Mipso: “Carolina Rolling By”
Clip: 3/20/2025 | 4m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Mipso performs “Carolina Rolling By” from their 2023 album “Book of Fools.”
“Carolina Rolling By” from the 2023 album “Book of Fools” is a song that blends genres and tells the story of someone finding solace in challenging circumstances through the transformative power of North Carolina’s physical beauty.
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Mipso: “Carolina Rolling By”
Clip: 3/20/2025 | 4m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
“Carolina Rolling By” from the 2023 album “Book of Fools” is a song that blends genres and tells the story of someone finding solace in challenging circumstances through the transformative power of North Carolina’s physical beauty.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[upbeat music] ♪ I used to set my sights on an incoming light ♪ ♪ And zone out til the morning ♪ ♪ Turn the A.M. dial ♪ ♪ Sit and think a while ♪ ♪ Early March with the frost still hard ♪ ♪ I nodded off and turned ♪ ♪ Then the sand traps work, but stopping hurts ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you feel it?
♪ ♪ I can feel it ♪ ♪ I used to kneel at night and think what's right ♪ ♪ Imagining a man way up in the sky ♪ ♪ Or somewhere deep inside ♪ ♪ Maybe it's me but it's harder to sleep ♪ ♪ With a shaking in your hand ♪ ♪ Yeah I hate those pills except how they make me feel ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you feel it?
♪ ♪ I can feel it ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you take it?
♪ ♪ I can take it ♪ [instrumental solo playing] ♪ Sometimes I watch the trees ♪ ♪ And I wonder at leaves all reaching toward the light ♪ ♪ They can sleep at night ♪ ♪ They know to do what's right ♪ ♪ When I'm out at dawn on an open road ♪ ♪ And the sun climbs up the branches ♪ ♪ I know I'm not alone ♪ ♪ It's just the long way home ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you feel it ♪ ♪ I can feel it ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you take it ♪ ♪ I can take it ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you feel it ♪ ♪ I can feel it ♪ ♪ Carolina rolling by, windows down and the sun's up high ♪ ♪ Can you take it ♪ ♪ I can take it ♪ [instrumental solo playing] [instrumental solo playing softly]
Mipso: “A Couple Acres Greener”
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Clip: 3/20/2025 | 3m 15s | Mipso performs around one microphone for “A Couple Acres Greener.” (3m 15s)
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