Ryan Adams - Carolina Rain Lyrics

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Rose lived on the south side of town 

Until her landlord showed up with two hundred dollar bills 
A notice of eviction on the other hand 
Now she don't live there no more, 
And everyone thinks he drowned, 

I pulled into Mecklenburg on them trains 
Into a station that got flooded when they opened up the dam 
And broke their connections to the railway lines 
So they could blast into the quarry, 
And for every load of granite, 
We got a ton of worry 

One night at the diner over eggs, 
Over easy she showed me the length of her legs, 
But that gold plated cross on her neck, it was real 
And you don't get that kind of money from pushing meal 

I should've told him that you were the one for me, 
But I lied, But I lied, 
To most any drifter whose looking for work is too weird 
I met your sister and I married her in July 
But if only to be closer to you, Caroline 

Percy and I moved down the street 
Until we lost two pretty girls 
One was seven and one was three 
Alderman and Caroline owned the house right up the hill 
Where we laid those babies down 
So they could still see our house 

Suspicion got the best of old Alderman Haint 
He owned an auto parts store off the interstate 
But the lord took him home in July 
And then Rose spilled the beans on the day that he died 
and we was in trouble 
I should've told him that you were the one for me 
But I lied, But I lied 
Tied up to concrete at the bottom of the quarry 
With a tattoo on his heart that spelled out "Caroline" 
He was silent but his rosary well it 
Drifted into the custody 
Of a sheriff that was just deputized 

And I was down at the banquet hall 
When two guys came up, pretty angry and drunk 
And I'm still here at the banquet hall 
At the banquet hall 
Where the gun went off, in the Carolina Rain 
In the Carolina Rain, in the Carolina Rain 
Oh, Caroline

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lyrics submitted on 25-01-2006
lyrics corrected on 25-01-2006