Carried Home

The kettle burned 'cause I left it too long And we were kissing with the radio on The cat was choking on a rattlesnake bone The town had gathered 'round the soldier boy carried home Carried home The sick kids ate a bowl of red clay And every summer day was ending in rain The late judge teetered in a john boat The town had gathered 'round the soldier boy carried home Carried home Carried home The broken window and the pretty blue sky And cold water for my swollen black eye We shook some money from your mother's old clothes When all had gathered 'round the soldier boy carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home Carried home