It's a lonesome road   And a hard way to live   But its the only life that I know      I met some people   I traveled around   But home's always the best place to go      And its a lonesome feeling on 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      But I got me   A woman back home   She gave me a baby too      And she stands by   My loving side   Does anything I ask her to      And its a lonesome feeling on 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      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 a-thinking   About that promised land   In them Blue Ridge Mountain skies      And its a lonesome feeling on 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