Back To Caroline

He said, "The storm is gettin' stronger"
 As he climbed inside my truck
 I'm headed back to Carolina
 God's willin' an' he learned
 An' he told me how he'd left his family
 So many years ago
 An' he'd seen the whole world on the shoulders
 But now it's time to go back home
 An' he said, "This road goes on forever
 I've been travellin' all my life
 An' I've seen the rain, I've felt the thunder
 But it never changed my mind
 I'm goin' back to Caroline"
 I dropped him off at the State line
 An' then I thought about my life
 An' everything I left behind me
 Two children an' my wife
 I left 'em waitin' for a phone call
 An' that was twenty days ago
 But now I'm in it for the long-haul
 An' it's time to go back home
 An' this damn road keeps gettin' longer
 I've been travellin' it some time
 An' I've seen the rain, I've felt the thunder roll on
 But it never changed my mind
 I'm goin' back to Caroline
 Yeah, yeah, whoa, Lord
 I'm going back to Caroline
 Whoa, oh