Ever since we took that midnight drive
Down to see the water and the full moon sky
And I told you I loved you on the blue creek road.

I was falling and falling for my Carolina Rose.

I spend the next few years just singing my songs,

With Rosie in the front row singing along.
Until it got that call, and it hit that road
Man, how am I gonna leave my Carolina Rose?


Will it be time 'cause everything I ever wanted
But despite of the light, I can't hold the candle to you.

I'm standing up, here on this stage,
They're all sayin' ?man, you've got it made?
They don't know, it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose.


I met a California girl on a west coast run,
She sparkled like a diamond in the city sun.

They called me crazy when I let her go,
I just couldn't stop thinking about my Carolina Rose.


Will it be time 'cause everything I ever wanted
But despite of the light, I can't hold the candle to you.
I'm standing up, here on this stage,

They're all sayin' ?man, you've got it made?
They don't know, it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose.


I've been halfway around the world, just to come back to you
I hope I ain't too late and I hope that you're still thinking about me, too.


'cause now I'm back here, standing on your front porch,
It's been five years, baby, but it feels like more.
Let me drive you down that blue creek road,

I got something to say to my Caroline Rose.

Will it be time 'cause everything I ever wanted

But despite of the light, I can't hold the candle to you.
I'm standing up there on that stage,
It might look like I got it made,

But my heart knows it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose.
No, it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose,
It don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose.