In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina.
Can't you see the sunshine?
Can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind?
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

Karen she's a silver sun,
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'.
Watch her watch the mornin' come.
A silver tear appearing, now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind?

There ain't no doubt in no one's mind
That love's the finest thing around.
Whisper something soft and kind.
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind?

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina.
Can't you see the sunshine?
Can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind?
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

Dark and silent late last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling;
Geese in flight and dogs that bite:
Signs that might be omens say I'm going, going,
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

With a holy host of others standing 'round me,
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon.
And it seems like it goes on like this forever.
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind.

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina.
Can't you see the sunshine?
Can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind?
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

– James Taylor, 1968. His first record.
Recorded on Apple Records (owned by The Beatles,)
with Paul McCartney playing bass guitar and singing harmony.