[00:01.51].
[00:11.23]Ever since we took that midnight drive
[00:16.05]Down to see the water in the full moon sky
[00:21.05]And I told you I loved you on the blue creek road
[00:26.43]Well I was full-on fallen for my Carolina Rose
[00:30.30].
[00:34.86]I spent the next few years just singing my songs
[00:40.18]With Rose in the front row singing along
[00:45.43]'Til I got that call, had to hit that road
[00:50.55]Man, how am I gonna leave my Carolina Rose
[00:54.49].
[00:55.74]Yeah the big time is everything I ever wanted
[01:01.93]But the spotlight can't hold a candle to you
[01:07.86]Standing up here on this stage,
[01:10.87]They all say, "Man, you got it made"
[01:13.87]They don't know,
[01:17.55]It don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
[01:21.55].
[01:25.74]I met a California girl on a west coast run
[01:30.98]She sparkled like a diamond in the setting sun
[01:36.31]They called me crazy when I let her go
[01:41.49]I just couldn't stop thinking about my Carolina Rose
[01:45.50].
[01:46.74]Yeah the big time is everything I ever wanted
[01:52.68]But the spotlight can't hold a candle to you
[01:58.80]Standing up here on this stage
[02:01.68]They all say, "Man, you got it made"
[02:04.87]They don't know,
[02:08.37]It don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
[02:12.12].
[02:16.31]I've been halfway around the world
[02:20.05]Just to come back to you
[02:22.43]I hope I ain't too late
[02:26.06]And I hope that you're still thinking about me too
[02:33.11].
[02:34.80]So now I'm back here standing on your front porch
[02:40.05]It's been five years baby, but it feels like more
[02:45.49]Well let me drive you down that blue creek road
[02:50.62]I got something to say to my Carolina Rose
[02:54.74].
[02:55.74]Yeah the big time was everything I ever wanted
[03:01.80]But the spotlight can't hold a candle to you
[03:07.93]Standing up there on that stage,
[03:10.87]It might look like I got it made
[03:13.93]But my heart knows,
[03:22.62]It don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
[03:27.81]No it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose
[03:33.18]Yeah, it don't mean a thing without my Carolina Rose