In my mind I'm going to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?
Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind

Karen she's the silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shine
Watch her watch the morning come
A silver tear appearing now I'm crying, ain't I?
I'm going to Carolina in my mind.

There ain't no doubt in no one's mind
That loves the finest thing around
whisper something soft and kind
And hey, babe, the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I?
I'm going to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm going to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?
Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind

Dark and silent late last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
And signs that might be omens say I'm going, going
I'm gone to Carolina in my mind.

Now with a holy host of others standing round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me if I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm going to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?
Yes, I'm gone to Carolina in my mind

Gotta make it back home again soon
Gotta make it back on home again soon
Gotta make it back to Carolina soon
Can't hang around, no babe, gotta make it back home again
Gotta make it back to Carolina soon