It was laying pennies on the rail's And sneaking off to chew Red Man It was a Friday night win and followed by a 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 hazelnut 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 times on, ten states away Another night, another show to play Oh hey mister tailor, she ain't only on your mind 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 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