"Tar Heel" lyrics
(Live)
Down in Carolina that's what I'm thinking of
It's hot down there in the summer time but my folks still may love
With a baby doing eight weeks time there'd be pain but also joy
The first kid for it couple of kids and I was that baby boy
Down in Carolina in a town called Chapel Hill
Couple of kids just starting out just living life like young folks will
God's will I was a boy a breach baby son was born
I arrived as backwards 10 AM on a September morning
September 5th to be exact that's the date of my birth
Yeah, I've been around for quite some time now roaming all over god's earth
Wanted to had my share of living wanted to try me a taste of death
And if I can't just keep breathing I live until my last breath
Down in Carolina that's what I'm thinking of
People played and made music down there for money for fun and for love
Earl Scruggs, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Felonious Munk
Charlie Poole and Joe Henry, Doc Watson and Parliament Funk
Down in Colorado so long ago
I can't trust my memory you might remember but you never quite know
But I've seen faded snapshots of my parents way back then
They were couple of kids just starting out without a clue how it would end
I was to end we moved north wind
My dad started chasing his dreams moving up to New York City
All the way to fresh meadows in Queens
But when I consider my time down south Carolina seems oh so real
I'll be buried in East Hampton, New York but I'm still a tar heel
Don't you dare call me a bonicker, I remain a tar heel
It's hot down there in the summer time but my folks still may love
With a baby doing eight weeks time there'd be pain but also joy
The first kid for it couple of kids and I was that baby boy
Down in Carolina in a town called Chapel Hill
Couple of kids just starting out just living life like young folks will
God's will I was a boy a breach baby son was born
I arrived as backwards 10 AM on a September morning
September 5th to be exact that's the date of my birth
Yeah, I've been around for quite some time now roaming all over god's earth
Wanted to had my share of living wanted to try me a taste of death
And if I can't just keep breathing I live until my last breath
Down in Carolina that's what I'm thinking of
People played and made music down there for money for fun and for love
Earl Scruggs, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Felonious Munk
Charlie Poole and Joe Henry, Doc Watson and Parliament Funk
Down in Colorado so long ago
I can't trust my memory you might remember but you never quite know
But I've seen faded snapshots of my parents way back then
They were couple of kids just starting out without a clue how it would end
I was to end we moved north wind
My dad started chasing his dreams moving up to New York City
All the way to fresh meadows in Queens
But when I consider my time down south Carolina seems oh so real
I'll be buried in East Hampton, New York but I'm still a tar heel
Don't you dare call me a bonicker, I remain a tar heel
