Carolina

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Oh, Carolina creeks  
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Running through my veins 
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Lost I was born, lonesome I came 
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Lonesome I'll always stay 
                     
Carolina knows why 
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For years, I roam 
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Free as these birds, light as whispers 
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Carolina knows 
 
And you didn't see me here 

No, they never did see me here 
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And she's in my dreams  

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Into the mist, into the clouds 
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Don't leave 
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I make a fist, I'll make it count 
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And there are places  
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I will never, ever go 
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   And things that only Carolina 
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Will ever know 
  
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Carolina stains on the dress she left 
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Indelible scars, pivotal marks 
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Blue as the life she fled 
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Carolina pines, won't you cover me? 
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Hide me like robes down the back road 
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Muddy these webs we weave  

And you didn't see me here 

Oh, they never did see me here 
          D   A    Em 
And she's in my dreams  

                          D 
Into the mist, into the clouds 
 A      Em 
Don't leave 
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I make a fist, I'll make it count 
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And there are places 
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I will never, ever go 
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   And things that only Carolina  
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Will ever know 
  
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( D  A  Em ) 
( D  A  Em )  

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And you didn't see me here 
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They never did see me here 
     Em 
No, you didn't see me here 
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They never saw me  
 
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Oh, Carolina knows  
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Why for years they've said 
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That I was guilty as sin  
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And sleep in a liar's bed 
                          
But the sleep comes fast  
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And I'll meet no ghosts 
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It's between me 
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The sand, and the sea 
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Carolina knows