Carolina Calypso

May I lift your ears that you might hear an old tale that we spin Bout the perfect stranger His golden box a whole lotta sunshine within He ran outside and opened it up Saw it carried to the four winds That's just about where his old story begins It was late one day down in sunny Durham When the stranger stepped from the train Unpacked his sack with a big ol' smile Started strumming strong and fair As a crowd turned out at the depot He got it going real good right there Said this one's called the Carolina Calypso Kept time with his dusty feet Sun like gold above the hickory trees While his children are dancing in the street Carolina Calypso come see me tonight Let your voice surround me like a thousand arms Sing me through the towns and back to the farm Carolina Calypso come see me tonight SOLO Come out and see when the time grows ripe Honey we're with friends The moon will rise above the hickory trees like a silver fire again If you happen to be a stranger in town Might take a friend's advice Grap yourself a railroad gal and come with us tonight I said kick off your shoes and your downtown blues Come with us tonight Get down one time for Carolina Calypso Keep time with your dusty feet The sky is gonna pale cross the old moss trail While his children are dancing in the street Carolina Calypso come see me tonight Let your voice surround me like a thousand arms Sing me through the towns and back to the farm Carolina Calypso come see me tonight The Brooklyn Cowboys "Doin Time On Planet Earth" Leaps Records Cowsmilk American Moosik(ASCAP)