I can hear the rain a-tappin' on a tin roof down in Charlotte
It's Sunday morning what a peaceful sound
The closest thing to being there is looking through the pictures
Worn and wrinkled from bein' lost and found

The geese are flyin' south it must be winter in Vancouver
The fallin' leaves, the seasons come and go
The years are rolling by and I'm runnin' on a memory
But lately I've been runnin' kind of low

Lay me down Carolina, let me rest my weary bones
In a world so full of people why do I feel alone?
Lift me up, give me direction 'til I know I'm homeward bound
Lay Me Down Carolina, lay me down

Life may take you anywhere and leave you cold and stranded
But somehow love will always take you home
Like roots the winding river's all run back to Carolina
And like a ship I'm drifting too far from the shore

Lay me down Carolina let me rest my weary bones
In a world so full of people why do I feel alone?
Lift me up, give me direction 'til I know I'm homeward bound
And lay me down Carolina, lay me down

Carolina let me rest my weary bones
In a world so full of people why do I feel alone?
Lift me up, give me direction 'til I know I'm homeward bound
And lay me down Carolina, lay me down