Carry Me Lyrics - Bittersweet - Crosby & Nash

When I was a young man I found an old dream 

Was as battered and worn a one as you have ever seen 

But I made it some new wings and I painted a nose 

And I wished so hard up in the air I rose, singing 

Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me, carry me 

And I once loved a girl 

She was younger than me 

Her parents kept her locked up in their life 

And she was crying at night 

She was wishing she could be free 

'Course mostly I remember her laughing 

Standing there watching us play 

For a while there, the music would take her away 

And she'd be singing 

Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world 

And then there was my mother 

She was lying in white sheets there and she was waiting to die 

She said if you'd just reach underneath this bed 

And untie these weights 

I could surely fly 

She's still smiling but she's tired 

She'd like to hear that last bell ring 

You know if she still could she would 

Stand up, and she could sing, singing 

Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me, carry me