(Rhett Akins/Bruce Burch/Vern Dant)



I guess she caught that plane early this morning

'Cause that "I've decided to stay" call never came

And right about now Lord she's nearly back to Asheville

I'm staring out at a south Georgia rain

Wonderin' if I'll ever touch her again



If there were only miles between us

I'd be there in a good days drive

But the last time I held her

I saw the distance in her eyes

She once crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains

And swore that she'd be mine

But she never brought her heart across

The Carolina line



She always said this place felt just like home

But she had memories she never did unpack

And even in my arms holdin' me close

She never let go of the past

Or the one who kept callin' her back



If there were only miles between us

I'd be there in a good days drive

But the last time I held her

I saw the distance in her eyes

She must have missed those Blue Ridge Mountains

Or someone she left behind

'Cause I never got her heart across

The Carolina line



When she crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains

ANd left me here behind

Lord knows she took my heart across

That Carolina line