[Verse 1]
It's a lonesome road
And a hard way to live
But it's the only life that I know
I meet some people, I travel around
But home's always the best place to go

[Chorus]
It's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling that I can't leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at
And I'll always hang my hat
Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies

[Verse 2]
Well I got me a woman back home
She gave me a baby, too
And she stands by my loving side
And does anything I ask her to

[Chorus]
And it's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling that I can't leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at
And I'll always hang my hat
Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies
[Verse 3]
There's an old man a-sittin' in a rockin' chair
He's got the best beagle dog in the county I've been told
But his shotgun a-done got too rusty
That ole beagle dog he done grown a little too old
As he stares up into heaven, I'm sure I know the reason why
He's a-thinkin' about that promised land in them Blue Ridge Mountain skies

[Chorus]
And it's a lonesome feeling in my mind
A feeling I can't seem to leave behind
Carolina's where I'm at
And I'll always hang my hat
Under those Blue Ridge Mountain skies
Blue Ridge Mountain skies