Carry me, Carrie - Dr. Hook

Carry me, Carrie (intro)

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1. Second Street and Broadway, sittin’ in a doorway,

head held in his hands,

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looked to all the world like he was prayin’.

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Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag,

I saw him try to stand,

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then I heard the words that he was sayin’, oh yeah. He said:

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Come on, Carrie, carry me a little farther,

Come on, Carrie, carry me one more mile !

I don’t know where it’s leading to,

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but I know I can make it if I lean on you, so,

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come on, Carrie, carry me a little -

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I carried you, now carry me a little,

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come on, Carrie, carry me a little while.

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2. Well, he struggled to his feet, and staggered down the street

to the window of a five and dime.

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He stood and laughed a while at his reflection.

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And then I heard him shouting something ‘bout a mountain,

he could surely climb,

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if she was only there to point the right direction.

But she ain’t no, but she ain’t no, he said :