You can take the girl from the hills

Take the girl from the fields

From my family, oh my family

You can steal the light from my eyes

Cut me down criticize

Tell me pretty lies

[Chorus]

But you can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina from my soul

Maybe I'll see my name up in lights

People will sing every line

Wouldn't that be fine

Oh wouldn't that be something

Even if we never get that far

Sing our words to the distant star

Here in the end we gotta be who we are

Girl remember who you are

[Chorus]

You can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina from my soul

I see an old dirt road where I learned to walk, now I'm running

I don't know where I'm going, but I sure know where I'm coming from

Oh oh oh

[Chorus]

You can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina

You can't take Carolina from my soul

[x2]

Oh my soul