Carried Home

The kettle burned cuz I left it too long

When we were kissing with the radio on

The cat was choking on a rattlesnake bone

The town had gathered 'round the soldier boy, carried home

(Carried home)The sick kids ate up all the red clay

And every summer there was imminent rain

The late judge teetered in a John boat

The town had gathered 'round the soldier boy, carried home

(Carried home, carried home)The broken window and the pretty blue sky

And cold water for my swolen black eye

We shook some money from your mother's old clothes

When all had gathered 'round the soldier boy, carried home

(Carried home, carried home, carried home, carried home... )