Carolina Blue — A woman in a blue coat overlooks a radiant road flowing from California desert through mountains toward the green Carolinas

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Carolina Blue

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A wandering narrator recalls finding love amid departures, family pain and the loss of old friends. His address to Carolina Blue moves through remorse, promises of protection and the desire to make amends. Forests, stars and changing weather offer moments of tenderness against a past he cannot fully leave behind.

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4 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Carolina Blue

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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CAROLINA BLUE

I was out in California the day I first met you
I'd come in from Arizona where I did a job or two
I shut down at the Borderline right at Old Stateline, Nevada
And all the time I walked the Line, the Devil was wearing Prada
I've Loved a lot of Women and I've known a lot of Men
Almost all my lifetime Friends have gone off around the bend
But I still hear their Voices, and the Messages they send
I know I will be coming Home, but I just can't say when

My life is like a Rolling Stone
Getting polished in the water
My Wife left us right from our Home
She said Goodbye to her Daughter
The living Face of Innocence is drowning Underwater
There's a high, electric fence, and it's already got her
The Good Book says the Innocents
Are like Lambs unto the Slaughter

I'll find a way to make amends
If I beg or steal or barter
If Love can start off with a Spark
Then I’m your Firestarter
Just like that, I'll turn around
And I'll be your Firefighter
Right after the Sun goes down
We're in for an All-nighter

If I have to stand and fight
Then, do yourself a favor
Cut your Skin to shed some Blood
In the Name of our sweet Savior
Keep your thoughts inside your head
As you lay yourself to bed
All this, because I so Love you
My darling Carolina Blue

CHORUS:
The Pines are swaying in the Breeze
Your Loving brings me to my knees
Reminds me of when I was young
I'd stand before the Rising Sun
I was alone, and on the Run
Before the time that I met you
We’d drink the Wine just to make it through
I'll always be in love with you, My darling Carolina Blue

Can you hear the Forest calling us?
The Nighttime is supremely glorious
A million Stars are in the Sky
Don't ask me, I don't know why
Why we run away and hide
Why true Lovers say Goodbye
May I sing you a Lullaby?
Will you please Kiss me Goodnight?

There's a Rainbow in the Sky
We can see the Northern Lights
All our Tears have all run dry
There's no need for knowing why
This Pain will not come up again
When the Sunshine turns to Rain
Forever, I'm in Love with you
My darling Carolina Blue
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