Song Description
Song is an ode to North Carolina performed in rock blues style.
| Song Length |
4:46 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Composed |
Subject |
State, Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Eric Clapton, Cream |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
TAR HEEL BLUES
Got on the plane in Boston
Made my way to RDU
Sped out onto 40
In my beat up GTO
Going 80
I had nothing left to lose
?Cause the South is now my home
I?ve got those Tar Heel Blues
Ever since I was a young man
I ain?t called no place my home
A stranger in a strange land
Like a vagrant I would roam
Every winter
Keeping warm with my booze
Now I?ve traded snow for sunshine
I?ve got those Tar Heel Blues
My momma was a Yankee
And my daddy was a Reb
I grew up in New Jersey
Hearing Springsteen and The Dead
But The Carters
Were my only muse
So I?m strummin? in the Piedmont
I?ve got those Tar Heel Blues
You can?t choose where your life starts
But you might pick where you?ll die
The grass is always greener
Over on the other side
So be careful
Where you plant your shoes
?Cause I?m lost in the Southland
I?ve got those Tar Heel Blues.