Carolina Moon

spanish moss is still in the heat of a carolina moon

dogs barkin' in the night, a lonely lady

slowly trails a broom

her man is gone, an' the grass,

well it ain't been mowed for days

when did those years full of song play out

wet is the color of her face

color of her face

in the bittersweet night in the low hill country

she remembers that antebellum square

dolly gets in bed, pulls the ribbon from her head,

and cries to a husband that ain't there

and that carolina moon

is the only light she has known

as the creeping years consumed her dreams

and all that she called home (2x)

under a carolina moon

dolly found her man in a time of trouble

and the future looked so bright

but the loneliness is the only thing

left in her carolina night

hattie calls on saturday

she mentions church but dolly doesn't say

too many calendars have gone their way

since this little lady thought to pray

somehow tonight she gotta feel the light

to know the One who can make things right (2x)

and the carolina moon

is the only light she has known

as the creeping years consume her dreams

and all that she called home

the carolina moon is the only light she has known

as the creeping years consume her dreams

there's a Sun who calls her home

carolina moon