| Ever since we took that midnight drive
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| Down to see the water in the full moon sky
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| And I told you I loved you on the blue creek road
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| Well I was pullin on forward for my Carolina Rose
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| Spent the next few years just singing my song
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| With Rose in the front row singing along
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| Til I got that call, had to hit that road
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| Man, how am I gonna leave my Carolina Rose
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| Yeah the big time is everything I ever wanted
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| But the spotlight can’t hold a candle to you
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| Standing up here on this stage, they all say «man, you got it made»
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| They don’t know, it don’t mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
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| Met a California girl on a west coast run
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| She sparkled like a diamond in the setting sun
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| They called me crazy when I let her go
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| I just couldn’t stop thinking about my Carolina Rose
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| Yeah the big time is everything I ever wanted
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| But the spotlight can’t hold a candle to you
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| Standing up here on this stage
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| They all say, «man, you got it made»
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| They don’t know, it don’t mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
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| I’ve been halfway around the world
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| Just to come back to you
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| I hope I ain’t too late
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| And I hope that you’re still thinking about me too
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| So now I’m back here standing on your front porch
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| It’s been five years baby, but it feels like more
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| Well let me drive you down that blue creek road
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| I got something to say to my Carolina Rose
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| Yeah the big time is everything I ever wanted
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| But the spotlight can’t hold a candle to you
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| Standin’up there on that stage
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| It might look like I got it made
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| But my heart knows, it don’t mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
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| No it don’t mean a thing without my Carolina rose
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| It don’t mean a thing without my Carolina rose |