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Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
(Carry on) Yeah, I now have a splinter
(Carry on) You will always remember
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
(Carry on) You will always remember
(Carry on) Of the evil suspenders.
(Carry on) You will always remember
(Carry on) Nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
And he complained to the old white man,
'I'd sure believe in Idaho.'
And if I claim to be a wise man,
it surely means that I don't know
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
And if I claim to be a nice man
And if I claim to be a wise man
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Barry, you're not worth a cent.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carrion tastes like burnt sun
Carry on my wayward son
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carrion, like an eagle dismembered.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carrion, my wayward son
Carry on my wayward son
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on a wafered sun.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on a way-ay-oh-oh
Carry on my wayward son
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on my way with song.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on my wayward sun
There'll be lease when you are done
Lay your weary as you rest
Don't you cry no more.
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on my whaler son!
Carry on my wayward son!
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on now wayward son, they'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest, dunchu cry no more
Carry on my wayward son there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest don't you cry no more
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on thou, wayward son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, let me eat with the Spaniards.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, like an evil dissenter.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, my native son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are gone.
Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, my wayward sun
They'll be geese when you are done.
Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, not an eagle dismembered
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, nothing equals this blender.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing evil dismembered
The center lights around your vanity
Surely Heaven waits by you.
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
But surely Heaven waits for you.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, that the Eagle has landed.
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on
Nothing equals the Splenda.
Carry on
Nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carry on
On the Eve of Destruction.
Carry on
Nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Chariot, my wayward son
Carry on my wayward son
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Don't 'ya fry no more.
Don't you cry no more.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Garibaldi's wayward son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Gary is my gaywad son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Harry, you're my wayward son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
I sit and watch the Wheel of Fortune
I set a course for winds of fortune
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Jeremiah Wayford's son
There'll be peace when you are gone
Lay your eerie head to rest
Don't you try no more
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Just to get a glimpse of honest illusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Llamame a abogado
(Spanish: Call me to a lawyer)
There'll be peace when you are done
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Masturbating as a man out of season
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Masturbating as a man with a reason
Masquerading as a man with a reason
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Nothing equals the madness.
Nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Now your life's a fantasy
But surely Heaven waits for you.
Now your life's no longer empty,
Surely heaven waits for you
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Now your life's no longer empty,
surely Hemmingway's for you
Now your life's no longer empty,
surely heaven waits for you
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Now your life's no longer in TV.
Now your life's no longer empty.
Editor's note: It is not plausible to have heard this line as "MTV" because the cable channel of that name did not exist when this song came out. (Song was made in 1976; MTV premiered in 1981.)
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Now your wife's no longer empty.
Surely heartache waits for you.
Now your life's no longer empty.
Surely heaven waits for you.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Now your wife's no longer happy.
Surely heartache waits for you.
Now your life's no longer empty.
Surely heaven waits for you.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
On the eve of this madness.
Nothing equals the splendor.
I really like what I thought it was better. So disappointed I'm wrong!
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Shirley Feeney waits for you
Surely heaven waits for you
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Surely Ellen waits for you
Surely heaven waits for you
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Surely Hemingway's for you
Surely Heaven waits for You
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Surely Hemmingway sent you
Surely Heaven waits for You
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Tell me all my neighbors have gone
Carry on my wayward son
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
There'll be kids when you are gone
There'll be peace when you are done
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
There'll be peas when you are dumb
There'll be peace when you are done
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
There'll be pizza when you are done
There'll be peace when you are done
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
They'll be peace when you are gone
For there'll be peace when you are done
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Through the eve of December
Nothing equals the splendor.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Tossed a bandit like a ship on the ocean.
Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean.
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Tossed about, I’m like a trip on the ocean
Tossed about, I’m like a ship on the ocean
Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
You already had your rest.
Lay your weary head to rest.