Somewhere in the mountainsin northern Alabama
The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee
Somewhere in a motelout in Oklahoma
There's the Alabama dreamer
That same man from Tennessee

Sometime late at nightthe lonely wakes her gently
And knocks at her doorbut she won't give in
But like every other womanShe needs to feel wanted
She thinks of making loveand goes to sleep again

Carolinadreamin' lonely
Carolinacan't you see
You will always be the lady
That I dream of holding tight
That I kiss and tell goodnight
Carolinamountain dewe

Sometime that next dayon a Mississippi freeway
The Alabama dreameris homeward bound
His conscious is as clearas those green eyes of Carolina
And she's waiting with the baby from the loveof the only man to
lay her down

Carolinadreaming lonely
Carolinacan't you see
You will always be the lady
That I dream of holding tight
That I kiss and tell goodnight
Carolinamountain dewe
CarolinaI love you