Carolina Moon Lyrics - Alison Krauss

I woke up this morning to the hummin' of the engines 

Haulin' nature's finest from the Gulf of Mexico 

Riding this ol' river is peaceful but it's lonesome 

And it makes me wonder how the old folks are at home 

Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines 

But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine 

Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom 

And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon 

Just rolled through Memphis, I could hear them guitars playin' 

They had the blues so bad it almost broke my heart 

But it don't sound nothing like a band of tree frogs singin' 

When every now and then they'd get in tune with grandpa's harp 

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Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines 

But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine 

Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom 

And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon 

Now when I die boys, make me this promise 

You'll send my body back up North Carolina way 

I don't want no tombstone, just lay me next to mama 

And let the honeysuckle grow wild upon my grave 

Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines 

But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine 

Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom 

And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon 

Yeah, the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon 

North Carolina moon 

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