Verse 1
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He said the storm is getting stronger
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as he climbed inside my truck
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I'm headed back to carolina
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Gods will and any luck
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He told me how he left his family
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so many years ago
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And he'd seen the whole world on the shoulders
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but now it's time to go back home

Chorus
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and he said this road goes on forever
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I've been travelin all my life
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and I've seen the rain I've felt the thunder
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but it never changed my mind
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I'm going back to caroline

Verse 2
I dropped him off at the state line
then I thought about my life
and everything I left behind me
two children and my wife
I left them waiting for a phone call
well that was twenty days ago
now I'm in for the long haul
and it's time to go back home

Chorus II
and this damn road keeps getting longer
I've been travelin it sometime
and I've seen the rain, and felt the thunder...roll on
and it never changed my mind
Im going back to caroline