Carolina Ghost

The embers glowing orange logs are stacked and the smoke rises higher And you're preaching to the when you say the rapids from the river couldn't drown this fire And the leaves weren't the only thing falling I stare out the window and I wait I watched it all play out in an instant I wasn't afraid The glory of a backroad I sat shotgun and sang harmony beside her from the blue ridge to the coast the notes they flow just like the ghost of Carolina And the leaves weren't the only thing falling I stare out the window and wait I watched it all play out in an instant I wasn't afraid And I know now what's worth fighting for I feel you in my bones Filled to the brim and wanting more a love I've never known, never known we're on 40 east now not much longer babe we'll be home soon but honestly you and me we can be broke down and that'd be fine too And the leaves weren't the only thing falling I stare out the window and wait I watched it all play out in an instant I wasn't afraid I wasn't afraid