Songwriter: Shel Silverstein
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Verse 1]
Second Street and Broadway, sittin' in a door way
Head held in his hands
Looked to all the world, like he was prayin'
Oh nah
[Verse 2]
Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag
I saw him try to stand
Then I heard the words, that he was sayin'
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
And he said come on Carrie, carry me a little farther (yeah, yeah)
Come on Carrie, carry me one more mile (oh, no-no-no)
I don't know where it's leadin' to
But I know I can make it if I lean on you, so
Come on Carrie, carry me a little, yes
I carried you, now carry me a little
Come on Carrie, carry me a little while, yeah, oh no
Oh no (carry me)
[Verse 3]
Well he struggled to his feet, and staggered down the street
To the window of the five-and-dime, oh
He stood and laughed a while at his reflection, yeah
Yeah nah
Yeah
[Verse 4]
And then I heard him shoutin' something about a mountain
He could surely climb
If she was only there to point the right direction
But she ain't no, but she ain't no
[Chorus]
He said come on Carrie, carry me a little farther, ah, yeah, oh, oh
Come on Carrie, carry me one more mile (carry me) (where's it goin', where's it goin', yeah, yeah)
I don't know where it's leadin' to
But I know I can make it if I lean on you, so
Come on Carrie, carry me a little (yeah)
I carried you, now carry me a little
Come on Carrie, carry me a little while, yeah
Carry me, Carrie
You got to carry me
Carry me! Yes, oh
[Outro]
Hey, yeah, carry me, Carrie
(You got to carry me) Carry me! Carry me!
(You got to carry me) c-c-c-c-Carrie
(So, you got to carry me) I carried you!
(Carry me, Carrie) You carry me!
(Carry me, Carrie) Yeah! Yeah!
(You got to carry me) Got to carry, got to carry
(You got to carry me)
Second Street and Broadway, sittin' in a door way
Head held in his hands
Looked to all the world, like he was prayin'
Oh nah
[Verse 2]
Foot wrapped in an old rag, bottle in a brown bag
I saw him try to stand
Then I heard the words, that he was sayin'
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
And he said come on Carrie, carry me a little farther (yeah, yeah)
Come on Carrie, carry me one more mile (oh, no-no-no)
I don't know where it's leadin' to
But I know I can make it if I lean on you, so
Come on Carrie, carry me a little, yes
I carried you, now carry me a little
Come on Carrie, carry me a little while, yeah, oh no
Oh no (carry me)
[Verse 3]
Well he struggled to his feet, and staggered down the street
To the window of the five-and-dime, oh
He stood and laughed a while at his reflection, yeah
Yeah nah
Yeah
[Verse 4]
And then I heard him shoutin' something about a mountain
He could surely climb
If she was only there to point the right direction
But she ain't no, but she ain't no
[Chorus]
He said come on Carrie, carry me a little farther, ah, yeah, oh, oh
Come on Carrie, carry me one more mile (carry me) (where's it goin', where's it goin', yeah, yeah)
I don't know where it's leadin' to
But I know I can make it if I lean on you, so
Come on Carrie, carry me a little (yeah)
I carried you, now carry me a little
Come on Carrie, carry me a little while, yeah
Carry me, Carrie
You got to carry me
Carry me! Yes, oh
[Outro]
Hey, yeah, carry me, Carrie
(You got to carry me) Carry me! Carry me!
(You got to carry me) c-c-c-c-Carrie
(So, you got to carry me) I carried you!
(Carry me, Carrie) You carry me!
(Carry me, Carrie) Yeah! Yeah!
(You got to carry me) Got to carry, got to carry
(You got to carry me)
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Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook
- Here Comes The Blues Again
- Sweetest of All
- Everybody Loves Me
- I Don’t Feel Much Like Smilin’
- If Not You
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- The Radio
- Lonely Man
- Better Love Next Time
- Stuck on the Wrong Side of Love
- Love Monster
- Jungle to the Zoo
- I Gave Her Comfort
- What About You
- Stagolee
- Everybody’s Making It Big But Me
- You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance
- What Do You Want?
- Clyde
- Making Love and Music
- Levitate
- There’s a Light
- Storms Never Last
- I Never Got to Know Her
- Years From Now
- Sylvia’s Mother
- I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
- Girls Can Get It
- A Couple More Years
- Pleasure and Pain
- The Millionaire
- I’ve Been Him
- Bread Upon the Water
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- Rings of Grass
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Knowing She’s There
- Sleeping Late
- In Over My Head
- You Can’t Take It With You
- Walking My Cat Named Dog
- Lay Too Low Too Long
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Only Sixteen
- I Need the High (But I Can’t Stand the Taste)
- I’m a Lamb
- More Like the Movies
- Cooky and Lila
- Oh! Jesse
- Sharing the Night Together
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Walk Right In
- A Little Bit More
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Feels Good
- That Plane
- Sexy Eyes
- The Shadow Knows
- Mountain Mary
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From the albums
- Sloppy Seconds (1972)
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon (1975)
- The Best Of Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show (1976)
- Greatest Hits (1995) (1995)
- Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook (1996)
- Timeless (2014)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain