Raised Up Family Lyrics - October Road - James Taylor

I was raised up family 

Man I'm glad I'm on my own 

I was raised up family 

Man I'm glad I'm on my own 

I mean, God bless the child 

That can learn to live alone, yeah 

Thinking about about my cousin 

What it was that did him in 

Could it have been that whiskey 

Rotgut, bootleg, bathtub gin 

It's like it took a lot of liquor 

Just to let him live in his own skin 

Back in raleigh, north carolina 

You got to ride it on back 

In raleigh, north carolina 

The ship set down on the shore 

Of this uncharted desert island 

Me and my people fanned out 

I guess we settled down a little while 

Ah, but the devil came with the dark days of winter 

Man the children ran wild 

I used to know why 

No I don't know why anymore 

I used to know why 

No I don't know why no more 

I get to wonder at the kundalini thunder 

Down under my floor 

You got to ride it on back 

Take me back 

Back in raleigh, north carolina 

Yeah, do you wanna go 

Way back in raleigh, north carolina