Tom: Bb5
Intro: Bb5
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Somewhere in the mountains.........in northern Alabama
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The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee
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Somewhere in a motel......out in Oklahoma
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There's the Alabama dreamer
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That same man from Tennessee
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Sometime late at night......the lonely wakes her gently
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And knocks at her door......but she won't give in
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But like every other woman........She needs to feel wanted
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She thinks of making love.......and goes to sleep again
Chorus:
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Carolina.........dreamin' lonely
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Carolina.........can't you see
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You will always be the lady.....
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That I dream of holding tight.....
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That I kiss and tell goodnight.....
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Carolina.......mountain dewe
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Sometime that next day.....on a Mississippi freeway
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The Alabama dreamer........is homeward bound
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His conscious is as clear........as those green eyes of Carolina
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And she's waiting with the baby from the love........
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......Of the only man to lay her down
Chorus:
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Carolina..........dreaming lonely
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Carolina..........can't you see
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You will always be the lady
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That I dream of holding tight
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That I kiss and tell goodnight
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Carolina......mountain dewe
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Carolina..........I love you
