About
Going to the caves
Lyrics
Verse 1
Down Carter County, in the valley lanes
Packed up the station wagon, Dad behind the wheel
Mom humming softly, baskets in hand
We'd roll the windows down, feel that cool hillside chill
Cold water rushing out from limestone
Metal jug by the ferns
Stopped along that winding road
Just to taste and take our turn
Chorus
Summer days, Carter Caves
Watermelon sweet, bat cave shade
Summer days, Carter Caves
I can still hear us laugh, I can still hear my name
Summer days, Carter Caves
Calling me home from far away
Post-Chorus
Calling me
Calling me home
Verse 2
Picnic blanket spread, green grass alive
Sticky hands, cold melon, grinning wide
Strangers selling from the back of trucks, ice still steaming
Red flesh shining bright, juice running down
Mom and Dad smiling, sun overhead
Little brother chased butterflies, then he fell down
We'd race down to the X-cave, flashlights out and ready
Chorus
Summer days, Carter Caves
Watermelon sweet, bat cave shade
Summer days, Carter Caves
I can still hear us laugh, I can still hear my name
Summer days, Carter Caves
Calling me home from far away
Post-Chorus
Calling me
Calling me home
Verse 3
Saltpeter cave, history in cold stone
Bats high above, shadows cover the dome
I ducked low, clambered slow, mud on my knees
Walked past rocks as big as dreams, heart pounding free
Bending through narrow halls, Dad’s voice up ahead
Starlight in my palm, shining down a stream bed
We would all come blinking out by the horses in the sun
Chorus
Summer days, Carter Caves
Watermelon sweet, bat cave shade
Summer days, Carter Caves
I can still hear us laugh, I can still hear my name
Summer days, Carter Caves
Calling me home from far away
Bridge
I miss those good old valley days
Cooling down where the creek always ran
It’s not gone, just tucked away
A piece of me in Kentucky land
Chorus
Summer days, Carter Caves
Watermelon sweet, bat cave shade
Summer days, Carter Caves
I can still hear us laugh, I can still hear my name
Summer days, Carter Caves
Calling me home from far away
Post-Chorus
Calling me
Calling me home
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