[00:02.56].
[00:16.31]I woke up this morning to the hummin' of the engines
[00:23.69]Haulin' nature's finest from the Gulf of Mexico
[00:30.75]Riding this ol' river is peaceful but it's lonesome
[00:38.08]And it makes me wonder how the old folks are at home
[00:43.14].
[00:44.08]Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines
[00:51.95]But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine
[00:58.96]Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom
[01:06.54]And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon
[01:13.40].
[01:27.29]Just rolled through Memphis, I could hear them guitars playin'
[01:34.58]They had the blues so bad it almost broke my heart
[01:41.82]But it don't sound nothing like a band of tree frogs singin'
[01:49.14]When every now and then they'd get in tune with grandpa's harp
[01:53.95].
[01:55.09]Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines
[02:02.82]But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine
[02:09.85]Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom
[02:17.16]And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon
[02:23.61].
[02:56.28]Now when I die boys, make me this promise
[03:03.60]You'll send my body back up North Carolina way
[03:10.75]I don't want no tombstone, just lay me next to mama
[03:18.31]And let the honeysuckle grow wild upon my grave
[03:23.56].
[03:24.12]Now the years have blown by me like the wind through the pines
[03:31.83]But the song of the south is ever sweet as homemade wine
[03:38.95]Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom
[03:46.45]And the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon
[03:55.35]Yeah, the southern stars are dancin' 'round a North Carolina moon
[04:08.44]North Carolina moon
[04:13.27].
[04:13.77]Oh, how I miss those mountains when the laurels are in bloom
[04:17.70]Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
[04:24.58]Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
[04:31.08].