(original by Ryan Adams )      I went down to Houston   and I stopped in San Antone   I passed up the station for the bus   I was trying to find me something   but I wasn? sure just what   Man I ended up with pockets full of dust   So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane   I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance   I was spending money like the way it likes to rain   Man I ended up with pockets full of cane   Oh my sweet Carolina   What compels me to go?   Oh my sweet disposition   May you one day carry me home   I ain? never been to Vegas, but I gambled up my life   Building newsprint boats I race to sewer mains   Was trying to find me something but I wasn? sure just what   Funny how they say that some things never change   Oh my sweet Carolina   What compels me to go?   Oh my sweet disposition   May you one day carry me home   Up here in the city feels like things are closing in   The sunset? just my light bulb burning out   I miss KENTUCKY and I miss my family   All the sweetest winds they blow across the south   Oh my sweet Carolina   What compels me to go?   Oh my sweet disposition   May you one day carry me home   May you one day carry me home