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The Old North State

from An Hour Before Daylight by Rob Williams

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My daddy was from Rocky Mount
My momma from Conway
They didn’t have a dollar between them
That’s not exactly true
They might have had a buck or two
Either way they made off for Virginia

That’s where I was born and raised
Those halcyon days
Growing up outside of Richmond
On holidays we’d drive
South I-95
And my parents they would stop at the state line (and I could hear them say)
Oh, Carolina, why did we ever go away?
Oh, Carolina, take me to the Old North State

My daddy was a preacher
Up ‘til I was born
I guess the devil in me showed him to the door
My momma, she taught history
To the seventh grade
Until history didn’t matter anymore (and I could hear her say)
Oh, Carolina, why did I ever go away?
Oh, Carolina, take me to the Old North State

My parents they grew old
About as old as they could be
Neither was afraid of the dark
They taught me to go see the world
The world I did go see
Now I would be like them if I knew where to start (and a voice in my head says)
Oh, Carolina, why would you ever go away?
Oh, Carolina, take me to that Old North State
Oh, Carolina, the sun is gone the hour’s growing late
Carry my old bones away and lay them in the Old North State

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from An Hour Before Daylight, released October 27, 2017

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