Old North State

This ain't for the faint or the weak of heart This ain't for the ones who walked away Just to quit while they're ahead These boys they are my blood Like old friends from a war They've seen me at my worst This life it takes it's toll And everyday it gets harder and harder to justify These dead head drives from Tulsa But everything's gonna be okay soon as I cross that state line When the morning light shines through the branches on the pines Carolina I'm coming home I ain't seen my bed in months But there's a girl that keeps it warm As she cries herself to sleep While I'm out here on the road Blue Ribbon cans and one night stands and parked cars with girls that know all the words I always hurt the ones that I love And I'll spend the rest of my life paying for the pain I put her through But I swear I'll right these wrongs And everything is gonna be okay as soon as I cross that state line When the morning light shines through the branches on the pines Carolina I'm coming home And here's to the land of the long leaf pine The summer land where the sun doth shine Where the weak grows strong And the strong grow great The old north state When the morning light shines through the branches on the pines Carolina I'm coming home