It's a lonesome road, and a hard way to live
But it's the only life that I know
Meet some people, travel around
But home's always the best place to go

And it's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can't seem to leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at, and I'll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies

I got me a woman back home, she gave me a baby too
And she stands by my loving side, and does everything I ask her to

And it's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can't seem to leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at, and I'll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies

Bridge

There's an old man sittin in a rockin chair
He's got the best beagle dog in the county, I've been told
But his shotgun, done got too rusty
That old beagle dog, he done grown a little too old
And he stares up into heaven
And I'm sure I know the reason why
He's thinking about that promised land
In them blue ridge mountain skies

And it's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can't seem to leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at, and I'll always hang my hat
Under these blue ridge mountain skies