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 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



Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline

Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline

Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline