Redwater passing that old train bridge
Sun cresting over that smoky Blue Ridge
Tobacco and Corn covering the land
Peach farmer sitting at an old road stand
Thunder rising from a track down road
Red dust flying while they're chasing gold
Poppa and son sitting in the stands
Cheering on Dale and praying he wins
You ain't gotta be from here
Drive a truck or be a farmer
Have small town roots
Or Live on muddy water
Live a simple life
Keep a Bible in your hand
No matter where you are
That's Carolina man
In the Mountains or the Piedmont or an old Black Swamp
Telling stories to your littles on a hickory stump
Pulling cats from a taught trot line
Thanking God for some borrowed time
You'd be sitting on the marsh in the early morn'
Or a category 5 riding out a storm
O'er a field of corn in your Papa's deer stand
On 100 acres of family land
You ain't gotta be from here
Drive a truck or be a farmer
Have small town roots
Or Live on muddy water
Live a simple life
Keep a Bible in your hand
No matter where you are
That's Carolina man
It's a simple way of life
No matter where you stand
The Great Lakes down
To the Rio Grande
Ain't gotta be from Raleigh
Just to Understand
You ain't gotta be from here
Drive a truck or be a farmer
Have small town roots
Or live on muddy water
Live a simple life
Keep a Bible in your hand
No Matter where you are
You ain't gotta be from here
To be a son or daughter
Of smalltown roots
Or live on muddy water
Live a simple life
Keep a Bible in your hand
No matter where you are
That's Carolina man
That's Carolina man