and put'em in mason jars
turn out the lights and watch them glow
open the lid and let them go

so I carry the memories of low country highways
that lead to rolling hills of red clay
kudzu and muscadine cover the fields
and line the roads that show me the way to
Carolina