Carolina Rolling By

(album: Book Of Fools - 2023)

I used to set my sights on an incoming light and zone out til the morning
Turn the A.M. dial, sit and think a while
Early March with the frost still hard, I nodded off and turned
The sand traps work, but stopping hurts

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you feel it? I can feel it

I used to kneel at night and think what's right
Imagining a man way up in the sky or somewhere deep inside
Maybe it's me but it's harder to sleep with a shaking in your hand
Yeah I hate those pills except how they make me feel

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you feel it? I can feel it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you take it? I can take it

Sometimes I watch the trees and I wonder at leaves all reaching toward the light
They can sleep at night
They know to do what's right
When I'm out at dawn on an open road and the sun climbs up the branches
I know I'm not alone, it's just the long way home

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you feel it? I can feel it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you take it? I can take it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you feel it? I can feel it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you take it? I can take it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you feel it? I can feel it

Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high
Can you take it? I'll take it