Johnny Cash
"Cocaine Carolina" lyrics

Cocaine Carolina

Morning found me lying
On a floor in New Orleans
Looking like the patches
Was about to eat my jeans
Feeling like my belly
Was a warehouse for the blues
And I sure miss my sweet Cocaine Carolina

Met her on an ocean liner
Called her Cocaine Carolina
She was quite a lady then
And I was twenty two

God knows how much I adored her
I just never could afford her
Cocaine Carolina
How did I get hooked on you?

So goodbye, Cocaine Carolina
You and I are through
I'm going back to Sandy Scag
She knows just what to do

She don't love me for my money
She just wants my body, honey
Cocaine Carolina
How did I get hooked on you?

Oh, someone said if I was lucky
I could go back to Kentucky
Lexington was famous
For it's bluegrass and its hills

Carolina, we should get up
Don't you know we'll have to split up?
Maybe I should go to California

Goodbye, Cocaine Carolina
You and I are through
I'm going back to Sandy Scag
She knows just what to do

She don't love me for my money
She just wants my body, honey
Cocaine Carolina
How did I get hooked on you?

Oh, goodbye, Cocaine Carolina
You and I are through
I'm going back to Sandy Scag
She knows just what to do

She don't love me for my money
She just wants my body, honey
Cocaine Carolina
How did I get hooked on you?

Oh, goodbye, Cocaine Carolina
You and I are through
I'm going back to Sandy Scag
She knows just what to do

She don't love me for my money
She just wants my body, honey

Authors: David Allan Coe