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Artist: Josh Rouse
Canonical path: /josh-rouse/carolina
Related lyric paths: 6
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Caroliña
Read Caroliña lyrics by Josh Rouse on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Caroliña
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Down in Tennessee
Sits a girl alone
She sings along with her favorite songs on the radio
Only friends she sees
Are on TV
Magazine and movie stars are her only family
Yeah they're all she needs
Carolina's so
Happy on the outside
She keeps frowning inside
In the Nashville sky
Shines a diamond bright
Carolina says it's for the boys after midnight
She drifts off to sleep
And in her dreams
She lives in California in a mansion by the sea
Yeah that's who she could be
Carolina's so
Happy on the outside
She keeps frowning inside
Carolina's so
Happy on the outside
She keeps frowning inside
And then she wakes to find out
Her dream is real (It's real)
It's real (It's real)
It's real (It's real)
It's real
Carolina's so
Happy on the outside
And now she's smiling inside
Smiling inside (Inside)
Smiling inside (Inside)
Smiling inside (Inside)
Smiling inside
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Josh Rouse performs "Caroliña", and this lyric page sits inside the Josh Rouse catalog on LyroVerse.
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