Lost Gem: "Carry Me Carrie" - Dr. Hook (1972)



"I carried you...
now carry me a little."
~ Dr. Hook ~

"Sloppy Seconds" (1972) was a Dr. Hook good-time tour de force filled with one catchy song after another.

The tunes are all sung with an enthusiastic playfulness that is contagious and often achingly heartfelt. A terrific underrated one-of-a-kind country rock album.

Lost Gem:--> "Carry Me Carrie"...is an awesome plea for some assistance (written by Shel Silverstein)...and sung by the soulful...Dennis Locorriere.
The rascally pirate...Ray Sawyer and the rest of the boys bring it on home.

If you can't get "hooked" by this one..you're a frozen fish. Good stuff!

Have you heard this one?


Second Street and Broadway
Sitting in a door way
Head held in his hands
Looked to all the world like he was praying.
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 saying.

He said come on Carrie, carry me a little farther
Come on Carrie, carry me one more mile
I don't know where it's leading to
But I know I can make it if I lean on you
So come on Carrie, carry me a little
I carried you, now carry me a little
Come on Carrie, carry me a little while.

Well he struggled to his feet
And staggered down the street
To the window of the five-and-dime
He stood and laughed a while at his reflection.
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, no ain't no.

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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