raised up family

Singer:james taylor

i was raised up family

man

i'm glad i'm on my own. i was raised up family

man

i'm glad i'm on my own. i mean

god bless the child that can learn to live alone

yeah. thinking about my cousin

what it was that did him in. could it have been that whiskey

rotgut

bootleg

bathtub gin?

it's like it took a lot of liquor just to let him live in his own skin. back in raleigh

north carolina

you got to ride it on back in raleigh

north carolina. the ship set down on the shore of this uncharted desert island

me and my people fanned out

i guess we settled down a little while. ah

but the devil came with the dark days of winter

man

the children ran wild. i used to know why

no

i don't know why anymore. i used to know why

no

i don't know why no more. i get to wonder at the kundalini thunder

down under my floor. you got to ride it on back

take me back. back in raleigh

north carolina

yeah

do you wanna go?

way back in raleigh

north carolina.