Carry Me

When I was a young man

I found an old dream

It was as battered and worn a one

As you have ever seen

And I made it some new wings

And I painted a nose

And I wished so hard

Up in the air I rose, singin'

Carry me

Carry me, yeah, carry me

Above the world

Carry me

Carry me, yeah, carry me

And I once loved a girl

She was younger than me

Her parents kept her locked up in their life

And she was cryin' at night

She was wishin' she could be free

'Course I mostly remember her laughin'

Standin' there watchin' us play

For awhile there

The music would take her away

And she'd be singin'

Carry me

Carry me, yeah, carry me

Above this world

Carry me

Carry me, ooh, carry me

Above the world

And then there was my mother

She was lyin' white sheets there

And she was waitin' to die

She said, "If you just reach underneath this bed

And untie these weights, I could surely fly"

She's still smilin', but she's tired

She'd like to hear that last bell ring

You know, if she still could, she would

Stand up

She could sing

Carry me

(Singin' carry me)

Oh, carry me, ooh, carry me

Above the world

Ooh, carry me

Ooh, carry me, yeah