Harry Chapin - Caroline Lyrics
CarolineComes from the rainGlistening and shiveringShe laughs as she shakes off the weatherCarolineWhispers her wordsSaying she'll always love meAt least when we are togetherCarolineStarts closing inSurrounding the spotWhere watching in wonder I standCarolineShe's shedding her ringsHer bracelets and stockingsAnd placing her skin still moist in the palm of my handYou're pressing she smilesIt's too soon to askFor me to cast off my coverYou assume that I'm caughtUp there in your headSo now I must go to my lover.Her world is such a sudden placeA minute flashed before my faceTo fly to feel to fall from graceOh Caroline - I'm leaning, careeningThis bubble that I choose to chaseKeeps breaking on the brink of spaceJust as I'm about to tasteIt's meaning - CarolineCarolineComes from the full moonTrembling and grievingAfraid of the march of the seasonsCarolineYou're too young to be runningToo old to be lyingToo wise not to see all the reasonsCarolineHangs her cape and her jeansAnd surrenders her tearsTo christen my pillow with sorrowCarolineShe remains after timesTo explain what she means, she speaks of todayMore than she dreams of tomorrowShe says - Never has lifeBeen so full of the urgeTo let go of the night and believeShe collects all her thingsWhile she's still of a mindSo soft it's like breathing she leaves.
