Carolina I remember you

One of the memories that stays on my mind

about an old southern lady that I left behind

is a ramshackle bridge where the deep river winds

and an old two-lane blacktop through the tall long-leaf pines

Carolina, Carolina

You're hard but you're hard to forget

I still remember the magnolia nights

and goosefeather snow in the gray morning light

sandspurs and puppies and red autumn leaves

and the warm lights in the clear night on a cold Christmas Eve

Carolina I knew you

before the highways got to you

and I loved you as one of your own

and I still do