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