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