Carolina (I Remember You) lyrics - the charlie daniels band

The first things I remember are frosty Carolina mornings with a cheery fire 

crackling in my mommas big black wood cook stove. 

I remember snow flakes as big as goose feathers and the moon the color of new 

made country butter and a night sky like diamonds against black velvet reaching 

from horizon to horizon. 

I remember when the biggest problems in my barefoot life were sand spurs and 

red ant hills. 

I remember sitting with my grand-daddy on the front porch and watching the last 

of that magnificent southern sun bleed away into the twilight sky. 

I remember Sunday school and kneeling at the cross and trying to imagine what 

God looked like; Sunday dinner, short pants, hair cuts and a little puppy my 

daddy brought home to me and I remember love. 

I remember steam puffing, fire breathing, awesome 10 wheel locomotives and the 

conductor's watch looked as big as one of my grandmothers biscuits. 

I remember my mother smiling in a red and white checkered dress and Christmas 

always seemed so far away. Yes, I remember you Carolina, grand old lady of the 

south. I remember you as home.

One of the memories that stays on my mind

about an old southern lady that I left behind, 

is a ramshackle bridge where the deep river winds

and an old two-lane blacktop through the tall long-leaf pines.

Carolina, Carolina

You're hard, but you're hard to forget.

I still remember the magnolia nights

and goosefeather snow flakes in the gray morning light;

sandspurs and puppies and red autumn leaves

and the warm lights in the clear night on a cold Christmas Eve.

Carolina, Carolina

You're hard, but you're hard to forget.

Carolina I knew you

before the highways got to you

and I loved you as one of your own

and I still do

Carolina, Carolina

You're hard, but you're hard to forget

You're hard To Forget