I was raised up family   Man I'm glad I'm on my own   I was raised up family   Man I'm glad I'm on my own   I mean, God bless the child   That can learn to live alone, yeah      Thinking about about my cousin   What it was that did him in   Could it have been that whiskey   Rotgut, bootleg, bathtub gin   It's like it took a lot of liquor   Just to let him live in his own skin      Back in raleigh, north carolina   You got to ride it on back   In raleigh, north carolina      The ship set down on the shore   Of this uncharted desert island   Me and my people fanned out   I guess we settled down a little while   Ah, but the devil came with the dark days of winter   Man the children ran wild      I used to know why   No I don't know why anymore   I used to know why   No I don't know why no more      I get to wonder at the kundalini thunder   Down under my floor      You got to ride it on back   Take me back   Back in raleigh, north carolina   Yeah, do you wanna go   Way back in raleigh, north carolina