Carry Me Lyrics - Csny 1974 - Stills, Nash & Young Crosby

When I was a young man I found an old dream, 

Was as battered and worn a one as you have ever seen. 

But I made it some new wings and painted the nose, 

And I wished so hard up in the air I rose, singing 

Carry me, carry me 

Carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me, carry me. 

And I once loved a girl 

She was younger than me 

Her parents kept her locked up in their life 

And she was crying at night, 

And she was wishing she could be free. 

Course mostly I remember her laughing 

Standing there watching us play. 

For a while there, the music would take her away 

And she'd be singing 

Carry me, carry me 

Carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me 

Carry me above the world. 

And then there was my mother: 

She was lying in white sheets there and she was waiting to die. 

She said, "If you'd just reach underneath this bed 

And untie these weights, 

I could surely fly. 

She's still smiling but she's tired, 

She'd like to hear that last bell ring. 

You know if she could she would 

Stand up, and she could sing, singing 

Carry me, carry me 

Carry me above the world 

Carry me, carry me.