Caroline

They say you were born in St. Clare's Hospital
 I say you were born up in the sky
 You come floatin' down over New Orleans
 To the sweet green levee on the riverside

 And your voice chirped like old squeaky shoes
 And mama always said we had nothin' to lose
 And so we danced on the street corner

 Oh Caroline
 Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down
 Walkin' the same line through every single southern town
 Hand-in-hand, your arm 'round mine
 Oh Caroline

 Oh Caroline
 Seen it all changin', watch it change some more
 Seen hard times standin' right outside your door
 Tell me gal, what's on your mind
 Oh Caroline

 *We were the gas house gang I'll be Ozzie Smith, you be Sara, my wife*We were the Cardinals' biggest fans
 Turnin' flips like Ozzy Smith all through the night
 Till we got traded away
 To the red clay southern league up on the Georgia line

 You'd be the pitcher and the catcher too
 I'm the homerun king for his muscles grew
 Gonna knock the cover off this time

 Oh Caroline
 Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down
 Walkin' the same line through every single southern town
 Hand-in-hand, your arm 'round mine
 Oh Caroline

 Oh Caroline
 Seen it all changin', and watch it change some more
 Seen hard times standin' right outside your door
 Tell me gal what's on your mind
 Oh Caroline

 These are different days
 And the pace of the world has us thinkin' there's no time
 To turn the other way
 Take my hand, we'll walk on down the line

 Though we may be a thousand miles apart
 brother and a sister have a single heart
 And the beat don't stop for nothin'

 Oh Caroline
 Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down
 Walkin' the same line through every single southern town
 Hand-in-hand, your arm round mine
 Oh Caroline

 Oh Caroline
 I seen it all changin', watch it change some more
 Seen hard times standin' right outside your door
 Tell me gal what's on your mind
 Oh Caroline

 Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline
 Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline
 Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline