It's a lonesome road   And a hard way to live   But it's the only life that I know   I met some people, I traveled around   But home's always the best place to go      It's a lonesome feeling in my mind   A feeling that I can't leave behind   Carolina's where I'm at, and   I'll always hang my hat   Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies      I got me a woman back home   She gave me a baby, too   And she stands by my loving side and   Does anything I ask her to      It's a lonesome feeling in my mind   A feeling I can't seem to leave behind   Carolina's where I'm at, and   I'll always hang my hat   Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies      There's an old man, sittin' in a rockin' chair   He's got the best beagle dog in the county I've been told   But his shotgun done got too rusty   That 'ole beagle dog he done grown a little too old   As he stares up into heaven, I'm sure I know the reason why   He's thinking about that promised land in them Blue Ridge Mountain skies      It's a lonesome feeling in my mind   A feeling I can't seem to leave behind   Carolina's where I'm at, and   I'll always hang my hat   Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies