he's hankering for the mountains
on a Carolina coastline
he's hankering is to be in the embrace
of the mountain's twine

the mountain's call is like a throng
it lasts in his thoughts all the day long
to the mountains he'll ever belong
upon him the draw is so strong

in the mountain his kin folk all reside
he can't wait to be again at their side
those mountains fill his soul with pride
the spirit of the place plies his heart's tide

a welling feeling washes over his mind
as he ponders the mountain's holding bind
the territory there has a familiar rind
that within his being shall never unwind

he's hankering for the mountains
on a Carolina coastline
he's hankering to be in the embrace
of the mountain's twine