Lyrics
Instrumental Intro
Verse 1
Woke before the roosters called
Packed a bag I never planned to fill
My mother's voice was soft and small
She said go on and I went still
The road unspooled beneath the wheels
Pre-Chorus
Miles of mango trees
Miles of open air
Every village waved at me
Like it knew I'd disappear
Chorus
Carry me home
Carry me home
Where the river bends I'll find my name
Carry me home
Carry me home
Every road I walk leads back the same
Drop
Verse 2
Dusty towns and borrowed beds
Strangers fed me what they had
A woman hummed a tune she'd kept
And it sounded like my dad
I sat and listened til the lamp went dead
Pre-Chorus
Nights of cricket sound
Nights of distant drums
Every stranger knew the ground
I was walking toward and from
Chorus
Carry me home
Carry me home
Where the river bends I'll find my name
Carry me home
Carry me home
Every road I walk leads back the same
Drop
Carry me home
Carry me home
Bridge
I have been the leaving kind
I have been the one who runs
But the kora strings inside my mind
Play the song my mother sung
Play it play it play it
Chorus
Carry me home
Carry me home
Where the river bends I'll find my name
Carry me home
Carry me home
Every road I walk leads back the same
Outro
Carry me home
(Home)
Carry me home
(Home)
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