ooh caroline

last night i thought i heard the screen door slam and i thought about it

you'd run away and break my heart again

so i'm moving on

and driving downtown to a bottle and flashing lights

where i'll meet a nice girl

she'll invite me to come inside

and she'll ask me

she'll ask me

she'll ask if i'm alright

but i'm not

ooh

ooh

caroline

keep leaving back doors in my mind

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

ooh

ooh

caroline

make something better hard to find

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

no

no

no

five years ago

i thought i found my wife

and i still believe it

but my time with you has been an uphill climb

like when you hike your skirt up when you're standing in a service line

or how your ring slips off after one too many glasses of wine

and you ask me

you ask me

you ask me to be kind

when i say

ooh

ooh

caroline

keep leaving back doors in my mind

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

ooh

ooh

caroline

make something better hard to find

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

and all the days i spent in georgia

and all the guys i fought off for ya

just to hold your hand

without a back-up plan

for when a better man comes calling

and i'll say

ooh

ooh

caroline

keep leaving back doors in my mind

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

ooh

ooh

caroline

make something better hard to find

it's all the time and i can't keep waiting for ya

ooh

ooh

caroline

and i can't keep waiting for ya

ooh

ooh

caroline

and i can't keep waiting for ya

cause it's all the time

and i can't keep waiting for ya