E B A E
May I lift your ears that you might hear an old tale that we spin
E
Bout the perfect stranger
B A E
His golden box a whole lotta sunshine within
B
He ran outside and opened it up
A E
Saw it carried to the four winds
B A E
That's just about where his old story begins
E B
It was late one day down in sunny Durham
A E
When the stranger stepped from the train
E B
Unpacked his sack with a big ol' smile
A E
Started strumming strong and fair
A E
As a crowd turned out at the depot
B E
He got it going real good right there
B E
Said this one's called the Carolina Calypso
B A E
Kept time with his dusty feet
B E
Sun like gold above the hickory trees
F# B
While his children are dancing in the street
A E B E
Carolina Calypso come see me tonight
A E
Let your voice surround me like a thousand arms
F# B
Sing me through the towns and back to the farm
A E B E
Carolina Calypso come see me tonight
SOLO
E B
Come out and see when the time grows ripe
A E
Honey we're with friends
E B A E
The moon will rise above the hickory trees like a silver fire again
E B
If you happen to be a stranger in town
A E
Might take a friend's advice
E B A E
Grap yourself a railroad gal and come with us tonight
C#m B
I said kick off your shoes and your downtown blues
A E
Come with us tonight
B E
Get down one time for Carolina Calypso
B E
Keep time with your dusty feet
B E
The sky is gonna pale cross the old moss trail
F# B
While his children are dancing in the street
A E B E
Carolina Calypso come see me tonight
A E
Let your voice surround me like a thousand arms
F# B
Sing me through the towns and back to the farm
A E B E
Carolina Calypso come see me tonight
The Brooklyn Cowboys "Doin Time On Planet Earth"
Leaps Records
Cowsmilk American Moosik(ASCAP)