carry me back carry me back carry me back i been away too long i m goin home where i belong oh for the pillow where my head used to lay fore i left to be a grown man way back then i miss the wooden kitchen floor painted brown to match the old back door in my old kentucky home where i belong carry me back carry me back carry me back i been away so long i m goin back where i come from something i read one day might have heard somebody say made me leave my happy home sure i neer left fortune waitin in the city pretty women just like in the movies the craziest mess you ever wanna see carry me back carry me back ain t nothin here for me carry me back i wanna get back home take me back where i belong yeah yeah lord almighty i sure learned a lot enough to send me back where i come from to that old kentucky home far away yeah carry me back carry me back where i belong now carry me back i wanna get back home take me back where i belong carry me back carry me back carry me back i wanna get back home take me back where i come from