Standard Tuning I went down to Houston And I stopped at San Antone And I passed up the station for the bus And I was tryin to find me somethin But I wasnt sure just what And I ended up with pockets full of dust And I went down to Cleveland Thats where I went insane I bought a borrowed suite and learned to dance And I was spendin money Like the way it likes to rain Man I ended up with pockets full of cane Oh my sweet Carolina What compels me to go Oh my sweet disposition May you one day carry me home Never been to Vegas But I gambled of my life Though the newsprint boats are raced in sewer mains And I was tryin to find me somthin But I wasnt sure just what Funny how they say some things never change Oh my sweet Carolina What compels me to go Oh my sweet disposition May you one day carry me home And out here in the city seems like things are closing in The sunset’s just my light bulb burning out I miss Kentucky and I miss my family All the sweetest winds they blow across the South Oh my sweet Carolina What compels me to go Oh my sweet disposition May you one day carry me home May you one day carry me home