Carolina Can

Album: Ignite the Night (2014)
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  • It was laying pennies on the rail's
    And sneaking off to chew Red Man
    It was a Friday night win, followed by Saturday bruise
    It was a first Blue Ribbon my dad and I drank
    Baptized on Glenville lake
    A tear in our eyes the night we lost all we had to lose

    That tobacco town where I grew up
    The tailgate down on a jacked up truck
    A ring we earned 'cause we owned that state
    A tombstone with my daddy's name
    Now, the six string dream on a crazy course
    Has got my compass losing North
    And I need someone to remind me who I am
    Oh, Carolina can

    It was faded blue denim on Franklin Street
    A "He's not" buzz, a house band beat
    It was a summer heat dragging me to a fifth year fall
    It was classes skipped 'cause the room couldn't teach
    What we learned three days on Wrightsville Beach
    With my high school love, short hair
    And that sweet hometown southern drawl

    That tobacco town where I grew up
    The tailgate down on a jacked up truck
    A ring we earned 'cause we owned that state
    A tombstone with my daddy's name
    Now, the six string dream on a crazy course
    Has got my compass losing North
    And I need someone to remind me who I am
    Yeah, Carolina can
    Carolina can

    Now, two time zones, ten states away
    'nother night, 'nother show to play
    Oh hey Mister Taylor, she ain't only on your mind

    That tobacco town where I grew up
    A tailgate down on a jacked up truck
    A ring we earned 'cause we owned that state
    A tombstone with my daddy's name
    The six string dream on a crazy course
    Has got my compass losing North
    And I need someone to remind me who I am
    Yeah, when I need someone to remind me who I am
    Yeah, Carolina can
    Carolina can
    Carolina can Writer/s: Chase Rice, Scooter Carusoe
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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