It`s a lonesome road, and a hard way to live
But it`s the only life that I know
Meet some people, travel around
But home`s always the best place to go
And it`s a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can`t seem to leave behind
Carolina`s where I`m at, and I`ll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies
I got me a woman back home, she gave me a baby too
And she stands by my loving side, and does everything I ask her to
And it`s a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can`t seem to leave behind
Carolina`s where I`m at, and I`ll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies
Bridge
There`s an old man sittin in a rockin chair
He`s got the best beagle dog in the county, I`ve been told
But his shotgun, done got too rusty
That old beagle dog, he done grown a little too old
And he stares up into heaven
And I`m sure I know the reason why
He`s thinking about that promised land
In them blue ridge mountain skies
And it`s a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can`t seem to leave behind
Carolina`s where I`m at, and I`ll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies