My Carolina Home

I've traveled many a mile in my life

And I'll travel many more

But I'll always return to the Old North State

Which lies on the Eastern Shore

I've searched all my life for America

And loved each new place that I'd find

I've found no better spot to show America's heart

Than the land of the Long Leaf Pine

See the majesty of the Rockies

Or the Cascades and Teton's great Dome

Then travel back East to give your eyes a real feast

In the Blue Ridge State I call my home

The vegetable fields in the Western US

Are wonderful and so's Midwest grain

But none is as sweet as God's own garden spot

Back East where I call my domain

She's been first in America's heritage

In freedom and fight when there's strife

She's a leader by far from first flight to the stars

And research for more quality to life

So I'll continue to travel America

And love each new place that I roam

But my heart will remain in my North State domain

Back East in my Carolina home

© William Carrington - 1/17/1997 - From the book One Heart Beyond Tomorrow

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