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 A 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