Oh My Sweet Carolina Lyrics - Counting Crows

(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 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 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 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 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