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Artist: Kansas
Track: Carry on Wayward Son

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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

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see, I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think, I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say

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

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

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, no

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry, don't you cry no more

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Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son": Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cr...
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Kansas release “Carry On Wayward Son”?
Kansas released “Carry On Wayward Son” on November 19, 1976.
Q:Who wrote “Carry on Wayward Son - Single” by Sharpe Family Singers?
“Carry on Wayward Son - Single” by Sharpe Family Singers was written by Kansas.
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